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Red Coral

Red Coral

Red coral The red coral not to mistake for coral reef lives in the mediterranean sea and in the pacific ocean out of Formosa and midway island. This always fascinating seekers of underwater treasury and adventure men . The coral fishing in the mediterranean sea has been done using underwater equipment at least 120 meters. This way to collect replace an ancient equipment named " ingegno" or "S.Andrew cross" now this is not allowed in the mediterranean sea because it is destroying everything not only collect a few coral. This kind of equipment still now used in the pacific and China sea, because the huge depth of the coral banks. The images included in this reportage have been taken during my experience with some coral scuba diving professional in the eighty.Aboard of "Valnea" the speed motorboat of Paolo Peracino my friend in these years , an adventure to seek the "red gold " along the coasts of Morocco and in the Alboran sea.

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