Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Dugong was seen in Henoko Bay!

See the following link from Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting news report!

http://www.qab.co.jp/news/2010051217881.html

Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting (QAB) captured a Dugong, swimming in the Eastern Coast of Nago City.

Both Environmental Ministry and Defense Ministry have admitted that the ocean area from Henoko Bay to Kayo Bay is "the important sea area for the inhabitant of Dugong."

The Nature Conservation Society of Japan is warning that, "seagrass beds, which feed dugong, are distributed in the shallows in front of the Camp Schweb. Therefore, even the pier plan proposed by the government, surely vanish the seagrass beds. Moreover, change of sea current would possibly vanish the distribution of the seagrass."

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