It was declared in 1973 for the purpose of conservation of mangrove seagrass communities and for the protection of nursery areas for several important commercial and recreational species, including the blood worms for bait by use of a hand net.
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Small numbers are taken the rest of the year by fishermen in dinghies using a technique that any aquarium owner would recognize : luring the carp to the surface by sprinkling food on the water, and then scooping them out with hand nets.
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Even though fetching scenes were unfolding free at the water's edge _ a man climbing out of his net with his catch stuck deep in his mouth, a woman washing her clothes, children dangerously deep in the rapids with hand nets _ the men seemed quite insistent.
