A quote from the Tidepool, a local news 'zine (http://www.tidepool.org/) from a Washington Post article -- note that the URL below may not work directly because I had to accept a cookie to get to the article. Use the Tidepool URL above if the one below does not work. > Abalone May Be Near Extinction > (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/116l-110199-idx.html) > And so it has come to this: The rapacious appetite of humankind has pushed a > lowly sea snail to the point where federal regulators are considering adding > it to that sad ledger known as the Endangered Species List. In other words, > this may be the first time that we as a species literally have eaten a marine > invertebrate to near-extinction. Until now, scientists and resource managers > thought this would be impossible. But we have done it (11.1.99) From the > Washington Post. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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