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shelloak <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:02:42 -0500
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How about CNN

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> From: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Re: scallops as seafood-/ peanut island destoyed
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:55 PM
>
> Thank you Mark, for that report from Peanut Island. That is the second
report
> that I have read on the absolute ruin of Peanut Island.
>
> I am appalled and outraged that such a genocide of the vast populations
of
> shells that lived at the Peanut Island could ever have happened. A
complete
> and varied habitat has  been literally wiped out by the  thoughtless
powers
> that wanted a certainly not necessary "progress" My God, is there nothing
we
> can do to prevent such disasters? And here we collectors are labeled the
bad
> guys. Good grief, collectors have been responsibly collecting at Peanut
> Island for years and still the area flourished with a multitude of
species.
> Now some magnificent developers have ruined the place in one season.
>
> This outrage should be broadcast all over the world...these powers that
> allowed this to happen should be brought to task. If nothing else this
should
> certainly be publicized to the max to enlighten the rest of the world
what we
> as collectors all ready know. This is exactly where the populations of
marine
> mollusks are going to.
>
> I would have now idea where to go with this, maybe someone out there
does. I
> just do believe this should not go without someone having to atone for
the
> complete destruction of a marine environment right before our noses.
>
> Martin Tremor, Jr.
> St. Petersburg, FL

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