My first encounter with the concept of bomb fishing was the Shapoklyak episode o...

alwa · 2026-08-25T17:17:39 1787678259

Mine came much later, in the Triplets of Belleville (2003). In case it brings a nostalgic smile to anyone else’s face, too:

DarmokTanagra · 2026-08-26T21:12:21 1787778741

I've been in the water when people were bomb fishing, its terrifying.

There was a diving incident maybe 10 years ago where a group of Chinese divers were killed by bomb fishermen in Indonesia.

There are videos of Jacques Cousteau using dynamite to clear reefs of fish.

mc32 · 2026-08-25T15:23:52 1787671432

Yeah it’s been around for a while but it’s been at the individual level not at the commercial scale which makes the practice way worse.

dghlsakjg · 2026-08-25T16:53:00 1787676780

It’s been commercial in SE Asia for decades. Personally seen it in Thailand and Indo 20+ years ago.