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The Reef Ball Foundation Inc. Services Division and The Reef Ball Foundation has been carefully studying the science and the politics of Marine Reserves. The concept is quite simple, set aside portions of our worlds oceans as a no-take /replenishment zones. There are a number of compelling reasons to do so:
1) Science has shown that this can acutally increase the amount of fish available even outside the zones.
2) Biodiversity and genetic populations can be preserved.
3) They serve as control zones for study and as a preserve for the next generations
4) They serve as an "insurance policy" against poor management choices.
And a hundred other good and vaild reasons why. The only debate is how many reserves we need and where to place them. It is our observation that NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE ON THIS...the politics and the science finally agree!
Reef Ball is challenging every organization, politician and individual to show their support for the concept of Marine Reserves anywhere worldwide. We don't want to get bogged down in taking sides on individual site selections or in determine how much might be too much, we just want to show broad support for Marine Reserves.
To emphasize to our challenge, the Reef Ball Foundation will provide Reef Ball molds through our grant program to any project that will use the Reef Balls within a protected marine reserve. We already have support from many organizations such as the Recreational Fishing Alliance and we are looking for others to join our in our support of marine reserves. Contact the Reef Ball Foundation at 706-714-4399 or e-mail kkirbo@hotmail.com if you would like to get active with our foundation on this issue. Thanks in advance for helping us to preserve our world's ocean ecosystems!
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