Yes, Fish Feel Pain: A New Book Exploring the Science

For many divers, the question of whether fish feel pain answers itself the moment we enter their world. We see it in the way fish respond to danger and interact with one another. They are not passive or mechanical, but responsive and engaged with their surroundings. Yet despite this, the widespread belief that fish do not feel pain has persisted for decades and been repeated often enough to be accepted as fact.

Book cover of Yes, Fish Feel Pain
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My new book, Yes, Fish Feel Pain: How Science Has Proven That Fish Can Suffer, brings together the growing body of scientific evidence that challenges this belief and explores what it means for the way we treat these animals. The gap between what science shows and what the public believes remains wide. This book is an attempt to close that gap by presenting the evidence clearly and by inviting a shift in perception, one in which fish and their environments are considered to have intrinsic value, as the important part of nature that they are.

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Received from: Reef ID Books

Reef ID Books Releases Guide to Marine Worms

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This book is full of creatures that are weird and wonderful - marine worms! Some of them look like nightmares or aliens from outer space, others look like beautiful flowers. You have never seen most of them. Many are not yet known to science. The author and his friends - underwater photographers and marine biologists were lucky to find many fantastic beasts - a variety of marine worms.

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Received from: Long Island Divers Association (LIDA)

Explore the Underwater Jungle! LIDA Film Festival

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There’s a jungle off the California coast. It is lush, and green, and filled with a marvelous diversity of life. It is every bit a wilderness, with a complex eco-system that is both resilient and fragile. And if you were to look at the islands poking their heads above the water about an hour outside of Ventura, you’d be surprised to be using those words. The islands look barren and dry. Hardly the place for thick jungles of plants and trees.

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WiseDivers Presents a New eBook - Diving Through The Decades

Wise Divers

Announcing a new eBook that chronicles the progression of scuba diving from its humble beginnings to an international sport enjoyed by millions. Written by highly respected diving historian Eric Hanauer, Diving Through The Decades takes readers on an up-close and personal, decade by decade journey through the evolution of diving while highlighting inventions, events, and noted diving pioneers.

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Diving Through The Decades eBook Now Available

Wise Divers

Announcing a new eBook that chronicles the progression of scuba diving from its humble beginnings to an international sport enjoyed by millions. Written by highly respected diving historian Eric Hanauer, Diving Through The Decades takes readers on an up-close and personal, decade by decade journey through the evolution of diving while highlighting inventions, events, and noted diving pioneers.

VDI unveils a dive simulator app

Virtual Divers International (VDI) have announced that they have created a realistic diving simulator.

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VDI

According to VDI "this app is as close to diving as you can get on your mobile device while playing a game at the same time. More than a game, this simulator puts you in the diver's seat!"

Target market

The platform allows divers to enjoy their sport, with the simulator integrating the most used items in diving: mobile devices, training, and a connection to others with the same lifestyle.

In spring 2014, Holliday, along with Paul Toomer, bought shares in the dive training agency RAID in order to take it to the next level. In August 2014, he was appointed the new CEO of RAID International, a post he held until approximately two years ago. 

Now, Holliday, VDI's operations officer, has confirmed that the first dive training agency to get involved with his latest project is Scuba Schools International. 

VDI is honoured to host 3000+ SSI Dive Centers across the world, on our locator platform.

 

During the virtual dive, users will be able to discover marine life, explore underwater scenery or find gold coins. The team behind the VDI dive simulator think that this will help users to learn more about scuba diving and try virtual skills before taking a real scuba diving course. 

 

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101 Tips for Recreational Scuba Divers now Available

Wise Divers

Announcing a new eBook designed for recreational scuba divers of any experience level. The book was created to share lessons learned over many years and thousands of diving experiences from two renowned experts in the field of SCUBA, Dan Orr and Betty Orr.

The eBook is compilation of 101 stand-alone tips designed to guide readers toward their own safe and enjoyable diving practices and help them make informed decisions.

Picture of his Life

Starting on June 19th, 2020 the movie about Amos Nachoum, PICTURE OF HIS LIFE, will be available to the general public on a pay-per-view basis.

Picture of his life movie poster
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The man at the center of the film is Amos Nachoum, an award-winning wildlife photographer and environmental activist, who has dedicated his life to photographing the world’s largest and most fearsome predators.

The goal of Amos’ work is to allow people to experience these animals in a way that highlights their natural beauty over their fearsomeness; often showing them in peaceful and serene moments.

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