Manta Mantra by Don Silcock
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Manta Mantra by Don Silcock Almost like clockwork they appear every day – usually just after 8 AM, in time for their morning ablutions. The trick is to let them be cleaned in peace from... Read More →
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Rosco’s Ridge: New Cenderawasih Bay dive site by Garry Bevan
Rosco’s Ridge: New Cenderawasih Bay dive site by Garry Bevan (This site is now posted on the Cenderawasih Bay map) Pulau Miosauri is the collective name for a group of islands in central... Read More →
Dr. Gerry Allen lives to Dive and Count Fish, Part 1
Dr. Gerry Allen lives to Dive and Count Fish, Part 1 This is the first of a three-part interview with Dr. Gerald Allen, one of the world’s foremost ichthyologists. Gerry dives frequently in the... Read More →
Indonesia’s “Underwater Legacy” by Kerri Bingham and Hergen Spalink
Indonesia’s Underwater Legacy Text and images by Kerri Bingham and Hergen Spalink Indonesia is a country of over 17,000 islands, so what makes these particular ones that make up the Birds Head... Read More →
Dive Site Maps by Ali Murtadlo and Jerry & Debbie Arriaga
Dive Site Maps by Ali Murtadlo and Jerry & Debbie Arriaga The BHS would like to thank Ali, Debbie and Jerry for their generous contribution to the site. This article only contains a few of... Read More →
THE PASSAGE: text and photography by Jim Black
THE PASSAGE There is a narrow, meandering waterway that separates Waigeo and Gam islands in Raja Ampat. Divers call it “The Passage”. My first voyage up that channel with its... Read More →
Big Fish Thriving in Raja Ampat
We’ve been back a few weeks from our last Raja Ampat trip of the season a place where there are still new reefs to discover, new thrills to experience. Even though we wrote the guide to diving in... Read More →
Southeast Misool Fact Sheet
Southeast Misool is the largest and southern most marine protected area (MPA) in the Raja Ampat MPA network and rests within the Coral Triangle – the global center of marine biodiversity. The MPA... Read More →
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Manta Ray Research Boosts Smart Policies and Ecotourism in Indonesia by Shawn Heinrichs
This post initially appeared on Conservation Internationals’ blog “Human Nature” (conservation.org/blog) on December 17, 2013 By Shawn Heinrichs Recently returned from a manta ray research... Read More →