Harlequin Ghostpipefish

A tiny Harlequin Ghostpipefish at Dinah's Beach, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Photocomp November '07 - Novice

Contributed by KylieK

2007-11-14

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Diving Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay: by Chris Bartlett; It is one of the few places left in the world where a diver can see macro critters, pelagics, and big stuff, as well as fantastic soft and hard corals. The often misused and abused adjective “pristine” is actually appropriate here, due to low fishing pressure in the area in comparison to other areas of the Coral Triangle, no dynamite fishing, and thanks to a system implemented by dive resorts whereby local reef "owners" receiving a small fee for every diver that visits "their" reef. As a result elders make sure that the reefs are not fished.