News,News, News
Dear Guests, Friends and Colleagues.
News, News, News, as some of you already know, the blast fishing in Burma has
stopped as of 23 of September 2006, as a result of the coup in Thailand. The
Thai police (who looked away fore years and most likely cashed in on it) lost
there Godfather, Mr. Thaksin and the military cracked down in Ranong arresting
the Thai culprits responsible for years of blast fishing in Myanmar. Huge amounts
of explosives have been found in the process.
Strange is that this had not been mentioned in any newspapers, magazines (national
or international at all) which raises the questions who protected them ?
In any case it is great news that we were able (a few dive operators) through
persistency and against all odds (that is politics, politicians and the Thai
dynamite mafia) who couldn't care less for the environment in Myanmar.
Thanks to all for your help and keep up
the fight.
Please
contact us if you like to receive more information.
More good News,
New dive site found ! (yep still actively searching despite the diesel costs)
http://www.burma-liveaboard.com/engl/mergui_archipelago_divesites/burma_dendros_peak.htm
Have a great day and best regards,
Michael
We
received
the
following
fantastic
news
One Year after the Myanmar diving operators
organized
the
Mergui Archipelago Seminar
Today
we
are
happy
to
announce
that
Burma
has
moved
to
protect
the
shrinking
shark
population
in
it's
waters (sadly this is happening all over the world).
A
shark
protection
zone
was
proposed
late
last
month
for
Myeik
(Mergui)
archipelago,
which
comprises
more
then
800
islands
stretching
some
400km
north
to
south
along
the
peninsula
shared
with
Thailand.
Source:
Bangkok
Post
10th
of
May
2004.
According
to
a
Reef
Check
organization
survey
Myanmars's
reefs
boast
a
healthy
75%
coral
coverage
which
is
very
good
news
to
all
of
us,
for
more
information
please
visit
their
site.
But
the
current
political
situation
in
Myanmar
including
the
international
boycotts
make
the
country
easy
prey
for
it's
neighbors.
To
preserve
and
counter
any
future
negative
trends
Myanmar
Dive
Operators
recently
formed
the
MDO
committee
currently
a
loose
affiliation
Phuket
based
companies.
Our common goal is to preserve the beauty of the
Mergui
Archipelago
and
the
establishment
of
an
Marine
National
Park.
COMPANY REPRESENTED BY:
Siam
Dive ‘n Sail 1 Mr John Williams,
Viking Liveaboards 2 Mr Mike Hjort, Kontiki 3 Mr Patrick Catellani, SEAL
4 Mr Adam Frost, Scuba Quest- MV Faah Yai 5 Mr Alain Merret, Chulalongkorn
University Bangkok 6 Dr Thorn Thamrongnawasawat, Free Lance Conservationist
7 Mr Paul
Foley, Seaworld 8 Mr Claude Maigrot de Crissey, Fantasea Divers – Ocean
Rover Cruises 9 Mr Jeroen Deknatel, Aqua Sports – Aqua One 10 Mr
Kasidith Snidvongse Na Ayudhaya, Santana 11 Mrs Andrea Hinrichs, Genesis
Livaboards
12 Mr Pascal Laigle, Santana 13 Mr Horst Hinrichs, Private Dive 14 Mr Alexander
Kroner, Divemaster 15 Mrs Pornchan Changkajorn, Seaworld 16 Mrs Phawadee
de Crissey
Please consider to book with one of the above
companies to support our goal.
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