This article was published in LORIS vol. 25(3) June 2009. It appears here courtesy of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS).

Also read:

Rex I. De Silva's Diving History at:  https://reximages.blogspot.com/2022/05/rex-i-de-silvas-diving-history.html 

 These were the Pioneer SCUBA Divers of Sri Lanka at: https://www.elanka.com.au/these-were-the-real-pioneer-scuba-divers-of-sri-lanka-by-rex-i-de-silva/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJDG3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdyuiziHiuwpI4cMTkdUuTCn6k6E_crWV7wSG3hoZBqapOdVBQ73p2k7PQ_aem_aUJEMVa_p8psRPxPxgNG7Q

Dharshana Jayawardena interviews Rex De Silva at: https://reximages.blogspot.com/2017/04/dharshanajayawardena-author-of-ghosts.html 

Overfishing has left submarine deserts

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363535300_Overfishing_has_left_submarine_deserts