https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9 A Coral reef off the coast of Florida stretching from South Miami to Boca Raton en-us 2018-02-13 19:33:55 UTC 2018-02-15 19:40:53 UTC hello@padlet.com jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231256284 It is located 15 miles off the coast of Miami, Florida, mainly in Atlantic ocean. The size of the shelf is about 40 miles long!The most extensive living coral reef in the United States is adjacent to the island chain of the Florida Keys. The Florida Reef Tract is nearly 360 linear miles long It is the third largest barrier reef ecosystem in the world]]> 2018-02-13 19:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231256284 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231265719 Provide a location where anglers and divers can utilize aggregated populations of marine species. Properly managed coral reefs can yield an average of 15 tonnes of fish and other seafood per square kilometer each year.]]> 2018-02-13 19:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231265719 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231265879 Corals on the terrace are vulnerable to the effects of bottom trawling and dredging. It can be damaged by other types of fishing gear also.
Another threat would be from sewage and waste runoff. ]]> 2018-02-13 19:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231265879 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231266044 Areas on the Miami Terrace and a series of biogeographically similar areas were approved in 2004 for protection from these activities through the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council but were never finalized. Neighboring coral areas that have also been considered for protection include the Portales Terrace to the south]]> 2018-02-13 19:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231266044 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231267471 Some of the corals are dying due to global warming and all types of fishing gear and diseases. ]]> 2018-02-13 20:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231267471 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231693392 2018-02-14 19:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231693392 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231695468 Located near the shore of Florida just 15 miles off land]]> 2018-02-14 19:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231695468 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231696533 Sewage and waste all dumped onto the coral reefs.]]> 2018-02-14 20:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/231696533 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232106362 The government protected the reefs by prohibiting bottom trawling.]]> 2018-02-15 19:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232106362 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232107195 2018-02-15 19:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232107195 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232108637 2018-02-15 19:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232108637 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232114054 plague in south Florida reefs]]> 2018-02-15 19:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232114054 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232115206 south Florida coral reef is disintegrating]]> 2018-02-15 19:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232115206 jacob_garcia2000 https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232116077 2018-02-15 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_garcia2000/l4633kcigfy9/wish/232116077