Divers'destination

摘要

For scuba-divers-turned-fish-farmers John Bethell, Frank van der Linde and Mark Shandur, every fish they grow is one less fish harvested from the ocean. The trio, who now operate Eco Aquaculture Asia (EAA) in Thailand, previously worked together in the scuba diving live-abroad industry, when they noticed an alarming decline of reef fish due to commercial fishing."We started this business because we had witnessed firsthand the destructive and damaging effects that commercial fishing fleets were having on the region's wild fish stocks. Depletion of large wild reef fish, and damage to the reefs and underwater environments, led us to believe there must be a more environmentally-conscious way to go about supplying the fish that are in such high demand here in Asia, and globally. The answer to this is to utilise modem technology via land-based recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS),"the company owners state on their website.