sluiting duik en snorkel plekken

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  Richard

  22-07-2010 14:00

  In het nieuws is bericht verschenen dat de overheid van Maleisie duik- en snorkelplekken tot eind oktober gaat sluiten. Zou gaan om de eilanden Redang en Tioman.

  Heeft iemand meer info hierover, m.n. zijn er dan nog mogelijkheden om te duiken en/of snorkelen.

  Groet

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  Esther

  22-07-2010 14:05

  o.a. Perhentians zouden ook tot het verboden gebied behoren:

  Dive sites closed to save corals

  KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - MALAYSIA has closed several popular dive sites to save its fragile corals, which have already been damaged by high water temperatures this year, an official said on Thursday.

  Twelve out of 83 spots around the popular islands of Perhentian, Redang and Tioman in the east and Payar in the west have been off-limits to divers and snorkelers since early this month, said Abdul Jamal Mydin, director general of the Department of Marine Parks. He said virtually all the corals in the area have been damaged, some as much as 90 per cent, by the rising sea temperatures. Most have begun to turn white - a condition known as coral bleaching that causes coral to lose colour and even eventually die.

  Officials say divers tend to dredge sand from the seabed, which settles on coral and damages it further. There is also the fear divers would bump into the corals. Some 500,000 tourists visit the area each year. The sites are expected to stay closed until Oct 31, giving the corals enough time to recover without the additional disturbances of boats, divers and snorkelers, Abdul Jamal said

  bron: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_556511.html

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