71-yr-old "ghost net buster" dives for Hong Kong's marine health

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Chan Tin Ming and his team set out to search for the "ghost nets" in Hong Kong, south China, on June 27, 2024. Photo: Xinhua A deep dive into waters off Trio Island, a 50-minute boat tour from Hong Kong's Sai Kung, time seems to slow down for Chan Tin Ming, who was engrossed in finding "ghost nets" -- lost and abandoned fishing nets. "Quick! There's a big one over here that caught a grouper," yelled a diver among Chan's team of 16. The other divers huddled over to the maroon net sprawling on rocks at 8.8 meters below sea level and started splitting it. While Chan scissored the net, 19-year-old Yung Hau Tsuen, an environmental science major at the University of Hong Kong, protected him from being entangled in the net. Chan Tin Ming adjusts the equipment before diving in Hong Kong, south China, on June 27, 2024. Photo: Xinhua Half an hour later, the net was brought to the water surface in pieces to be dumped into a boat designed to collect ocean waste. Mission accomplished, Chan floated ………………………………