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Scuba News ..because we can’t be underwater all the time Archive for November, 2006 « Previous Entries Next Entries » Group Wants Japan to End Dolphin Hunting Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 In Japanese villages each year, local fishermen hunt for large numbers of dolphins by herding them into shallow coves and then, scientists say, attacking them with knives and even eviscerating them alive. Now, a broad-based coalition including marine scientists and aquarium workers is demanding that the Japanese end these government-sanctioned dolphin drives, which opponents criticize as an inhumane annual practice that targets an intelligent and self-aware species. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Update: Diving around Sipadan and Tioman, Malaysia Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 More Malaysia dive descriptions and dive operator recommendations are now in place on the SCUBA Travel site. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Whale Kill Expedition Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 JAPAN'S research whaling fleet is planning to kill 850 minke and 10 fin whales on its annual hunt in the Antarctic. Japan, the world's largest consumer of seafood, is strongly opposed to the global ban on commercial whaling imposed by the International Whaling Commission 20 years ago. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Dive Magazine for a Pound Monday, November 20th, 2006 Subscribe to Dive Magazine for only 1 pound an issue for three months. Plus receive a free diving accessory. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Creature of the Month: Long-Spined Sea Scorpion, Taurulus bubalis Monday, November 20th, 2006 Taurulus bubalis is a master of camouflage with an irregular outline and mottled pattern. It can also mimic the colour of the surface on which it is resting. Unlike scorpion fish in other parts of the world, the spines of this inhabitant of the temperate waters are not venomous... Posted in Diving | Comments Off Mystery Submarines Discovered in Scottish Waters Saturday, November 18th, 2006 WRECKS of two mysterious submarines have been discovered off the coast of Orkney in an area where there were no reports of wartime sinkings, a coastguard official says. A survey team examining the sea floor around the islands discovered the wrecks lying in about 70 metres of water to the east of Sanday Sound. Grainy images of the submarines were captured using the latest three-dimensional sonar device, but their identity and nationalities are not known. Posted in Diving | Comments Off « Previous Entries Next Entries »

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