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Coconut crabs prefer to live in rocky shores and rainforests close to the coast. Image by David Stanley via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).
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The Minister responsible for Fisheries, Willie Kalo Daniel, has lifted the coconut crab ban in TORBA Province. This is effective from February to November this year. This comes after a year of a ban on harvest of coconut crabs...In the previous years, the harvest season was from September 1 to August 30 the following year. Studies revealed that there is a need to extend the dates for coconut crabs to reproduce.

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