RAJAH AMPAT 2004 - BLENNIES AND GOBIES
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Photos: People, Underwater

In Sel Pelee Bay, we stumbled upon a pearl farm (Edi knew the proprietors), and instead of only doing a land tour of the facility, we hopped into the water with two of the divers to participate in a lost net search on the bottom (at around 145'). The waters of the bay were really murky, but it was fascinating to see how oysters are farmed there.

Diving the nets was Steve Drogin's idea. His company certainly helps to make dive trips interesting!

Most species IDs and some image captions are courtesy of Judy Foester.

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SELECTED IMAGES

Oysters in nets at a pearl farm (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Pearl farm workers dive down to 140' to retrieve a net (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

We've reached about 50' with the lost net (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Swimming among oyster nets to find the location of the missing one (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Swimming among oyster nets to find the location of the missing one (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

The lost net is reattached to the main line (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Oyster nets hang at a pearl farm (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Oyster nets hang at a pearl farm (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)

Oyster nets hang at a pearl farm (Pearl Farm, Sel Pelee Bay)
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