#blastfishing

[borneo-wildlife-blog]

Why destroy Sabah's corals with bombs? - Star2.com

A documentary team dives into the plague of fish bombing in eastern Sabah.

This is why TRACC repairs reefs -  blast fishing is a long term problem.

Together with our volunteers, we grow reefs and make a difference. :-)

[traccvolunteers-blog]

As part of a local survey earlier this year, WCS scientists dropped underwater microphones into the waters off Tanzania to listen to dolphins and whales. The team heard a surprising number of explosions, as well—the sound of fishermen using dynamite to catch their quarry. It's a practice called blast fishing. Read more

http://www.wcs.org/wildcards/posts/sounds-of-alarm

[traccvolunteers-blog]

Unreal first few days working with TRACC (Tropical Research and Conservation Center) on Pom Pom Island. Much of the marine life in Malaysian waters has been devastated by bomb fishing, and hopefully by building, and planting corals on artificial reef structures such as this one will aid in bringing back the bio diversity and beauty of pre bomb fishing days. Taken from https://instagram.com/gtheguy/

[traccvolunteers-blog]

Why would they use such an amazing photo to report global catastrophic exploitation. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! This is Borneo reef! Centre of the coral triangle! One of the most biodiverse places on the planet! We are not messing about here. Our volunteers are doing critical restoration work everyday.