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27/12/2004: "Spearfishing & Scuba Diving ...... Adam and Eve analogy."

There was a time when the majority of spearfishermen also used scuba to fish deeper. It was never considered 'sport' but a method to guarantee extra fish would be found.

Deeper water, beyond 20 meters was the last sanctuary of many fish and the scuba divers were rapidly thinning them out. In time our coastal waters would become barren if scuba spearfishing were not stopped. A spearing association member once advocated seperate 'largest sizes speared' records being kept to seperate those taken by scuba divers - because it was far easier than deep breath-hold diving.

A ban of scuba spearfishing was a wise decision made by the association of spearfishing clubs.

Rick Poole and Tanya Binning are pictured here as the ocean's 'Adam and Eve'. The theme:
Eve tempting spearman Adam to spearfish with a scuba tank. (He wasn't interested).