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- How Healthy are Mediterranean Rocky Reefs?
- Coral reef fish ‘help protect jobs’
- Scientists say 90% Shark Loss at Populated Pacific Islands
- Tassled Scorpionfish is Creature of the Month
- Foreign Office Advises Against Travel to Southern Philippines
- Mauve Stinger is Creature of the Month
- Lawsuit Seeks Plan for Most Endangered Large Whale in World
- Catch Younger Fish says IUCN
- ‘Electronic Eyes’ Watch Tuna Fishing
- Deadline approaching for International Underwater Photography Competition
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SCUBA diving Archive
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How Healthy are Mediterranean Rocky Reefs?
Intense exploitation over millennia has depleted Mediterranean Sea species from the large to the small. What would a ‘healthy’ Mediterranean rocky bottom look like? There are no pristine sites (i.e. undisturbed by humans) left in the Mediterranean against which to compare the health of current ecosystems. SCUBA divers surveyed the rocky reefs throughout the Med, from Morocco to Turkey. -
Coral reef fish ‘help protect jobs’
Jobs, ecotourism and diving industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world’s coral reefs, scientists say. Despite their small size, relative to the sharks and whales that often get more attention, herbivorous fish play a vital role in maintaining the health of coral reefs, which support the livelihoods of 500 million people worldwide, according to a study published this month in the journal Ecology. -
Scientists say 90% Shark Loss at Populated Pacific Islands
Pairs of SCUBA divers towed behind a small boat have been recording shark numbers at both heavily populated Pacific islands and islands away from humans. The numbers show the enormous detrimental effect that humans have on reef sharks, with 90% loss in places. In a study published in the journal Conservation Biology, a team of [...] -
Deadline approaching for International Underwater Photography Competition
The Club of Sport Diving Tachov together with the Diving Union of the Czech Republic and City of Tachov are holding their 34th annual International Divers Festival for underwater films, photography and children’s artwork. The festival takes place on the 30th March and 1st of April, but the deadline for entries is 19th of March. [...] -
Scuba Challenge on This Weekend
This year’s Scuba Challenge will be held on Saturday 25th February 5.30pm till 8pm at Woolston Leisure Centre, Warrington WA1 4PN. Experienced divers are invited to join in the Going the Extra Mile Challenge (64 lengths underwater) and none-qualified divers are invited to sign up for a supervised taster dive. If you are not available [...] -
What shape are dolphins? Turning 2D images into 3D models.
New research published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence uses dolphin photos from the SCUBA Travel site to show, for the first time, how to build 3D moving models from 2D photographs. -
Underwater Photography Guide announces Photo Competition Winners
The Second Annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, has announced its winners for 2011. This year’s Ocean Art Photo Competition represents entrants from over fifty countries. Salvatore Ianniello, 1st Place, Nudibranchs Nudibranch on featherduster worm, taken in the Mediterranean sea There are at least 4 winners in each of [...] -
Creature of the Month: Yellow Saddle Goatfish Work Together
Yellow saddle goatfish are a common site on the reefs of the Red Sea. A team of scientists from Switzerland though have discovered that these fish exibit very unusual behaviour: they work together to catch their dinner. The researchers claim that similar co-operation has only been identified in a handful of species – primarily mammals [...] -
Isle of Man Finally gets a Marine Nature Reserve
Ramsey Bay has been designated as the Isle of Man‘s first Marine Nature Reserve. The area will be protected from damaging activities, fisheries will be safeguarded and it is hoped it will become a centre for diving and research. The designation of Ramsey Bay by the Manx Government has been the result of consulations since [...] -
Soft Coral is Reef Building
Scientists have long believed soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are only minor contributors to the structure of coral reefs. But that’s not true, says new research from Tel Aviv University. A new in-depth analysis of reefs in the South China Sea has revealed that massive parts of the reefs [...]
