All in the name of photography

A local diver was incensed yesterday when he witnessed two divers cutting up sea urchins, and feeding them ballen wrasse in order to get the fish to hang around long enough to get some good photos. I am pleased to say that the local made it quite clear to the photographers that this was not acceptible behaviour in the Marine Reserve.

The whole ethos of the Marine Reserve is "look and don't touch". In fact the Code of Conduct clearly states "Leave animals & plants where you find them & take care not to damage them". Why these particular divers thought that this did not refer to sea urchins I do not know. If you see someone breaching the VMR Code of Conduct, then please do feel free to pull them up on it, and please do let me know. Many thanks for your help.