It is simply implausible that Amazon or any other recipient of a request from the DOR should have to divine the unspoken intent of the Department to comply with a request.

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Ron O'Dor, a Canadian scientist who has played a big role in the marine census, insists that new finds will increase the case for conservation.

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"Anywhere you go and try to harvest fish with a trawl you are going to destroy any coral that lives there, and there is example after example of the damage that is done by trawlers, " says Ron O'Dor, a senior scientist on the Census of Marine Life.

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In 2010, the Sinnards received and completed a residency questionnaire sent by the DOR.

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