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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C119BF.632C9A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Aloha: I just downloaded Cam's *pdf file. Yesterday I was handed the July 2001 = issue of Scientific American, in which is an article describing the use = of cyanide by fish collectors. It is reminisced by many on how it was possible to view from the = airplane's window golden waves breaking upon the shores off the old Kona = Airport. With rampant trop collecting, the populations of the Golden = Tang have been brought to the point where you may only see a few dozen = or so on a wide expanse of reef. Dive guides commonly brief passengers = on the rarities and endemics to be found in the local waters, but rarely = mention the historical significance of what to them is only a common = fish. Capt. Mark Kapono Kailua-Kona, HI ________________________________ I'll take the sharp end. http://www.nethawaii.net/~mkapono/ fish pictures, camera words, and = stuff. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C119BF.632C9A80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><BASE=20 href=3D"file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft = Shared\Stationery\"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Aloha:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just downloaded Cam's *pdf file. Yesterday I was handed the = July=20 2001 issue of Scientific American, in which is an article describing the = use of=20 cyanide by fish collectors.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is reminisced by many on how it was possible to view from the = airplane's=20 window golden waves breaking upon the shores off the old Kona Airport. = With=20 rampant trop collecting, the populations of the Golden Tang have been = brought to=20 the point where you may only see a few dozen or so on a wide = expanse=20 of reef. Dive guides commonly brief passengers on the rarities and = endemics to=20 be found in the local waters, but rarely mention the historical = significance of=20 what to them is only a common fish.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Capt. Mark Kapono<BR>Kailua-Kona,=20 HI<BR>________________________________<BR>I'll take the sharp end.<BR><A = href=3D"http://www.nethawaii.net/~mkapono/">http://www.nethawaii.net/~mka= pono/</A> =20 fish pictures, camera words, and stuff.</DIV> </BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C119BF.632C9A80-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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