Dynamite fishing has been taking place very often at the same spots in Salvador, Brazil, for many years; as usual, complaints, protests and even newspaper articles are simply ignored by the police, the Coast Guard, and by IBAMA, which is supposed to oversee all environmental issues in Brazil. Fancy coming for the 2014 FIFA World Cup? Or perhaps coming for the 2016 Olympic Games? Brazil will host them both. However, think twice and don't risk your life... there are better and much safer places to visit, other than a country where there is an average of nearly 200 homicides per day (more than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan together).
The following are linkbacks to a few Brazilian forums (in Portuguese) and their reactions against this crime:
Necton Sub - Mergulho e Aventura
Guarapas Caça Sub - Forum
Pescaki - Forum de Pesca Esportiva
Brasil Reef - Forum
Para os que quiserem colaborar com a prisao dos marginais das fotos abaixo, e tiverem dificuldades com a lingua inglesa:
- O crime ocorre geralmente entre 9:00 e 11:30 horas, e menos frequentemente em outros horarios entre 6:00 e 13:00 horas.
- Os criminosos sempre retornam à pequena favela da Gamboa de Baixo (onde escondem o barco), localizada embaixo da Avenida do Contorno numa extensao de menos que 100 metros, entre o Campo Grande e o Museu do Unhao.
- As bombas sao detonadas no Corredor da Vitoria, sempre do mesmo barco, e sob o comando do mesmo marginal, que aparece de sunga vermelha nas fotos dos dias 7 de agosto, 22 de julho e 17 de julho de 2010, e de bermuda azul escura nas fotos do dia 23 de julho de 2010.
07 August
2010
A powerful bomb exploded today at 8:50 a.m. The criminals seem surprised to find so few fish. Is there anything left of what once was a coral reef?
The same criminal wearing a red swimming suit (right) is back, together with a new guy (left)
Today the same criminals arrived at 10:26 a.m. Again, neither IBAMA, the Coast Guard (their headquarters is located only two miles from the crime scene), nor the police ever appeared, as they are probably continuing their "investigation".
The first bomb exploded at 10:54 a.m. It can be seen as a white cloud on the right side of the photo, which was taken about 20 seconds after the explosion
There was another explosion today at 9:27 a.m. at the same place. The criminal in the water collected all the fish that he could, which was not much, and at 9:40 a.m. headed back to Avenida do Contorno. I didn't bother calling the police once again, for obvious reasons. This is a good opportunity for the few local dive shops and the 410 members of a local scuba divers' internet forum to take some action. I have done my part already.
His basket does not have as many fish as on previous days. However, his bomb certainly damaged what was left of the coral reef.
(photo on the left) The criminal is looking at his basket, perhaps surprised with the small amount of fish that he caught today
This is the same subject who has been committing the same crime over and over again on a daily basis
A powerful bomb exploded today at 8:50 a.m. The criminals seem surprised to find so few fish. Is there anything left of what once was a coral reef?
The same criminal wearing a red swimming suit (right) is back, together with a new guy (left)
23 July 2010
Today the same criminals arrived at 10:26 a.m. Again, neither IBAMA, the Coast Guard (their headquarters is located only two miles from the crime scene), nor the police ever appeared, as they are probably continuing their "investigation".
The first bomb exploded at 10:54 a.m. It can be seen as a white cloud on the right side of the photo, which was taken about 20 seconds after the explosion
22 July 2010
There was another explosion today at 9:27 a.m. at the same place. The criminal in the water collected all the fish that he could, which was not much, and at 9:40 a.m. headed back to Avenida do Contorno. I didn't bother calling the police once again, for obvious reasons. This is a good opportunity for the few local dive shops and the 410 members of a local scuba divers' internet forum to take some action. I have done my part already.
His basket does not have as many fish as on previous days. However, his bomb certainly damaged what was left of the coral reef.
(photo on the left) The criminal is looking at his basket, perhaps surprised with the small amount of fish that he caught today
This is the same subject who has been committing the same crime over and over again on a daily basis
This is an individual who
had not been seen by us before, although the boat is the same as on
previous days.
