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Treasure trove of new marine species found
Variety of 'walking' shark among them; discoverers warn of threats
MSNBC Updated: 1:17 p.m. ET Sept 18, 2006
Dozens of fish, shrimp and coral species, including two new types of a shark that walks on its fins, have been discovered in waters off New Guinea in the South Pacific, conservationists announced Monday.
The researchers described the area as “Earth's richest seascape” and “the most biodiverse marine area on the planet.”

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and the bad news :

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But they also warned that it faces threats such as fishing with dynamite and cyanide, commercial fishing and degraded water quality from mining and logging in Papua province, a section of New Guinea governed by Indonesia.

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So. . . we're fishing ““Earth's richest seascape", "the most biodiverse marine area on the planet” with dynamite and cyanide?!?

And people wonder why I'm a curmudgeonly misanthrope. I mean, a pirate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/

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