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Inquest into BSAC diver death adjourned

Inquest into BSAC diver death adjourned

BSAC diver Stewart Wright, 39, died on November 5 while scuba diving at Wastwater... More >>

Inquest: Bends killed UK rescue diver

Inquest: Bends killed UK rescue diver

Detective Sergeant John Gilbert died from severe decompression sickness after he helped a friend reach the surface... More >>

Diving accident kills Phuket tourist

Diving accident kills Phuket tourist

The bloated corpse of a foreign woman wearing a wetsuit, weight belt and fins was found four meters offshore near the Merlin Beach Resort... More >>

Autopsy report: Oriskany scuba accident victim a ‘picture of health’

Autopsy report: Oriskany scuba accident victim a 'picture of health'

Equipment failure may have killed a man who died while scuba diving at the Oriskany, the third diver death in Florida waters in three days...  More >>

Scuba accident kills Hawaii diver

Scuba accident kills Hawaii diver

Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man who apparently drowned while scuba diving at South Point on the Big Island... More >>

Oriskany scuba diving accident kills Down Under Dive Shop customer

Oriskany scuba diving accident kills Down Under Dive Shop customer

Another scuba diver died while diving in Florida waters, the third in three days... More >>

Scuba diving accident kills Amy Slate’s Dive Resort customer

Scuba diving accident kills Amy Slate's Dive Resort customer

Just two days after a man died while scuba diving off Key West, a woman died while diving at Molasses Reef...  More >>

Boat kills diver at Fiji’s Qamea Island Resort

Boat kills diver at Fiji resort

A 47-year-old American tourist died after he was run over by a boat while snorkel diving at Qamea Island Resort...  More >>

Another Florida scuba diving accident kills man

Another Florida scuba diving accident kills man

Yet another fatal scuba diving accident in Florida claimed the life of a Texas man who was diving at the site of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a Navy ship scuttled six months ago off Key West to lure divers to the area... More >>

Whaling may be harpooned by Japan budget cuts

Whaling may be harpooned by Japan budget cuts

Japan's review of government spending in a number of areas could diminish the billions of yen spent each year to sustain the country's annual whaling excursions to the oceans around Antarctica... More >>

Two Japanese subs found off Hawaii

Two Japanese subs found off Hawaii

Researchers announced the discovery of two World War II Japanese submarines, including one meant to carry aircraft for attacks on American cities, in deep water off Hawaii... More >>

Council sinks plan to raise U-boat

Council sinks plan to raise U-boat

Plans to raise a WWII German submarine from the seabed off Malin Head have been dropped by Derry City Council...  More >>

 

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Under review: Subsidized whaling

Aiming to fulfill campaign promises that it would end corrupt and wasteful spending, Japan's new government may cut or kill 'scientific' whaling, which is subsidized by Japanese taxpayers...

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    Maui scuba diving accident kills renowned civic leader

    Maui scuba diving accident kills renowned civic leader

    Civic leader, Keith Hansen, of Gresham, Oregon, died while scuba diving in Maui... More >>

    Minimum 25 years for PADI dive shop owner convicted of murder

    Minimum 25 years for PADI dive shop owner convicted of murder

    David Swain, convicted of killing his wife on a Caribbean scuba outing in 1999, was sentenced Tuesday to a minimum of 25 years in prison for what prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands called a near-perfect crime motivated by his desire to pursue another woman...  More >>

    Scuba diver survives shark attack

    Scuba diver survives shark attack

    A 24-year-old diver escaped with minor injuries after a two-meter long shark attacked him while he was scuba diving near Adelaide...  More >>

    Fiji coup and the politics of ethnicity

    Fiji's coup and the politics of ethnicity

    Those who attempt to justify Fiji's December 2006 coup argue that the military's action was necessary to move the country's political arena away from control by ethnically based politicians and parties... More >>

    Two expat women attacked in Phuket

    Two expat women attacked in Phuket

    One expat woman was raped and a second bashed in a sex attack while she was out jogging around the tranquil tourist area... More >>

    Canadian woman stabbed to death off Cancun

    Canadian woman stabbed to death off Cancun

    Cancun police found the murder victim with multiple stab wounds and her throat cut...  More >>

