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"Restricted by law to hooks, nets, and other handgear, Filipinos fish in a protected area where they are prohibited from using explosives. Elsewhere in the South China Sea, blast and cyanide fishing, pollution, and coastal development endanger 80 percent of coral reefs."
—From "South China Sea: Crossroads of Asia," December 1998, National Geographic magazine
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