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Article: PACNEWS DIGEST - Pacific Island leaders discuss reef-management practices.
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- PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
- Article date:
- October 6, 2003
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06 Oct 2003, HAGATNA, GUAM ---The fight for marine preserves - parts of the reef where no fish can be caught - has been a long, hard one in the Pacific Islands.
In some places, like Guam, it took the better part of two decades just to convince the community, and then lawmakers, to set aside some chunks of reef to try and replenish the dwindling fish populations around the island.
But people who are familiar with pre-western Pacific cultures know that the idea of marine preserves is not new, not innovative, and ...