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Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon, Chuuk, Pacific, North of New Guinea
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Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon, Chuuk, Pacific, North Of New Guinea

The coral encrusted wrecks attract a diverse array of marine life, including manta-rays, turtles, sharks and corals. In 2007, 266 species of reef fish were recorded by an Earthwatch team and in 2006 the rare coral Acropora pichoni was identified.
On 12 April 2011, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) program "Foreign Correspondent" screened a report on Chuuk Lagoon likening the effect of the impending massive release of tens of thousands of tonnes of oil from the rusting Japanese warships into the coral reef to that of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. The ships are classified as a Japanese war grave, requiring Japanese government involvement in the eventual clean-up.

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