Ross1
Registered
Hi guys,
I want to make people aware about this LOB operating in Raja Ampat. I have been told from a very reliable source, a guy working on the boat, that the owner and his guests frequently spear fish on dive sites within the MPA's. My source has seen them take Groupers, Adult Napoleon Wrasse, Bump head Parrotfish and even Reef Sharks. They know they are breaking the rules. I'm told if it's busy they will go to less visited sites to hunt fish and will also wait on dive sites until everybody else has gone and then go down with the spear guns.
This is stupid, short term thinking and arrogant behaviour. Also it is theft from the local people in the Raja Ampat, who are very poor and rely on their reefs for food and tourism income. The local people and authorities now know about this boat. I hope they get to 'feel the heat'.
I want to make people aware about this LOB operating in Raja Ampat. I have been told from a very reliable source, a guy working on the boat, that the owner and his guests frequently spear fish on dive sites within the MPA's. My source has seen them take Groupers, Adult Napoleon Wrasse, Bump head Parrotfish and even Reef Sharks. They know they are breaking the rules. I'm told if it's busy they will go to less visited sites to hunt fish and will also wait on dive sites until everybody else has gone and then go down with the spear guns.
This is stupid, short term thinking and arrogant behaviour. Also it is theft from the local people in the Raja Ampat, who are very poor and rely on their reefs for food and tourism income. The local people and authorities now know about this boat. I hope they get to 'feel the heat'.