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Article: Creating a sanctuary for sea life
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- July 26, 1996
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For every fisherman who is dismayed because he has to go farther from shore and stay out longer to catch fish, Jack Randall has an answer: marine life conservation districts.
The Bishop Museum fish expert has been around the world numerous times cataloging the planet's fish species and has seen a worldwide decline in fisheries. His solution is kapu areas, used by ancient Hawaiians to allow fish to breed unmolested.
State resource officials and many fishermen share Randall's philosophy that marine sanctuaries can help save Hawaii's threatened fish species but they don't agree on what form they should take or how they should be enforced.
Fishermen opposed the last two conservation districts ...