A storehouse of knowledge when it comes to sea, Robert Panipilla was made the project coordinator of People’s Marine Biodiversity Register when the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) decided to document it in 2013. Even though Robert submitted a detailed survey report of the Thiruvananthapuram coast with a number of new findings in 2015, the KSBB published only 40 per cent of it and omitted the rest without any valid reason. The sad part is that the register is yet to be made public. Irked by this, Robert is now planning to bring out a digital version of the complete report so that it will be accessible to all.