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Among the many passes we've snorkeled, Fulanga's definitely among our Top 3. Big groups of fish outside, a wonderful variety of healthy coral and myriads of little fish inside. Overfishing's a problem in the lagoon, so we tried to convince the islanders to install protected zones to ensure sustainable fishing.

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1/30: The calm and sunny conditions were ideal, so we hopped into the water almost every day.
2/30: Outside the pass at the drop-off we were surprised to find huge swarms of big fish.
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5/30: All kinds of jacks
6/30: Young barracudas curiously circled us.
7/30: And then a grown-up came by, too.
8/30: A few white-tip reef sharks live there as well.
9/30: Inside the pass and all around it, the coral is wonderfully healthy and tons of little fish hover over it.
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18/30: A dark parrot fish species was spawning as we snorkeled the pass.
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27/30: Pilot fish surf the bow waves of sharks, turtles, dolphins and other big creatures...
28/30: ...like snorkelers.
29/30: Unfortunately the coral in other parts of the lagoon and on the eastern side is not in such a great state and gets overgrown with algae.
30/30: We showed the villagers pictures and tried to explain that the coral need more fish to keep the reefs clean and healthy. There's already a committee for Tabu zones and we hope that they'll make the Tabu permanent in some areas (at the moment it's only 6 months of the year).