21 July 2010
The explosion of yet another bomb occurred today at 9:24 a.m. at the same spot as the one of four days ago, and by the same two criminals who were wearing the same clothes, plus a third one in yellow bermuda shorts who I hadn't seen before. After taking a few photos, we (at 9:27 a.m.) immediately called the police, already knowing that it would be a waste of our valuable time. This time we called COPPA (Companhia de Policia de Protecao Ambiental), which claims to be the State Environmental Protection Police. We spoke to Sergeant #1, who made me wait for seven minutes before transferring the call to Captain #2, who in turn told me to call the mobile phone of Lieutenant #3, who according to him, was aboard the COPPA boat in the vicinity. However, the lieutenant never answered the phone after four attempts of mine within ten minutes. I called Captain #2 again at 9:50 a.m. but now he was "in a meeting", and I was told to call another number. I did as instructed, and soldier #4 told me that Lieutenant #2, the one who was supposed to be on the boat, was actually buying a spare part for a car somewhere in town; and then the soldier asked me to call a fifth phone number. At the new telephone number, and with infinite patience, I spoke with Soldier #5, who told me that I should talk to Lieutenant #6. The lieutenant said that he would write down my details and the three criminals' details, and said that he would take care of the arrests immediately. It was 10:10 a.m. and I had just wasted 46 minutes of my time. Until the time I left for lunch (1:30 p.m.) four hours after my ordeal had began, not to my surprise, nobody had appeared at the scene. Did any of you expect anything different?
A few seconds after the explosion occurred, the waves can still be seen at the top right of the photo
We had not seen this one before
The explosion of yet another bomb occurred today at 9:24 a.m. at the same spot as the one of four days ago, and by the same two criminals who were wearing the same clothes, plus a third one in yellow bermuda shorts who I hadn't seen before. After taking a few photos, we (at 9:27 a.m.) immediately called the police, already knowing that it would be a waste of our valuable time. This time we called COPPA (Companhia de Policia de Protecao Ambiental), which claims to be the State Environmental Protection Police. We spoke to Sergeant #1, who made me wait for seven minutes before transferring the call to Captain #2, who in turn told me to call the mobile phone of Lieutenant #3, who according to him, was aboard the COPPA boat in the vicinity. However, the lieutenant never answered the phone after four attempts of mine within ten minutes. I called Captain #2 again at 9:50 a.m. but now he was "in a meeting", and I was told to call another number. I did as instructed, and soldier #4 told me that Lieutenant #2, the one who was supposed to be on the boat, was actually buying a spare part for a car somewhere in town; and then the soldier asked me to call a fifth phone number. At the new telephone number, and with infinite patience, I spoke with Soldier #5, who told me that I should talk to Lieutenant #6. The lieutenant said that he would write down my details and the three criminals' details, and said that he would take care of the arrests immediately. It was 10:10 a.m. and I had just wasted 46 minutes of my time. Until the time I left for lunch (1:30 p.m.) four hours after my ordeal had began, not to my surprise, nobody had appeared at the scene. Did any of you expect anything different?
A few seconds after the explosion occurred, the waves can still be seen at the top right of the photo
We had not seen this one before
17 July 2010
The explosion of a bomb
occurred today at 11:40 a.m. in the
waters of an upper class neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil.
After taking more than 130 photos from a distance of over 200 meters,
we called the police (Central de Operações do GRAER) at
11:56 a.m. and filed charges with the Sergeant in charge. After
picking up literally hundreds of fish, the two criminals left
the scene at 12:07 p.m. and got back to a slum
nearby, where they arrived at 12:50 p.m.
The police helicopter never showed up as promised, neither did their
boat, nor any of their cars; we gave up waiting at 2:40 p.m.
The white spots on the left half of the photo are only part of the hundreds of fish that surfaced after the blast. Surprisingly,
this is only part of the small percentage of fish that float to the surface, as most fish sink to the sea floor.
An enormous quantity of fish measuring between 20 and 30 cm is being collected from the sea floor and dropped inside the boat.
This picture isn't very sharp because we were photographing from over 200 meters away.
Another load of fish is being thrown into the boat (basket on the right side of the photo)
The bow and stern of the boat are loaded with fish collected after the blast
Close up of the two subjects
29 November 2009
At least one of the subjects responsible for the explosions of 17, 21, 22 and 23 July 2010 is the same individual who blasted
a powerful bomb on 29 November 2009 at the same spot at 06:00 a.m. waking up the whole neighborhood
31
December 2007
Well after the explosion, the subject is collecting a few more fish to add to the two or three dozen fish already at the stern of the boat
Last updated 16 Aug 2010
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