Martin , try writing to your local paper , they like this stuff when someone
cuts up protected oaks and such. you guys on the west coast are by far more
ecologically minded then the east coast as a whole
(i'm refering to developers and such not the collectors ) good luck , god
bless. ferreter
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Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: scallops as seafood-/ peanut island destoyed


>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
>