Archived In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Ocean Food Chains (nytimes.com)
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Archived In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Ocean Food Chains (nytimes.com)
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'New York Times journalists embedded with dynamite fishermen in Bohol who gave exclusive access on the condition that we not use their names or the names of the islands where they live, for fear of being arrested. '
'Twenty minutes later he surfaced, heaving for breath, with five high-value reef fish and 12 pounds of scad and sardines. '
' The fertilizer has been illegal in the Philippines since 2002, but the men buy sacks of it from dealers on a neighboring island. '
'With dynamite fishing he can come back with 20 pounds and sometimes as much as 45 pounds, if he lucks out with a large jack or grouper. '
'He lurched along the ocean floor, collecting stunned and dead fish among the crevices and broken coral. '
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