Shark finning, overfishing and humans!

If we carry on fishing like we do at the moment there is NO fish left in 2048 how old your kids will be by then or yourself?

Right did you look further?

We are 8 billion people in this world no stopping of having kids. In 10 year’s we will be 10 billion people, ever thought of how to feed them? 8 mio die per year because of starvation already.

If we mess with the oceans marine life, soon there is no life anymore

All life comes from the ocean, called evolution.

The End of the Line! watch it!

and it is exactly like this, I dive since 16 years and have a huge number of dives and it decreases by day.

So a lot of people ask me: why don’t we farm fish like pigs or cows?

Not a good idea either to farm fish because, what do fish eat?

Fish eat other fish and where is the Fish-food coming from?

To produce 1000 kg of tuna you need 3000 kg of food (other live fish) where do they come from?

They come from the open Ocean so calculate how long that lasts if you need 3 times the amount of what you get out!

Another part is that a lot of people do not know that 80% of all fish are monogamy so they look for one partner in their whole life and if one of them gets eaten or caught the other one will never reproduce and or die as well.

We kill 100 mio sharks per year, for their fins.

Per second around 3,6 sharks get killed and 0,94 get born.

We take them out more than 3 times faster than they can reproduce.

We need the sharks it’s a reef cleaner, it eats old and sick fish

If we don’t have a reef cleaner anymore we kill the reef cause corals get overgrown by slime alga.

Do you know how many % of Oxygen we have in our air?…..

See 90% of all people do not know!

21% O2 is in our Air

Where does it come from?

Trees most people say.

We would not have enough trees in this world to produce that amount of O2

75% of our earth surface is water.

How much O2 is getting produced by trees?
4%

How much O2 do you need per Breath?
4%

so there you go….do the math without the O2 production from our Ocean

Shall I tell you a good story in between?

We have a nudi branch here which only has to eat one time in its entire life.

it eats corals so perfectly off and plants it in its tentacles so they grow and give food nutrients salts and minerals to the nudi.

It’s called “Blue Dragon”!

They are so much more advanced under water than we are

I guess you love Dolphins right?

Another story made up by the medias cause in reality they are not as lovely!!!!

Just one example: an Orca (Killer Whale) is the biggest of the Dolphins Family.

Back to our Sharks.

Women often ask me…..can I go diving because I have my period…..do i attract sharks then?

I always say then….I hope so ;)

But actually it’s the opposite

Another common misunderstanding about Sharks we get told by the Medias.

Yes its true they can smell a drop of blood in 1 mio liter of water but they would never come close as long as it is human blood, they do not like it! What do you do if don’t like your food in your mouth?! You spit it out don’t you?

That’s why 8 of 9 attacked people survive. The shark just try’s and spits you out again

How many people get killed by cats?

300 per year…a tiger are a cat isn’t it?

9 people get attacked by a shark per year

More people get killed by a falling coconut

or a soda pop machine

and many more people get killed by starvation 8 mil to be exact no one cares!

Just amazing what TV and Medias do to us

 

On top of that

 

Global Warming:

Corals can only cope with 32.2°C of Water temperature everything above that, they’ll get stressed and die! We had this 2 years ago 10% of all our corals are brown and dead. It comes back but very slowly

How fast does the fastest Plant on Land grow and what is it?

The Bamboo, it can grow up to 10 cm a day!

So how fast is the fastest growing Coral and which one is it?

The Staghorn Coral and it grows 1 cm a YEAR!

 

On top of that:

Rubbish Production:

We humans produce such a huge amount of rubbish, per person about 2.2 kg every single day.

2.2 kg x 8billion people x 365 days = 5,8 billion tones of rubbish

We humans already throw 8.1 mio tons of rubbish in the oceans every year! There is more plastic in the water than plankton! Broken down to so small pieces that our eye can’t see it!

So eating Fish is healthy isn’t it? At least that’s what the Medias are telling us to do!

We need the Ocean it protects us!

We live in such abundance that we don’t see it anymore! So much food, water, electric…..etc. all the time.

 

So whats the solution to this?

  • Buy fish once a week (not 5 times) from sustainable resources.
  • Lower your own standards.
  • Turn off the water while soaping under the shower.
  • Turn off  lights which are not needed.
  • Leave your car at home and take a walk or a bicycle.
  • Don’t go to the Gym by car and then sit on the bike.
  • Do not throw your rubbish over board or on the side of the street.

