Mad as a Marine Biologist

The Maldives has used the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil to announce that all 1,192 of its islands will become a marine reserve by 2017. AFP quotes the President Mohamed Waheed as saying: “I would like to announce today Maldives will become the first country to become a marine reserve.” “It will become the single largest marine reserve in the world. This policy will allow only sustainable and eco-friendly fishing. It will exclude deep-sea, purse-seining and other destructive techniques,” he said.

The Maldives has used the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil to announce that all 1,192 of its islands will become a marine reserve by 2017.

AFP quotes the President Mohamed Waheed as saying: “I would like to announce today Maldives will become the first country to become a marine reserve.”

“It will become the single largest marine reserve in the world. This policy will allow only sustainable and eco-friendly fishing. It will exclude deep-sea, purse-seining and other destructive techniques,” he said.

A short dive film from Lhaviyani and Noonu Atolls, Maldives

Filmed and Edited by Dave Bretherton

PD Productions

Two minutes in heaven in the Maldives by my buddy Dave Bretherton. I have such talented friends!

Check out the Grey Reef Shark vertical cleaning stance [1:28] where it shakes it like a polaroid picture to signal to the cleaner wrasse.