Scuba diving is a special priviledge. It is a hobby of the brave, healthy and skilled. As a scuba diver, one would enjoy things that non-divers cannot. We get to watch fishes gracefully swim. We get to feel the sense of freedom of fishes glide and play. Fishes and corals are the main attraction in scuba diving. That is why it saddens me so much to see scuba divers spearfish just for the sake of killing fishes. As priviledged scuba divers that we are, we should strive to preserve marine life, instead of contriute to their extinction.
There is a whale of a difference between a fisherman who kills fish for food to feed his family and a scuba diver who spearfish just for the sake satisfying his adrenalin rush. The fisherman i understand, the scuba diver-spearfisher, i do not.
As a surigao dive club member, i vote for a total ban to spearfishing by scubadivers.
