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April 2, 2009
Tomorrow’s the BIG day. Headed off to Andros. A place I’ve been dreaming of for the past year. Ever since Mrs. Nash showed me pictures of the previous trip in my Zoology class. I was mesmerized by all the colorful fish, breathtaking corals, beautiful sunsets, and amazingly blue waters. I had to go! Tomorrow’s the BIG day. Hope I can get a little sleep.

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Okay, so for our assignment last time I didn’t really write it down clearly. I wrote on my paper “BLOG POST- Student Comment -20 pts,” I also wrote “POEM- 5 pts...” So, I figured the Blog post consisted of going to the Extreme ‘08 website reading about one of their articles and then blogging about it? I am no poet, so I'm not even going to tortue you with that... So I’m not completely 100% sure if I’m even doing the right assignment. Bu… Continue

Chapter 12 to me was about hope. The hope of saving the coral reef fish and the reef itself. The Apo Scenario uses the concept of “sustainable use.” In other words “fishing is off limits!” Scientists blocked off a 20 acre reef on the Apo island in 1982. By 1993 the density of the fish had increased near… Continue

Chapter eleven to me was about how stupid Indonesian people are for ruining the coral reefs, plain and simple. Osha discusses two methods the Indonesian people use to fish, dynamite and cyanide.

Dynamite; “Blast fishing” consists of idiots throwing explosives into the water to kill fish among other sea life. They dive down, find all the dead fish that sank because their swim bladder broke and collecting all the ones that float. Seriously,… Continue

After reading chapter 10 I felt really sad and depressed. It’s a shame the once brilliant abundant Jakarta bay is now what seems one of the worst places to be. I know one thing for sure after reading this chapter, I will NEVER take a vacation to the Jakarta Bay region. Not just because it’s a crappy place to be but because I’d want to slap every single person I… Continue