18th to 20th September 2020 BE AN ECO-WARRIOR! Join our Dive Against Debris and Crown of Thorns cleanup dives to protect the reefs around Tioman Island B&J always strives to keep our coral reefs healthy. Luckily there is not much rubbish to be found on Tioman’s reefs, however there’s another consistent threat called Crown of …
Well done guys! There was an amazing effort done by our volunteers in cleaning up Tioman Island’s reefs. Most of our dive sites had a small number of Crown of Thorns (COT) in July 2018, but you guys did an amazing job! Crown of Thorns injection is the most effective methods to control COT outbreaks. …
Every day is a good day to do something good to the planet so even after diving you can pick up some floating fishing net!!!! Our captain Epi saw it floating near Soyak Island so we went to take it out. Lots of small fish were trapped in the net but we got them all out alive. …
A few days ago, we discovered three large fishing nets at some of our usual dive sites. So last Thursday we worked together with the members of the Tioman Dive Association to clean them. Our team included divers from Ray’s Dive Adventure, GoDeeper Tioman Chalets, Scuba Ace and our Reef Check/Cintai Tioman representative Alvin. We …
As our day was ending, two staff members followed DM Linde to check out a net on the other side of our ABC bay. It was going to be a little snorkel to check out how bad it was before going in with SCUBA gear. Well, we decided to freedive down, cut it loose, and …
PROJECT AWARE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS By Martin Ritter, B&J Diving – Malaysia 16 JANUARY 2017  | 2:57 PM In this week’s Community Spotlight, Project AWARE catches up with Martin Ritter, scuba instructor at B&J Diving in Malaysia. Tell us about your passion for ocean conservation. The team at B&J Diving in Malaysia are scuba divers, ocean enthusiasts …
We have just under two weeks until CITES CoP17* begins. This is your chance to help protect some of the world’s most valuable shark and ray species! Hundreds of Project AWARE divers and diver centers have already urged CITES Member Parties to VOTE YES to protect sharks and rays through #Divers4SharksNRays. Now more than ever, we must keep …
We celebrated World Oceans Day over the weekend of the 11th and 12th June as part of a global movement to give something back to the environment that is so often abused. Focusing on our main areas of concern in the area – Crown of Thorn control and Dive Against Debris activities, we hit the …
During the weekend of the 14th and 15th of May, our willing volunteers, DMTs and crew members took to the reefs of Tioman in their ongoing battle against the destructive Crown of Thorns Starfish. Historically, Tioman has had issues with this pesky little critter for a number of years. They’re a natural part of the …
… and it’s nothing to do with basketball…. B&J’s Project AWARE Team hit the reefs this weekend as part of their monthly commitment to remove debris from our beloved reefs. The good news is that there was hardly any of the usual culprits of bottles, plastic bags, food packaging. Looks like our daily tirade against …