11.   Fisher must now get permits under rules that consider sea grass as valuable as gold coins.

12.   He said other fishermen have reported that sea grasses and other bottom plant life have died and that rotten sea plants are floating on the surface of the water.

13.   In the process, the changes killed vast patches of sea grass and sponges that serve as breeding grounds for fish, shrimp and spiny lobster.

14.   It is the reason scuba divers, snorkelers and fishing enthusiasts travel to a place where beaches are often narrow and lined with sea grass.

15.   More sea grass died, along with sponges and coral.

16.   Months of restoration and landscaping will follow, including the rebuilding of a stretch of endangered sea grass damaged by an errant tugboat.

17.   Researchers say the sea grasses that manatees depend on for a large part of their diet may be contaminated by red tide toxins.

18.   Sea grass is dying.

19.   She also said sea grasses had died back in some areas.

20.   Still alive, they are packed in wet sea grass and sold.