Seen at ground level in early morning light, it can look beautiful--shimmering, lakelike, as if fish were swimming underneath its blue-white surface.

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More than 300 white pelicans, 23 endangered wood storks, 50 other fish-eating birds (great blue herons, cormorants, ring-billed gulls, common egrets), and three bald eagles have died near the lake northwest of Orlando.

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During 20 minutes of snorkeling off the beach at Coral Bay (pop. 120), we saw blue-spotted stingrays, moray eels, manta rays and dozens of fish species.

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This Five-Star resort is tucked away on seven oceanfront acres on the southern tip of Palm Beach Island, and the Ritz Kids AquaNuts facility is decidedly ocean-inspired the ceiling is blue and the room is decked out with fish nets, crab and fish rugs and has large murals of underwater scenes on the wall.

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However, because of different methodology, the fish gets a middle-of-the-road "yellow" from the Blue Ocean Institute.

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