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Taiwan Quick Take: Overfishing sparks concern

Around 100 underwater photographers taking part in a competition titled "Looking for Fish Stars in Kenting (墾丁)" failed to get shots of any fish longer than 50cm because rampant overfishing has depleted stocks, organizers said. The event, held from April 8 to yesterday, was sponsored by the Taiwanese Coral Reef Society in conjunction with the coral spawning season in the area around Hengchun (恆春). Although the photographers made four dives during the period, none of them managed to photograph any fish over 50cm long. Only Taiwanese Coral Reef Society president Tsai Yung-chun (蔡永春), who knows the area well, was able to use a videocamera to record a vague photo of a grouper longer than 80cm at a depth of 34m. The coral reef spawning entered its second day yesterday with two kinds of coral releasing their eggs, Tsai said.

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