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    Ascension Island to be designated as marine reserve

    The holy grail resplendent angelfish (Centropyge resplendens) will soon be more unobtainable than ever before. The tiny, remote Ascension Island is about to earn protection as a marine reserve.

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    That Angelfish was never in the aquarium trade until the US used that island for the NASA space program. It never was and never will be economically feasible to capture fish in the middle of nowhere Atlantic for the aquarium trade.
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