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    Divers warned to respect war grave

    Divers warned to respect war grave

    "It leaves me with a sick feeling knowing these divers were down there robbing the remains of these brave seamen for things to sell...," said wartime wreck researcher, Christopher Conn...  More >>

    ‘Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King’

    'Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King'

    Cousteau's TV ratings winners (sharks, sunken treasures) were often followed by pessimistic programs about lead poisoning, nuclear waste and Japanese fishermen slaughtering dolphins. By the end of his life, he no longer believed that the planet was salvageable...  More >>

    WWII flier's remains finally return home thanks to BentProp team

    WWII flier's remains finally return home thanks to BentProp team

    The BentProp team dived the Palau site in 2004 and instantly hit a jackpot: a B-24 propeller at 30 feet and then the plane, broken in three parts around a coral head where it had sat for more than 60 years... More >>

    Lanyu’s storm-battered coral reefs will take 100 years to recover

    Lanyu's storm-battered coral reefs may take 100 years to recover

    It may take at least a century for the coral reefs in waters surrounding the outlying island of Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, to recover from the damage wrought by Typhoon Morakot... More >>

    Death in Hong Kong: Polluted seas warn of looming tragedy

    Death in Hong Kong: Polluted seas warn of looming tragedy

    The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy... More >>

    What are coral reefs worth?

    What are coral reefs worth?

    Economic research shows a single hectare of coral reef provides annual services to humans valued at US $130,000 on average, rising to as much as $1.2 million... More >>

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    Research divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala Lake

    Research divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala Lake

    Archaeologists are exploring the depths of Lake Atitlan to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims worshipped before it was submerged... More >>

    Deep mysteries off Bermuda

    Deep mysteries off Bermuda

    Using cutting edge technology, researchers are surveying rugged underwater cliff faces that once formed a spectacular Bermuda coastline...  More >>

    Barcoding endangered sea turtles

    Barcoding endangered sea turtles

    Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes...  More >>

    Ecotourism, dive travelers threaten Andaman tribes

    Ecotourism, dive travelers threaten Andaman tribes

    "Tourism can be a useful source of income, but most people would say it's pretty bad news for the local people," says anthropologist David Turton... More >>

    Scuba looter escapes prosecution

    Scuba looter escapes prosecution

    Prosecutors decided to drop criminal charges against scuba looter, Steve Shaffer, who faced a prison sentence of one to five years for allegedly stealing the Portsmouth Indian Head Rock...  More >>

    Scuba diving accident kills Tilden’s Scuba Center customer

    Scuba diving accident kills Tilden's Scuba Center customer

    John Taylor of Clearwater, Florida, died just two days after another Florida Keys diver died while scuba diving with It's A Dive off the Sea Star dive boat... More >>

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    Friends mourn drowned scuba diver

    Friends mourn drowned scuba diver

    Friends and colleagues remembered fun-loving former paramedic, Jim Woodall, who died while cave diving with a rebreather at Eagle's Nest...  More >>

    Fatal attraction: Eagle’s Nest

    Fatal attraction: Eagle's Nest

    Just hours after investigators reopened Eagle's Nest, a handful of divers were heading into the murky waters. They all had heard of James Woodall's death but remained undaunted...  More >>

    Another Eagle’s Nest cave diving accident kills diver

    Another Eagle's Nest cave diving accident kills diver

    Volunteer divers recovered the body of a 39-year-old Kentucky man about 500 feet from the entrance to the Eagle's Nest cave in about 270 feet of water... More >>

    Diving accident kills Thailand tourist

    Diving accident kills Thailand tourist

    Police are investigating the death of a 40-year-old Russian tourist who apparently drowned while snorkel diving near Pattaya... More >>

    Giant jellyfish sink Japanese trawler

    Giant jellyfish sink Japanese trawler

    The crew of the fishing boat was thrown into the sea when the vessel capsized, but the three men were rescued by another trawler...  More >>

    Rebreather accident kills renowned 37-year-old opthamologist

    Rebreather accident kills renowned 37-year-old opthamologist

    Dr Marcus Lim, 37, of the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), drowned while scuba diving with a rebreather off Pulau Aur in Malaysia... More >>

