Myanmar: A Group of Divers is Saving Myanmar’s Marine Wildlife from Deadly Ghost Nets

Apr 5, 2017 | Jacob Goldberg, Coconuts
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Myanmar’s underwater earthscape may be relatively untouched by tourism, but it is steadily becoming a trash receptacle for local fishers. In fact, these two circumstances might be related. Thanda said that while it is rare to find a single piece of rubbish during a dive in Australia, where tourism provides an incentive to protect dive sites, it is common to find instant noodle packages and batteries in Myanmar’s lawless waters.