FILMCO Documentary: Hunting For Cages Part 3
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Hunting For Cages is a short documentary on the on going struggle of a Small island off the Gulf of Thailand and their fight to preserve paradise on Koh Tao. Headed by Chad Scott from save Koh Tao and supported by Koh Exist, New Heaven Diving and various other dive schools the local communities actions to prevent illegal fishing within protected areas around Koh Tao are the focus of this piece. It is particularly relevant at this time as the Local Government is following a meeting last week considering expanding the protected area around Koh Tao and various other preventative measures.
CAGE HUNTERS
Chad Scott.. Jildau Stevens.. Wouter Thomasson..
Neng -- Easy Divers.. Caroline Leuba.. Margaux Hien..
Devrim Zahir.. Peter Taylor..
INTERVIEWS DIRECTED by Rosemary Allen
INTERVIEWS
Lucy Harris.. Belynda Suva.. Mario Koesters..
Alexander Mitsch.. Flavius Sleutelar.. Anthony Griffis..
Satya Cook.. Natalie Hunt..
MUSIC
Kevin Dunning Shatterproof.com
SOUND MIXED by Ed Johnson
WRITEN & DIRECTED by Sharky Thomas
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ABOUT KOH TAO
KOH TAO TRANSLATES AS "TURTLE ISLAND", SO NAMED BECAUSE OF IT'S SHAPE AND ALSO THERE WERE MANY OF TURTLES LIVING AROUND.
It's only about 21 sq Km and is remotely located about 70 km far from the mainland.
From 1933 to 1947 Koh Tao was used to jail political prisoners of the Bowaradech Uprising. Many were transferred from Koh Tarutao to Koh Tao by reason of its location lonely in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand.
The community in Koh Tao was settled at the first time when the villagers from Koh Samui and Koh Phangan immigrated and were on the land of Koh Tao in 1947. Before that there were some people who came and used the land for coconut plantation and small fishery.
During the past 15 years the reputation of Koh Tao's natural beauty, especially its marine life and coral reefs due to the island's distance from the mouth of Mae Nam Tapi, which affords high visibility and an abundance of marine life. It soon became one of the major dive sites of South East Asia.
FROM KRABI, PHUKET, PHI PHI
If coming from the south directly to Koh Tao then make your way to Surat Thani. From there a night boat leaves daily at 23:00 and arrives at 5:00 the following morning. Tickets are 500 baht. This ride is not particularly comfortable for all and another option would be to fly from Phuket to Koh Samui and then take the boat here