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Deep sea coral expeditions inspire new protections

"Expeditions resulted in a 450 percent increase in the number of coral and sponge observations in the West Florida Wall. This area is of particular interest to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council due to its significant coral aggregations. These records informed the Council’s decision to combine three small proposed protected areas into one much larger and more effective one." - Excerpt from NOAA Fisheries

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