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Originally Posted by Steven Pro
Please show me where it says that.
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It may not say it explicitly, but there are several good reasons to think the FKNMS intended to limit the size of corals taken to ~ or <20cm:
1. The asked-for format of the inventory has columns for <8cm, 8-15cm, 15-20cm, and >20cm. If the FKNMS had actually expected Mr. Borneman to take corals as large as >50cm, why would they have asked for columns distinguishing corals falling a 8-15cm from corals in the 15-20cm, but not distinguishing corals at 22cm from corals >50cm? It seems obvious that they wanted to be aware of the size of the corals to within approx. 5 to 8cm. Thus, one could argue that they didn't intend any corals over 28cm to be taken. And even with a most generous interpretation of the inventory structure, certainly they didn't expect people to take corals >50cm.
2. The permit required FKNMS suprvision... this shows that, while the permit may be vague, it was not intended to be an "all access pass" to the all the corals at the T. Annex.
3. Lauri's email states that she specifically instructed Mr. Borneman not to take corals >20cm.