In May, 2008, one of Shark Savers' founders, Sascha Simon, traveled to the Maldives for the first time in 10 years to see how the sharks were doing. While he didn't find the sharks he had come to love on earlier trips, he did find the Baa Atoll Project. Read the blog entry.
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Sacha's Maldives gallery
Sacha's Maldives gallery
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Rheeti Beach in the Baa atoll, my home for 3 weeks
Rheeti Beach in the Baa atoll, my home for 3 weeks
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Baa Atoll Project team for the protection of sharks: Representatives of Government, resort managers, Dive Schools, Marine biologists, and Shark Savers. Sascha is in the back row with glasses hanging from his neck
Baa Atoll Project team for the protection of sharks: Representatives of Government, resort managers, Dive Schools, Marine biologists, and Shark Savers. Sascha is in the back row with glasses hanging from his neck
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Flying above the capital of Male in the background in a trustee old twin otter sea plane
Flying above the capital of Male in the background in a trustee old twin otter sea plane
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A future Island in formation: The reef is slowly creating a lagoon, eventually sealing it of from the ocean and accumulating sand
A future Island in formation: The reef is slowly creating a lagoon, eventually sealing it of from the ocean and accumulating sand
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A lonely egret in front of the main jetty at Rheeti Beach Resort
A lonely egret in front of the main jetty at Rheeti Beach Resort
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Beautiful soft corrals and abundant fish life but NO sharks
Beautiful soft corrals and abundant fish life but NO sharks
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Doctor and Parrot fish, numbers unchecked by sharks are wreaking havoc at reef tops
Doctor and Parrot fish, numbers unchecked by sharks are wreaking havoc at reef tops
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A Giant Triggerfish taking aim at corals. Trigger and Parrot fish churn hard corals in white sand that in turn builds the islands but unchecked by predators they are able to take down an entire healthy reef.
A Giant Triggerfish taking aim at corals. Trigger and Parrot fish churn hard corals in white sand that in turn builds the islands but unchecked by predators they are able to take down an entire healthy reef.
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Google Earth satellite image of Yin Yang -shaped artificial reef at the Four Season's resort in the Baa Atoll
Google Earth satellite image of Yin Yang -shaped artificial reef at the Four Season's resort in the Baa Atoll
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