CONTENTS
01 1,000 WORDS 06 WHAT ’ S BUBBLING ? 11 WHAT BUBBLED 14 ADEX AMBASSADOR 16 UW360 . ASIA 18 SCUBA360 24 DIVING BY NUMBERS 96 NARKED
Alex Lindbloom Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock
22 SEAFOOD GUIDE Spearfishing and Sustainability ?
By Dr Adam Smith If you can ’ t quit eating fish , spearfishing according to these best practice guidelines might be one of the more sustainable ways to eat it
26 MAN & SEA A Tale of Two Fishermen
By Alex Lindbloom
An underwater shooter takes time out to question how , if at all , Raja Ampat ’ s MPAs are benefitting the local people
68 SCIENCE Extreme Corals
Text by Emma Camp Images by Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock
26
68
Do corals living in marginal environments hold the key to the future of reefs in a warming world ?
88 COURSES Better Buoyancy
Getting a handle on your buoyancy is one of the best things you can do to make sure you ’ re not contributing to killing the reefs you love
46
FEATURES
30 A BRIGHT FUTURE ?
Interview with Judi Lowe
An exciting glimpse into the research that will change the game for sustainable dive tourism . Could these insights be the key to safeguarding life on our reefs ?
34 LIVING REEFS
Text by Wade Hughes Images by Wade and Robin Hughes
We uncover just why it is that Wakatobi has become known as one of the best models of marine ecotourism in the world
40 REEFS RELOADED
Text by Steve De Neef Images by Various Contributors
Take a look at three ways people are giving reef restoration a helping hand , and creating some unusual dive sites in the process !
46 13 MUST-DIVE MPAS IN ASIA PACIFIC
By Various Contributors
Presenting a banquet of underwater delights to be found where attempts are being made to protect the ocean and its wildlife . You might need to rewrite your bucket list !
72 HISTORY Sustaining and Ancient Legacy
Text by Jae-Yeon Kim , translated by Christine Lee of Y . Zin Company Images by Y . Zin Kim and courtesy of the Jeju Self Governing Province
Meet the incredible women in Korea who are keeping alive a 2,000-year-old culture of freediving to harvest seafood
76 GONE TEK Tek-ing the Temperature
By Shafraz Naeem
Journey more than 60 metres deep with Shaff as he places data loggers on reefs in the Maldives , and reveals that tek diving in the service of science is an exciting and invaluable undertaking
80 FREEDIVING Freediving for Food
By Dr Adam Smith
Spearfishing is hugely controversial , and rightly so – it can be highly destructive . But this scientist reveals another side of the debate , suggesting it might be one of the most sustainable ways to eat fish
90 DOS AND DON ’ TS Sustainable Scuba
How to make sure your diving isn ’ t doing damage
92 GEAR Green Your Gear
Get out and find the dive kit that ' s more gentle on the planet !
Kei Nomiyama