tsunami, reef damage

The acropora and montipora still hasn't come back in the Virgin Islands
since Marylyn. They still exist, but there are different corals there now.
While storms are a natural occurrence, I think you have problems when you
combine them with pollution, damage from divers and anchors. I don't know
what will happen, but I don't think they will recover soon. I doubt the
corals on nuclear test atolls had to deal with the additional pressures from
human population.

As far as the hobby goes, given the publicity this disaster has gotten, I
wonder about new laws or regulations.





http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3120354.stm

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5162488.html









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Will the recent earthquake/tsunami event affect the health of the coral
and reef life in those areas?