Tag: socorro lobster

Beautiful Dive Among the Coral Heads on a Lava Flow Looking for Turtles

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-12-31

By Nautilus Staff on December 31st, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

One group of guests came especially prepared for New Year’s with everyone bringing dinner gowns to wear underwater.

Tags champagne, evening gowns, lava flow, lobster, new years eve, Octopus, Punta Tosca, Roca Partida, silly sharks, socorro lobster, stonefish, turtles, whitetip reef shark

Shark Fin Soup??

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-12-16

By Nautilus Staff on December 16th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Since the discovery of an illegal fishing net draped across a reef at southwest Benedicto wall, there has been some heated and emotional discussions onboard the Nautilus Explorer regarding the abhorrent practice of shark finning, shark fin soup and the whole issue of illegal fishing – especially in a protected biosphere reserve such as Socorro/Revillagigedos. These are huge issues and there are no easy answers.

Tags Biosphere Reserve, el canyon, Giant Mantas, illegal fishing, lobster, Mantas, ocean conservation, San Benedicto, shark fin soup, shark finning, socorro lobster, the aquarium, The Boiler

San Benedicto Island giant mantas interacting with divers

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Socorro
Post date 2007-03-01

By Nautilus Staff on March 1st, 2007 in Archive, Socorro

The magic of Socorro Island is that these resident mantas actually choose to approach divers on their own terms. We’ve always felt that there must be “something” in the water around Socorro, as a number of resident animals choose to approach and even initiate physical contact with divers. Not just the manta rays but dolphins, Lumpy our favourite leather bass, and even some of the Socorro lobster.