[Coral-List] Kiribati giant MPA; giant clam shell trade
Douglas Fenner
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Mon Jan 25 09:32:19 EST 2016
Kiribati commits to fishery-free reserve (Kiribati is pronounced
"Kiribass" and is in the central Pacific)
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/kiribati-commits-fishery-free-reserve
(open-access)
Shell trade pushes giant clams to the brink.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6271/323.short
(not open -access)
Cheers, Doug
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