An aside to the Twin Rocks coral vandalism incident

[clgsamson]

Got this from another forum and I quote -


Hi (I omitted the name),

I was diving over the weekend and was told by a dive guide that he
witnessed a practice of divers that is very distressing. He said
that he saw a photographer kill his subject (in this case a frogfish)
after taking a photo of the fish.

It seems that this diver was involved in a photo contest and was very
competitive. Therefore, he destroyed his subject so that no one else
could take a photo of it.

I hope that this is an isolated incident and not indicative of the
general behavior of this nationality but perhaps you should consider
this for your underwater photo shoot contest?

 

[chewie]

yup, saw this in another thread. it's very disturbing that people have these destructive behaviors. in these cases, the original photographer of the subject doesn't want anyone else to take a photo of the the particular subject. this is also common when the animal is a seahorse. *sigh*

 

[abubakar]

Got this from another forum and I quote -


Hi (I omitted the name),

I was diving over the weekend and was told by a dive guide that he
witnessed a practice of divers that is very distressing. He said
that he saw a photographer kill his subject (in this case a frogfish)
after taking a photo of the fish.

It seems that this diver was involved in a photo contest and was very
competitive. Therefore, he destroyed his subject so that no one else
could take a photo of it.

I hope that this is an isolated incident and not indicative of the
general behavior of this nationality but perhaps you should consider
this for your underwater photo shoot contest?

Why would someone do that? If this type of abuse and obvious disregard for rules goes on, there will be nothing left for the next generation of scuba divers (including myself).

one word: KARMA

 

[greatwolf]

This is sickening. To think that I haven't fished since I took up diving and here's a diver who goes out to purposely slaughter fish so that no one else can take a photo is terribly insane.

 

[Spoon]

i am seriously disturbed by this incident. who was the alleged witness? the dm or guide should have reprimanded him then and there. an incident like this should not be taken lightly. if it were me i would severely penalize the dive op that took this diver down. The dive ops should be held liable if they continue to turn a blind eye to these callous actions and lack of regards for our natural resources. although we cannot point fingers at a certain nationality, it seems that there is a disturbing trend emerging. we must do something about this soon and make an example of the culprits.

 

[jonix]

bad! bad! bad!

which dive site?

 

[Hammerhead]

a cretain nationality

Whoops

 

[Twomixdiver]

Actually, I've heard of this story almost two (2) years ago. Perhaps an urban legend?
Unless of course this is a copycat incident.

 

[Spoon]

Actually, I've heard of this story almost two (2) years ago. Perhaps an urban legend?
Unless of course this is a copycat incident.

now it gets interesting.

 

[jonix]

Whoops

:lol: