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grows and matures very slowly. • is often caught with poison that are easy to catch so they are kills the reef. becoming increasingly rare in the wild. • Grouper grows and matures slowly. • Lobster is sometimes caught with poison. are also important in balancing SAFE The poison kills the reef and its other the reef fish community. - jelly fish inhabitants. • Reef fish are often caught with explosives. • fins are obtained from that Many snappers, rabbitfish, groupers, are often caught in nets or on long-lines fusiliers, triggerfish and surgeonfish are - anchovies - barracuda - mahi-mahi little - eastern - marine - milk fish - pomfret runners - rainbow - sardines - scads - skipjack tuna - little mackarel - spanish mackarel - squid tuna - albacore - trevally

that also capture , turtles, birds typical blast fishing catches. The explosive here fold and other marine life as by-catch. kills the reef for many decades, and the reef sometimes does not regenerate at all. • Shark is often discarded after the fins are cut off. • Pelagic fish such as mackerel, tuna and trevally make great dishes and are simply • Sharks grow and mature very slowly. Shark prepared. populations have gone down dramatically in the past 10 years. A combination of too much fishing cut here pressure and destructive capture REDUCE • Baby sharks are getting rare as their adults techniques have caused reef and inshore are being over-fished. Baby sharks could fish stocks to collapse in many areas in restore the dwindling shark population

Indonesia. /scavenger[3] - emperor - fish egg [3] - [3] tail [3] - yellow [3] - crab - marlin [4] - octopus [2,3] fish [3] - - sea cucumber [3] [3] - sweetlips - trigger fish [3] tuna [2] - big eye fin tuna [2] - yellow - sea horse [3] fish [4] - sword [3] - [3] - rays - snapper [3] butana when they are left to live and grow. here fold What does that have to do with you? • are caught with trawlers that destroy the near shore ocean bottom Not all areas in Indonesia represent gloom ecosystem. By-catch often includes turtles and doom. By selecting wisely when you and other marine mammals. wish to enjoy seafood, you can help to ensure that our fisheries remain sustainable • Prawns are often farmed in ponds dug and the marine ecosystem remains healthy. out of cleared mangrove forests. Without the mangrove trees, coastlines erode and AVOID natural fish nursery areas disappear. - abalonies [3] [2] crab - coconut - dolphins [2] - dugong [1] [1] - giant [2,3] - grouper [2] - lobster [2] ray - manta [2,3] - napoleon wrasse - sun fish/mola-mola [2] all products [2] - sharks, [2,3] - triton [3] - trochus - turtle egg [1] - turtle [1] - whale shark [2] - blue fin tuna [2]