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Paper Parks?

February 17, 2010 by Burt Jones & Maurine Shimlock

…nearly two decades of conservation work were being challenged by fishermen who had cast nets on two of Komodo’s most prolific reefs. Where were the authorities, where were the patrol boats that were supposed to stop illegal fishing within park boundaries? No one seemed to know.

Categories Dive Industry Tags Add new tag, dive business, environment, Indonesia, marine life, over-fishing 2 Comments

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