Report warns of dire future for Coral Triangle reef fish
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Popular species like grouper and wrasse could be gone from dining tables in decades as trade drives wild populations to the brink of collapse.
The US$1 billion a year Live Reef Fish for Food Trade (LRFFT) is threatening the future of key reef predator species like grouper, coral trout and Napoleon wrasse, according to a recent study.
The study - published by WWF, the Swire Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and ADM Capital Foundation - urges swift action towards regulating an industry that's decimating stocks of these species across the Coral Triangle, threatening poor communities that rely on the fishery for their livelihoods.
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