Captain Damian Colette is the owner/ operator of Saltaire. Damian has had over 20 years experience fishing the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. He has spent the last 6yrs on Saltaire doing private charters out of Port Douglas/Cairns and working with Nomad exploring from the waters south to the Swains, north to Bligh Reef and the far reefs and atols of the Coral Sea.

In the off season he fishes the untamed waters of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. He has had many tournament wins over the years as captain and angler.