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| Worldwide Dive Sites, Accommodation and Liveaboards: Discuss New reef discovered in Thailand in the Holiday and Travel Forum forums: Hereby some news as it has appeared in several media today. A coral reef spanning several hundred acres and teeming ... |
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| New reef discovered in Thailand Hereby some news as it has appeared in several media today. A coral reef spanning several hundred acres and teeming with fish has been discovered off the coast of Thailand and should be given protected status, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Wednesday. Tipped off by local fishermen, WWF divers in January found what they say is a healthy, 667-acre reef in southern Thailand with over 30 genera of hard corals, and at least 112 species of fish. Among the fish species identified, the WWF said, was a type of parrot fish first discovered in Sri Lanka and never before seen in Thailand, and a species of the sweet lips fish previously only found in the Similan Islands. The reef is off the coast of Khao Lak, a popular tourist destination on the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. |
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