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Environmentalists win decade-long war against Eilat fish farms
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: coral reef, Eilat, Israel 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for June 18, 2008.

The final chapter in the most important victory for environmentalists in the history of Israel concluded this week, when the Eilat fish farms finally closed their doors.

Human activity in and around Eilat has drastically contributed to the environmental degradation of the Red Sea. That impact has caused irreversible damage to the sea's reefs, some of the most biologically diverse in the world, which house hundreds of species of corals and fish and attract scuba divers from all over the world.
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Marine biologists agree that the fish farms, which introduced nonnative species to the delicate ecosystem of the Gulf, were a primary contributing factor.

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      1.   one victory but a loosing battle 12:59  |  Green 19/06/08
      2.   Good - we must protect Umm-Rashrash 14:33  |  Fatima Al`Dajani 19/06/08
      3.   Fish given 2 years to evacuate, humans 6 months 14:38  |  Shlomo 19/06/08
      4.   # 3 shlomo 16:09  |  Axel 19/06/08
      5.   Next victory for Environmentalist - Indonesia 16:13  |  Magnify 19/06/08
      6.   scientific evidence 17:21  |  Ethan 19/06/08
      7.   Fire the reporter 17:35  |  al 19/06/08
      8.   Fire the reporter, part I 18:04  |  al 19/06/08
      9.   Fire the reporter, part II 18:07  |  al 19/06/08
      10.   Is any non-disputed scientific proof that farm damaged the Reef? 18:41  |  Ilan 19/06/08
      11.   Is it good for the Jews, or bad for the Jews? 20:33  |  Mariam 19/06/08
      12.   Fish farming is the future 20:42  |  Daniel 19/06/08
      13.   Fatima Al Dajani 2-so that Eilat can become as good as Gaza? 20:43  |  Realist 19/06/08
      14.   #2 Fatima: and clean the Judean Desert from stolen car parts? 23:23  |  Alain 19/06/08
      15.   Fathma, what a day for a daydream 23:28  |  Margie 19/06/08
      16.   Long overdue, they should be made to pay millions for remediation 01:03  |  Dr. L. Brnd 20/06/08
      17.   YOU CAN`T EAT A REEF. 14:49  |  petra 21/06/08
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