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Ringi Te Suh Marine Conservation Area, Maskelynes, Vanuatu – coral reefs, giant clams, ecotourism
Ringi Te Suh Marine Conservation Area, Maskelynes, Vanuatu – coral reefs, giant clams, ecotourism Ringi Te Suh Marine Conservation Area, Maskelynes 'Ringi Te Suh' means to leave alone ... about 100 hectares of reef and one of the main activities has been restocking of giant clams. The reserve helps to maintain fisheries resources and people use the area for research, education ...
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Ocean Alliance - VOYAGE OF THE ODYSSEY - Indian Ocean Logs
However, the truth about this animal may be quite different. Inaccurate information regarding the giant squid is often found in popular literature. So what do scientists really know about ... >> Watch the Odyssey log: Real Video - >56k >200k May 29, 2002 'Farming Giant Clams' "Recognition of globally declining stocks of giant clams prompted Paul Tod of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to consider the ...
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Lakshadweep - Darwin Initiative | LEAD International
Initiative project in India's Lakshadweep Islands: 'Conserving Giant Clams through a Community Reserve in the Lakshadweep Islands' or 'Project Giant Clam'. Our project aimed at establishing India's ... Films, Photos Giant Clams - Conservation Dependent Three of the nine giant clam species known worldwide live in Indian seas. All three - Scaly Clam Tridacna squamosa, Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima ...
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Marine Careers :: Oceanography
"Black smoker" chimneys also were observed, venting hot, metal-rich fluid that generates from within ...
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Conservation International - Oceans and Seascapes
Ridley, and green turtles, as well as giant groupers and giant clams. PRINT SHARE RSS | | | | donate now Tell a friend Articles Video Photos Downloads Meet Randy ...
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GCRA Activities in May and June
Palau), and lack of permanent habitation, its remarkably dense populations of giant clams, large fish, and precious Trochus niloticus shells have been repeatedly stripped by shiploads of poachers ... and the project is now operating again fully. A major focus of this project includes Giant Clams, as well as corals. We are working to get the Governors and the Chiefs of ...
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Hotsarihie
Hotsarihie means Reef of the Giant Clams in the local language, because of the record densities of Giant Clams as well as precious trochus shells the atoll was famous for (Hester, F.J., and E. Jones.1974. A Survey of Giant Clams, Tridacnidae, on Helen Reef, a Western Pacific Atoll. Mar. Fish. Rev. 36: 17-22: Bryan, P.G., and D.B. McConnell. 1976. Status of Giant ...
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Adventure Travel - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Under the surface, gardens of three-foot-wide giant clams are found close to shore along with huge schools of yellowtail fusiliers—just two of ...
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The Wonders of the Seas: Mollusks
Although one might not see an ... food particles as water passes through them. Some of the giant clams found in the Pacific have symbiotic algae in their mantle ... Common Caribbean octopus on the prowl at night, looking for food. Giant Clams live in the tropical Indo-Pacific and reach several hundred ...
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Beneath The South Pacific Script
These giant clams, which can reach 3 feet across, are rare on many reefs ... of meat, very little of it is edible to humans. Tridacna clams are protected from fishing in many areas and, due to their ... which he survives. The octopus is actually closely related to the giant clam. These two seemingly unrelated creatures are both mollusks, though their ...
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