Comments on: Dynamite Fishing Kills Diver & Reef life in Vietnam

By: Julie Bennett

Julie Bennett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:14:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing this frightening and tragic story.

Julie Bennett
Communications Manager
The Coral Reef Alliance

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:08:29 +0000

That is just terrible. So much loss of life from one poor decision.

~Michael

By: Nicholas Sadaka

Nicholas Sadaka — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:05:54 +0000

Thanks for the post Eric. I HATE reading this kindof stuff, but it is so, so neccessary that we as aquarists are aware of these practices. I don’t mean to step on any toes, but I encourage all aquarists to go the route of aquacultured livestock. I know there are times when we have no choice but to buy “wild caught”, but please try to only do so when there is no other choice. We as aquarists really need to be leaders doing everything possible to sustain and help our reefs. We have more tools available to us than most and need to try extra hard since we are often implicated as “part of the problem”. I’ve said it before, but I really, really wish we could band together somehow and really enact some change. Sorry to be longwinded, but this stuff always hurts me badly to hear about. Such a beautiful world and so sad what we are doing to it. I couldn’t bring myself to watch the cell phone video game. Thanks again for sharing that Eric.

By: LH

LH — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:13:45 +0000

That’s terrible. Dynamite / cyanide / other unsustainable fishing practices are bad enough as it is. Poor diver, probably having the time of their life – though on a positive note, a great state of mind to have ‘left’ in, surrounded by the beauty of the underwater world…