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16/09/2005: "'QUIET' MAORI WRASSE"
The giant wrasse were once a sought target and a challenge due to their timidness. It was almost impossible to get close to these big fish in open water.
Most were speared when they took refuge within a coral bommie 'cave'.
Consequently when scuba divers stopped spear fishing (due to regulations) it was amazing to see these fish approach us, (when we stopped chasing them)!
The first tame maori wrasse pictures came out of The Red Sea when hard-boiled eggs were offered for food. Gradually tame wrasse appeared on the Great Barrier Reef, first in the Whitesunday Islands then later north of Cairns.
This fish was/is a resident at The Cod Hole, near Lizard Island or Number Ten of the Ribbon Reefs.
