JJ ,Timea and Emily
Green Fins representatives Chloe and JJ are visiting Koh Tao to assess its members and provide extra training on the Reef Watch Monitoring and Data Collection.
Yesterday morning Chloe, JJ, Emily (Padi DMT), Timea (SSI DiveCon Trainee) and myself went out to 2 dive sites to collect data.
Chumphon Pinnacle is recovering from illegal fishing and the corals don't seem to have suffered too much from the abandoned net (removed by Crystal Divers).
A healthier fish population was found around Hin Pee Wee, a less dived site on Koh Tao, which shows that controlling the number of divers is important.
Coral variety on both locations are good, all though very slight indications of bleaching and algae point to higher water temperatures and higher pollution with nutrients.
Scuba Junction will keep monitoring Koh Tao's reefs on a weekly basis, the data collected is submitted on line in the Green Fins International Reef Watch Database.
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