This quick-catch method, along with indiscriminate bottom trawling, has ravaged the reefs throughout Danajon Bank. Indeed, it was not difficult to find examples of dead or dying reefs–these eerie, aquatic ghost towns were too common. Swimming through them, I felt like an archaeologist who has discovered the sad and fascinating remains of a civilization long lost, imagining what it was like before the wreckage.
Sa katunayan, hindi mahirap makahanap ng mga halimbawa ng mga patay o namamatay na reef–napakakaraniwan ng mga ito. Habang lumalangoy ako malapit sa mga ito, pakiramdam ko na isa akong archaeologist na nakadiskubre ng mga nakalulungkot at nakamamanghang tira-tira ng isang dating sibilisasyon, habang iniisip ang dating hitsura ng mga ito.