Administrator’s note: This article appeared in Undercurrent magazine (06/2025).  It was adapted from the article in Forbes online entitled How Protected Marine Areas Could Bring $2.7 Billion To Scuba Tourism, by Emese Maczko. The Scuba Diving Industry Scuba Diving is driving a multi-billion-dollar industry, with over 50.7 million dives happening globally each year. The latest research... Read More →

We all know about the beauty and diversity of Raja Ampat, but all is not well in the area.  If you have been following this website or any number of social media channels you know Raja is presently suffering from numerous factors. 1. The largest world-wide coral bleaching event in history has hit central Raja and the Dampier Strait region, especially hard. 2. While Raja has become…a,... Read More →

“Insights into the visitations of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations on coral reefs in the Bird’s Head Seascape, eastern Indonesia” by Edy Setyawan, Ronald Manbrasar, Abraham Sianipar, Abdy Hasan, Mochamad Putra, Imanuel Tofu, Calvin Beale, and Mark Erdmann is a research paper recently published in Frontiers, one of the world’s largest and most impactful research... Read More →