Vietnam Rapidly Losing Coral
June 12, 2007 @ 11:23 AM (EST)
Source: Earthtimes.org
Hanoi - With Vietnam's scuba diving capital of Nha Trang hosting a week-long maritime festival, a local marine biology expert said Tuesday the area could lose all of its coral within 30 years. "The coverage of coral in Nha Trang Bay shrank from 52.4 per cent in 1994 to 21.2 per cent in 2005," said Nguyen Van Long, head of the seafood resource department at the Nha Trang Oceanography Institute. "The bay may not have any coral left in 30 years if the coverage keeps shrinking at that pace."...
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