 

What Poseidon Dive Center does:

i could cry everyday about us stupid humans but that aint help…what helps is this!

  • Educating our divers and guests!
  • We sell our Best of underwater pictures; from the income of the pictures sold we’ll build & protect artificial & natural reefs! www.dani-sasse.de Have a look and please support us!
  • Artificial reefs are great because they not only protect the fish from fisher nets they also reproduce quicker as well as Corals can hook onto the artificial reef quiet easily. It’s maybe only a drop of cold water on a hot stone but at least
  • Farmed Fish and Turtle release.
  • Replanting of knocked over Corals by anchor or humans stand on them.
  • Setting buoys so Boats not have to anchor anymore.
  • Fighting for proper Fishing laws in the Marine National Park




PDC1 is back in the water

Our Boat PDC1 is back in the water

Finally! We put her completely refurbished with fireworks back in the water. Tomorrow, last checks and on Monday we plan our first Trip to Phi Phi with 2 dives!




Best of Underwater Photography by Daniel Sasse

Best of Underwater Photography by Daniel Sasse

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Clown Trigger Fish @ work

Clown Trigger Fish @ work!


Award Winning Picture by Daniel Sasse

Award Winning Picture by Daniel Sasse

Sun Raises by Daniel Sasse - Landscapes Underwater Stock Photos on Pixoto© Daniel Sasse / Pixoto



Some facts about us “intelligent” humans:

We fish 80.000.000 Tonnes / Year 22.000.000 Tonnes is caught by chance and gets back into the water dead!
80% of all Fish live Monogamy!
If we carry on Fishing like we do at the moment there is NO Fish left in the year 2048!
We kill 100.000.000+ Sharks / Year just for there fins!
We throw 8.100.000.000.000 billion Tonnes of rubbish into the Ocean every year!
There is already 6 times more plastic in the water than Plankton!
We have 21% Oxygen in our air only 4% is made by Trees the other 17% is made by Corals! Our Body needs 4% of Oxygen every breath.
so now tell me how “intelligent” we humans are?!


Yellow lipped Sea-Krait

Yellow lipped Sea-KraitYellow lipped Sea-Krait on the way up to the surface to get a breath of air. Scuba Diving at the local Islands Ao Nang Krabi Thailand!


18.01.2013 Test Trip PDC1

 

Test Trip PDC1 Everyone enjoyed the Trip! Happy & more than Satisfied! Thank you very much for joining hope to see you soon again! And all went well! We had no Problems on our first trip to the Phi Phi Islands! Also underwater was a blast! 3 Leopard Sharks Turtles and much much more! Here are some impressions from the Boat! More Pictures are here!



Our new Boat POSEIDON 1 is here

Finally our new Boat has arrived!
She is called Poseidon 1. On the way to Krabi to get it ready in hopefully 10 days! Like it? We do very much!

There will be a Lounge with Music a Bar as well as Hot Water Showers & Toilets. More comfort is almost not possible! ;)

Poseidon Dive Center 1 Test Drive


Poseidon Dive Center on Tanga Reef

TangaReefTangaReef is a website where you can make bookings for dive holidays with partner dive centers around the world online. Whether you want to book a beginner course, an advanced course, just go diving or bring a friend along for snorkeling, TangaReef is the convenient, safe and responsible way to do so. With Tanga Reef, one can just sit back, relax, and conveniently book the trip and pay online using a credit or debit card at no extra charge.

And on top of that, every booking on TangaReef automatically benefits ocean conservation efforts such as the Coral Reef Alliance at no extra charge! So why not chose Poseidon Dive Center, one of the first TangaReef partners in Thailand, for your next diving adventure?




Welcome to Ao Nang

Ao Nang is celebrating its high-season start 2012/2013! Welcome to Ao Nang!
Ao Nang is a still small town with lovely places to have a a Drink or have some nice Thai Food. A great Holiday Place for the whole Family as well as Backpackers! Lots of things to do and to explore especially scuba diving! ;) If you’ve not been here yet have a think about it!


Nemo Amphiprion Occelaris Clown Fish

Nemo National Geographic Photo Contest! National Geographic Photo Contest 2012. Entry by Daniel Sasse

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Scuba Diving Law of Boyle & Mariotte practical Example

Scuba Diving Law of Boyle & Mariotte in a practical Example! A bubble-ring is expanding towards the surface.