Carolina QuotesBut taking a small number of wild creatures out of large populations while protecting-not destroying the habitat is very different from the industrial-scale extraction of wildlife now taking place in the sea. These issues seemed to intrigue President George W. Bush during a conversation over dinner at the White House in April 2006.
Sylvia A. Earle Connected to the Carolinas
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- The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (2009)
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- 2009
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