Collectors die in Tonga, Vanuatu

[GreshamH]

Steve, is that one in each country in the last few months?

200' on SCUBA while working is stacking the odds in a major way. Heck, I've never hit the depth even for a couple minutes. 160' is my limit and I don't stay long, and I have never worked at ANY depth collecting fish. I can not imagine what that would do to your down time.

So I take it the companies don't use computers (duh, I know ) nor do they enforce any tables (another duh, I know ). Indeed it does sound scandelous and my heart goes out to the families. Those divers sent most thier earnings back to their family in PI. While I don't know what exporter they worked for, I wish I did so I could make sure I didn't support them in any way.

Steve, do you think it's safe to see over a hundred divers have died world wide in persuit of MO collections? You've meantioned the village in PI that has nearly no males left do to baby clownfish collections (deepwater). Are there other places like that?