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Study finds traces of pharmaceutical drugs in bonefish and their prey
Florida’s seagrass flats used to be the place where anglers from around the world would congregate to catch the bonefish. However, this is no longer the case, as populations of the fish—nicknamed “grey ghosts”—have fallen by more than 50 percent over four decades.
In an article published in The Guardian, according to Dr Jennifer Rehage, a fish ecologist and associate professor at Florida International University (FIU), many anglers had said they could not find bonefish in the seagrass flats anymore.
Introducing the DiveSystem Solo Expedition Drysuit
The new DiveSystem Solo Expedition Drysuit is made in Italy with an exclusive NATO Trilaminate 4-1-4 and Kevlar.
Introducing Ratio's iX3M2 Dive Computer
The iX3M2 is regarded as Ratio's best Dive Computer yet.
Rare, newly hatched ghost shark found in trawling survey
A neonate (newly hatched) ghost shark was found in the net during a trawling survey at about 1,200 metres below sea level. The survey had been conducted by NIWA to estimate the population of blue grenadier (hoki fish) at the Chatham Rise, off New Zealand’s South Island.
Its body was translucent and gelatinous, and it had two giant eyes on its pointed head—with a belly full of egg yolk. "You can tell this ghost shark recently hatched because it has a full belly of egg yolk," said Brit Finucci, a fisheries scientist from National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
InDepth - Building a Tekkie Library
To answer that question, InDepth, a monthly online magazine, turned to DAN America’s nerdy risk mitigation coordinator cum cave diver, Christine Tamburri to suss out suitable tekkie tomes.
New products from Dive System / Ratio Computers at Long Beach Scuba Show
The iX3M2 is regarded as Ratio's best Dive Computer yet. The huge display is even more readable and has an all new interface for the best User Experience.
Built with stronger materials, yet lighter weight, it allows for the choice of 4 deco algorithms and has a real-time deco table. Capable of handling air, nitrox, trimix and CCR, the iX3M2 has wireless air integration for up to 10 transmitters and a nitrox analyzer.
Warner -v- Scapa Flow Charters Court Case: Successfully overturned
Scotland's highest civil court published their Opinion of the Court on 10 May 2022, and ruled that fault or neglect on the part of Scapa Charters "is not established".
The Opinion states "The Lord Ordinary wrongly concluded that walking in fins represented an unacceptable risk...The inference drawn by the Lord Ordinary was unreasonable. The divers' unchallenged evidence made it clear that putting on fins and then walking to the exit point was almost invariable practice.
Blue Force Fleet introduces a second liveaboard yacht in the Maldives
The well-known Red Sea Blue Force 3 will make her last cruise in the Red Sea on November 19, 2022. On December 1st she will sail to the Maldives, where she will join the Blue Force Fleet schedule from March 25th, 2023, under the trade name Maldives Blue Force 3.
After more than 25 years of experience operating in the Maldives, Blue Force Fleet offers you the Maldives Blue Force One and the Maldives Blue Force 3, two of the best 'live aboard' vessels in this wonderful country, the Maldives.
Eugenie Clark Stamp
By Larry Cohen & Olga Torrey
Eugenie Clark received many honors, including the Explorers Club Medal, Franklin L. Burr Award from the National Geographic Society, and the Medal of Excellence from the American Society of Oceanographers. In addition, in 2018, a newly discovered species of dogfish shark was named Squalus clarkae in her honor.
GUE NextGen Scholarship
GUE NextGen Scholarship
If you're a certified diver who is passionate about pursuing further education, have an interest in exploration and conservation, and are ready for a year of new adventures, keep reading to learn more!
Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Launches a Comprehensive Project Diver Program in 2022
Global Underwater Explorers
GUE diver training programs are now reaching new heights with an exploration-grade level of diver training, designed to support the globally significant diving projects for which the organization is well known. GUE’s new Project Diver program distills the agency’s decades of project experience into a program that will support the elevation of community-led, project dives to an entirely new level of sophistication.