If that deal fructifies, the scuba diver, who has enjoyed many a great dive in the big reef, will get a real shot at proving both the environmentalists and the money men wrong.

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Hoffman, in this interview earlier in the said that he is an avid scuba diver and has found that some of the most amazing marine ecosystems in the world have established themselves around the steel structures of offshore oil rigs.

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"We have to get a scuba diver to clean the pool every week, " she adds, noting that a green sludge forms on the rock when it's not regularly cleaned.

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