I think it would be disastrous, President Shari Anker said. Everything is so fragile. We have a marine protected area that s supposed to be a preserve, and they re chipping away at what is already established as protected.
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What is the Oculina Bank and why is it ecologically important?
The bank is an expansive ecosystem of ivory tree coral, called oculina, whose mounds stretch up to 100 feet tall in water as deep as 300 feet.
Reed has spent decades leading the charge to protect the fragile ecosystem. We have the opportunity to try to protect this and let it grow back, and it won t happen if it keeps getting impacted by chopping down its borders, Reed told TCPalm Tuesday. This is a unique community that occurs nowhere else.
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