If there's an expedition blue blog out there we're probably following it.The facinating world of our oceans is at your desktop each and every day. You never know what will catch your interest.
This caught our interest.
From the blog Oceans Watch Expedition, this post is called Aid Meets Tradition:
Chris comments: here in Moussau the community is still very traditional. I was interested to see how the fishermen use coral stones to weight their hooks to get down to 30 m where the bigger fish are.
They tie a piece of coconut palm leaf around the stone then put the hook through the leaf. When the stone hits the bottom a sharp tug pulls the hook out of the leaf leaving an un-weighted hook on the bottom. The bait they use is a piece of condom!
The condoms are supplied to the communities free by a family planning NGO. All the fishermen we met used condoms as bait and are very grateful to the NGO for endless free lures!