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    Aussie ‘best job’ campaign flops

    Aussie 'best job' campaign flops

    Tourism Queensland hailed it as the ''most successful tourism campaign ever'' but the "Best Job in the World" campaign bombed, the latest in a series of embarassingly bad ads and promotional stunts that have encouraged tourists to go anywhere but Australia...  More >>

    Hawaii diver struggling to overcome ciguatera poisoning

    Hawaii diver struggling to overcome ciguatera poisoning

    Tom Pickett speared a knifejaw fish while free diving off Kauai and he and his wife, Katie, dined on it two days later.  Both became ill within hours of eating the "delicious" fish...  More >>

    Hawaii diver’s death spurs new push for safety

    Hawaii diver's death spurs new push to improve maritime safety

    Keahihoku Lum and his friends had taken safety precautions while free-diving in Maunalua Bay last month, but officials are now turning to the community to see what more can be done after a boat struck and killed Lum... More >>

    Prosecutors want 25 years for PADI dive shop owner convicted of murder

    Prosecutors want 25 years for PADI dive shop owner convicted of murder

    PADI dive shop owner, David Swain, convicted of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba trip to the British Virgin Islands, should serve at least 25 years in prison before getting parole, prosecutors told a judge...  More >>

    Bermuda helmet diving accident kills American tourist

    Helmet diving accident kills tourist

    An American cruise ship tourist who was helmet diving in Bermuda with Peppercorn Diving collapsed immediately after resurfacing and died despite attempts by the dive boat crew to revive him...  More >>

    How a ‘perfect’ scuba diving murder became a murder conviction

    How a 'perfect' scuba diving murder became a murder conviction

    It was only by chance that lawyer J. Renn Olenn, who drew the blueprint that Tortola prosecutors followed over the last three weeks to convict PADI dive shop owner, David Swain, ever entered the case...  More >>

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    Scuba accident kills Gozo tourist

    Scuba accident kills Gozo tourist

    Police are investigating a scuba diving accident that killed a German woman who was pronounced dead at Mgarr ix-Xini...  More >>

    Another scuba diving accident at Wastwater kills diver

    Another scuba diving accident at Wastwater kills diver

    A diver is dead after another scuba diving fatality at Wastwater, the second in three weeks...  More >>

    Body ID’d as missing Isle of Mull diver

    Body ID'd as missing Isle of Mull diver

    A body found last week has been identified as a diver who disappeared nearly three weeks ago while diving off the Isle of Mull... More >>

    Tourism development, damage puts Belize on UNESCO endangered list

    Tourism development, damage puts Belize on UNESCO endangered list

    After more than a decade of political corruption and government mismanagement that failed to protect the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage Site from tourism developers, UNESCO relisted the site as endangered...  More >>

    Tourism threatens Costa Rica’s natural assets

    Tourism threatens Costa Rica's natural assets

    The issue is a familiar one in developing countries as they weigh the benefits of tourist dollars that come with high-rise hotels against loss of pristine natural habitat... More >>

    Roatan shark feeder charged with attempted murder

    Roatan shark feeder charged with attempted murder

    Waihuka Adventure Divers owner Maurilio Mirabella has been charged with attempted murder after he attacked a competitor underwater at a Roatan shark feeding site...  More >>

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    Body of missing paraplegic diver recovered off Sudan

    Body of missing paraplegic diver recovered off Sudan

    A CDNN source in the region says searchers have recovered the body of a missing paraplegic diver...  More >>

    Paraplegic diver missing off Sudan

    Paraplegic diver missing off Sudan

    Friends and family are complaining that authorities have done nothing to help locate Dimitris Matsas, a Cypriot paraplegic who disappeared while scuba diving off the coast of Sudan... More >>

    Shark attacks, kills surfer near South Africa shark baiting site

    Shark attacks, kills surfer near South Africa shark baiting site

    The fatal attack came days after South Africa's Dept. of Environmental Affairs announced that shark cage diving in the area would be allowed even closer to shore...  More >>

