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30 April 2018
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The Tyee
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Judith Lavoie
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Rare Glass Sponge Reef Smothered By Fish Farm Waste
Cecil Island Fish Farm, British Columbia, Canada
N 50º 51' 1.407" W 126º 43' 3.659"
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N 50º 51' 1.407" W 126º 43' 3.659"
Lat/Lng:
50.8503908662997 -126.717683034658
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Underwater camera captured ‘a wasteland, covered in brown sediment.’
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