By greg gage (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #6) on Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 10:27 pm: |
Too bad - saw the same octupus or perhaps the one already in the collection bag on two prior snorkel trips. The hunter was rather deft, I will give him that, as well as brazen given the clear no fishing signage and no fishing zone.
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By a retired Grunt (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #916) on Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 11:00 pm: |
I saw the same thing in May of this year while staying at 64 A J Abraham Blvd.
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By *Tink* (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1514) on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 12:09 pm: |
greg I went through some effort trying to go through official channels to get intervention, to no apparent effect, although at last sight, a lady was engaged in debate with the man in the local language about his actions - perhaps that is the best outcome one could hope for.
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3145) on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 3:20 pm: |
The local fishermen who keep the reefs clean of grouper are just 'catching and killing (their) own food' (we don't know if the many octopus taken are 'for his own food') right???
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By eddie blizzard (BonaireTalker - Post #75) on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 9:48 pm: |
Bonaire has clearly changed how it is running the island while some locals and most tourists still think of it as a leader in environmental action. How long before the dive magazines take notice?
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3146) on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 12:30 am: |
As I was once told by an editor of Skin Diver Magazine and we all have seen, magazines never print bad things about a product, a company or a destination: that would be bad for advertising revenue, their reason for existence. The worst they ever do is not publish anything about 'bad'.
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2660) on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 6:52 am: |
quote..
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3148) on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 1:59 pm: |
[Let's NOT forget about the tourist/restaurant patron who orders grouper when they dine out. If there is no demand, the restaurants will not serve it. That simple. Just don't do it.]
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