DIVE LOG JUNE 2025 issue 412

Jawfish are so alert and quick witted.

My buddies Laurie and Tom dive the House reef wall

to not fish; this required enough money to enable them to feed their families and to maintain a better standard of living. Another part involved community consultation and providing so many sources of employment. Wakatobi currently employs and trains more than four hundred local indonesians. The money trickles into their families and everyone benefits.

Lorenz and Valentin began by negotiating use of an island for a resort. Next they had to convince local fishers to stop fishing on the reefs near the resort. I can imagine that asking fishers who depend on the sea to feed their families to survive would be fraught with so many obstacles. I have a vague idea how they did it but they did. Part of the solution was to offer to pay the fishers

The stunning White Tail Variola Cod

Massive female Green Turtle on a night dive

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Dive Log Australasia #412 June ‘25

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