FISHERIES Queensland director Andrew Thwaites has died in a scuba diving accident off Moreton Island last week.
Thwaites, an experienced scuba diver, failed to resurface after diving with a commercial charter operator around 2pm on the 10th August.
An extensive search and rescue operation was launched with seven helicopters, a fixed wing aircraft and sixteen vessels with the potential search zone covering 200 sq. nautical miles
Police divers eventually recovered his body around 10am the following morning.