Hawksbill Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle

A Hawksbill Turtle (Eretomochelys imbricata) at Krakafat Reef, Witu Island, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. D300 camera with 12-24mm lens.
Photocomp March '09 - Open

2009-03-30

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Diving Papua New Guinea - Milne BayDiving Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay
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.
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