    Father of jailed scuba instructor to sue South Africa consulate

    Father of convicted scuba instructor to sue South Africa consulate

    The father of convicted dive instructor Roxanne Hillier aims to sue the South African consulate in Dubai for failing to offer a full retraction of accusations his daughter was guilty of having sex with her boss, despite evidence to the contrary... More >>

    Blood money

    Blood money

    A Ukrainian marine engineer convicted of manslaughter for the death of a Kenyan diver is appealing for help to raise blood money... More >>

    Shark kills diver at illegal Red Sea shark feeding site

    Shark kills diver at illegal Red Sea shark feeding site

    A shark atttacked and killed a woman who was snorkel diving off a liveaboard at a Red Sea dive site where dive operators have been illegally feeding sharks...  More >>

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    Unsafe at any Depth: PADI Scuba Diver

    Unsafe at any Depth: PADI Scuba Diver

    The PADI Open Water course can be completed in two days. The notion that divers should be certified who are unwilling to make even that minimal commitment...  More >>

    Hey Stupid!  It's Time for the Nigel Marven and Erich Ritter Show!!!

    Hey Stupid!  It's Time for the Nigel Marven and Erich Ritter Show!!!

    Prior to Anatomy of a Shark Bite we had to endure 'scientist' Erich's telepathic ability to intuit shark behaviour - his ability to read sharks' intentions just by glancing at them and of course his world-famous Yogic Heartbeat Control Theory...  More >>

    Drowning in Open Water, DEMA Spins Out of Control

    Drowning in Open Water, DEMA Spins Out of Control

    The business of promoting diving can be almost as dangerous as diving with sloppy dive boat operators who can't count. DEMA spin doctors who lie and deliberately misinform the public may sign up another contributor or two, but lose touch with reality and irreparably damage their credibility...  More >>

    ACT NOW: Boycott Palau

    ACT NOW: Boycott Palau

    While Palau pretends to be an eco-friendly dive destination committed to the protection of marine wildlife including dugongs, dolphins and whales, it is colluding with Japan to resume commercial whaling... More >>

    ACT NOW: Boycott Japan’s Caribbean puppets

    ACT NOW: Boycott Japan's Caribbean puppets

    The governments of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent all vote with Japan at annual International Whaling Commission meetings to block conservation measures.  Ironically, these same six Caribbean nations are largely dependent on tourism driven by eco-friendly promises of pristine reefs, whale watching and dolphin encounters...  More >>

    ACT NOW: Save the Maui dolphin

    ACT NOW: Save the Maui dolphin

    In January 2003, New Zealand's Minister of Fisheries wisely banned commercial and recreational set netting in Manukau Harbor, however, to give full and effective protection to the Maui dolphin, trawler fishing must be banned...  More >>

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    Diver death prompts Si Tech recall

    Diver death prompts Si Tech recall

    Divers should immediately stop using dry suit hoses manufactured by Sitech due to defective inserts that can dislodge during diving and restrict airflow to the diver, posing a drowning hazard... More >>

    Ocean Technology Systems recalls Guardian full-face masks

    Ocean Technology Systems recalls Guardian full-face masks

    Divers should immediately stop using Guardian full-face masks manufactured by Ocean Technology Systems...  More >>

    Aqua Lung recalls Apeks regulators

    Halcyon recalls defective scuba diving equipment

    Divers should immediately stop using all Halcyon BCDs and diver lift inflatable devices due to defective over pressure valves that pose a drowning hazard...  More >>

    Action Divers extends cheap Puerto Galera ‘dive & stay’ rates

    Action Divers extends cheap Puerto Galera 'dive & stay' rates

    Due to popular demand, Action Divers has extended its Puerto Galera special $49 per day rate, originally for dive travel through October and now through November 30, 2009... More >>

    WWII flier's remains finally return home thanks to BentProp team

    Scubacraft: The dive boat that dives

    Scubacraft uses an internal-combustion engine to whisk divers at a speed of 50 mph to dive sites where it can submerge and descend to a maximum depth of about 30 meters...  More >>

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    Now you can add Scuba Search™ to your site and promote your company on the world's first scuba-only search engine... More >>

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