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Scuba News ..because we can’t be underwater all the time Archive for June, 2009 « Previous Entries Update: Diving Dahab, Egypt Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 If you like driving around the desert in 4x4's and jumping in the water from the shore to find a complete contrast between the desert above and thriving life below then go to Dahab on the Egyptian Red Sea. To help you SCUBA Travel have updated their directory of dive centres in Dahab. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Third of Ocean-Going Sharks Threatened with Extinction Monday, June 29th, 2009 The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 percent are threatened with extinction, primarily due to overfishing, according to the IUCN Shark Specialist Group. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Spain acts to protect Swordfish and Sharks Friday, June 26th, 2009 Spain will now regulate the targeting of swordfish (Xiphias gladius), blue shark (Prionace glauca), mako shark (Ixurus oxyrhinchus) and pelagic sharks in an effort to reduce their mortality and promote the sustainable fishing of these species. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Poseidon Recall BCDs Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Poseidon are recalling their Besea W50 Diving Wings (also known as a BCD or stab jacket). The inner bladder inside the diving wing can break, causing the wing to fail as a buoyancy device. Posted in Diving | Comments Off EU seeks to catch up with Asia on fish farming, despite critics Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 EU fisheries ministers on Tuesday backed a plan to develop aquaculture in Europe's waters, despite opposition from ecologists who argue that fish farming creates more problems than it solves. Posted in Diving | Comments Off Scientists predict Large Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 University of Michigan scientists say this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" could be one of the largest on record, continuing a decades-long trend. The Gulf dead zone forms each spring and summer off the Louisiana and Texas coast when oxygen levels drop too low to support most life in bottom and near-bottom waters. Farmland runoff containing fertilizers and livestock waste-some of it from as far away as the Corn Belt-is the main source of the nitrogen and phosphorus that cause the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Posted in Diving | Comments Off « Previous Entries

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