the gear that they use does not allow them to--to dive safely. >> commercial fishing for caribbean spiny lobster is multimillion-dollar industry. half of the lobster caught in central america, worth about $28 million annually, comes from fishermen in one country--nicaragua. >> along nicaragua's caribbean coast, lobster diving is the largest industry, so there's a financial incentive for them to dive for lobster. right now, lobster divers are making somewhere between $2.50 to $3.50 per pound of lobster tail that they catch. and there are few other economic opportunities for miskito indians along the coast, and there's not a lot of educational and professional opportunities, uh, as well. >> there used to be so many lobsters that you could walk out into the sea and just f--fish them out by hand. and then the commercialization of lobster diving was introduced, and that sped up, you know, the depletion of the lobster stock closer to shore, and it's just moving deeper, and deeper, and deeper. and that, in turn, is causing these inances of decompression sickness, because these men are diving deeper, an

miskito coast, who risk their lives diving for the region's most lucrative resource, the caribbean spiny lobster. commercial lobster diving in nicaragua and honduras is one of the most dangerous jobs in the w world. they dive to depths that are unsafe, they do not follow safe d diving practices, and the gear that they use does not allow them to--to dive safely. >> commercial fishining for caribibbean spiny lobststeri a multimillion-dollllar industr. half of the lobster caught in central america, worth about $28 million annnnually, comes from fishermenen in one couountry--nicacaragua. >> along nicaragagua'ss caribbean coastst, lobster divig is ththe largesest industry, so there's a financicial incentive for them to dive for lobster. right now, lobster divers are making somewhere between $2.50 to $3.50 per pound of lobster tail that they catch. and there are few other economic opportunities for miskito indians along the coast, and there's not a lot ofof educational and professional opportunities, uh, as well. >> there uused to be so many lobsters that y you could walk out into the sea and just f--