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01/12/2007: "BOB'S SAUMAREZ WRASSE ...... in color"
Fathom issue number one went on sale in January 1971. The third issue had this stunning (first time published) cover picture from the expedition to Saumarez Reef in 1965.
Why is Saumarez and the other Coral Sea Reef's so unique?
The visibility is twice as clear as anything commonly experienced on the Great Barrier Reef.
The warm deep ocean is a purple blue color as you pass above it.
As for the Maori Wrasse - these great fish are now protected on the Great Barrier Reef and hopefully not on the agenda for blue water spearing trips currently visiting Wreck and Flinders in The Coral Sea.
