Wow this is unreal

[Jay]

I was shocked when I read this about children diving to catch reef fish and smashing the corals to pieces to scare out the hideing fish. Looks like 100 of them died all in one dive by getting caught in the giant net used to catch the fish. The net brought up 100 dead kids instead....at least thats what I got from scanireading the page.

 

http://gracieb.instablogs.com/entry/muro-ami-death-of-reefs-and-little-boys/

[ThePremiumAquarium]

That is pretty f'd up. Oh look merchildren. Oh nevermind, just the usual casualties. Bad juju

[jason7504]

Man!! thats horrible!

[CA2OR]

Dude. That is not cool.

[finch6013]

just makes you sick to think that the reefs are being destroyed because of this. Oh and the kids too. just horrible

[CA2OR]

love how you put that in priority order there....lol

[COReefer]

love how you put that in priority order there....lol

 

(laugh)(laugh)(laugh)(laugh)(laugh)

[finch6013]

Well to be honest. Nevermind I wont say. the kids kinda deserve what they get for destroying the reef but its not really their choice from the sounds of it so I cant say anything.

[JasonH]

Terrible - both the human and environmental costs.

 

"Though most coral reefs in the Philippines are now dead, muro-ami still survives to this day. "

 

That's what happens when a poor population and a corrupt government see an opportunity to make a quick buck. Look at Fiji, they have been very responsible in the farming of corals reefs and it is a completely sustainable and profitable resource for them.

 

The Philippines has done it the quick and easy way from day one. Every bad form of collection comes from there - cyanide, this. it obviously wasn't a secrete that this was going on. Where was the govt?

 

Argh.

[Lowman]

Says alot for aquaculturing fish and coral. That is tragic.

[JasonH]

Yeah, you can't expect the kids to know better. They probably think it's fun... at first.

[finch6013]

scary that they are forced to do that. Not only the death risk but the damage from diving so deap without proper gear.

[Guest Snorkelwasp]

karma...too bad so sad.

[CA2OR]

i think both part about this are very disturbing. The children and their treatment, and also the destruction of the corals. Unbelievable.

[Jay]

Watch this video.

 

[CCR]

Interesting. I'm a little torn over the reefs in the Philippine Islands. I watched "The Living Sea" last night and it showed the Islands as being some of the most pristine in the world and full of life. So it is a bit confusing.

[Beckie]

I feel sick on so many levels!

[Jay]

Is it my imagination or did the guy in the video feed those sharks a small boy just for kicks?

 

J