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O yes, I'm aware. They made the public aware ( limited awareness as most buyers of marine fish are not interested in those details) . But the missing funds, questions about the actual collectors themselves taking the nets and still using the 'juice' because it was easier, over promotion of Robinson as a persona and the total ignoring of the fact that Chinese businessmen were not going to allow their margins to be shrunk, kinda made the 'program' a kind of con on the donating hobbyists that thought they were actually changing things.
So I ask you because I never followed the story through, did Robinson finally get busted for the missing funds? Curious minds want to know? I know when he began inviting my wholesalers to come and spend a day of diving for the best collected cyanide free fish, there was a large premium placed on the fish as it was more difficult to collect them. Many started wondering if this was an ingenious marketing plan or a plan to save the reefs- or both?
As I said, I'm a big Reagan fan " trust but verify". It takes people of good will and often a higher sense of service to work thru challenges that are frought with opportunities for corruption and personal gain. And personal gain is not always money.
So I'll stick to my suggested plan. A panel of professionals and in the know amateurs hammering out what is needed and practical. And beyond that, realistic protocol/education for the members of the amateur association. Rather than top down management, lateral integration of knowledge and transparancy- and above all, accountability.
JR
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