August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

November 26 2008 AustraliaDivers support breast cancer dayWhen one of the members of Pro Dive Nelson Bay’s Narki Gnome Dive Club was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, the group wanted to support her and raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA).   Diving was what brought them together, so they held an event with their own underwater twist. For the past eight years Mini-Fields of Women have been held in communities across Australia during October as part of Australia's breast cancer month, an initiative from The Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA). The Mini-Fields of Women campaign places hundreds of hot pink lady silhouettes in prominent positions throughout Australia to represent women affected by breast cancer.  Full story...

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Image Sharm El Sheikh voted World’s Leading Dive Destination 

At the 14th annual World Travel Awards ceremony held on the Turks and Caicos islands on the December 12. Some 167.000 tourism professionals in over 190 countries voted for the awards which have been described by the Wall Street Journal as “the travel industry’s equivalent of the Oscars”.

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USA Virgin Shark Pregnant Again
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A second pup is on the way for a virgin white-spotted bamboo shark at Carl Hayden Community High School - USA.

Teacher Fredi Lajvardi, programme manager for the Carl Hayden Center for Marine Science, again explained parthenogenesis. This type of birth occurs when an unfertilized egg develops into a new pup.

 

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Image White House Plans to Address Trash in the Ocean Boosts Project AWARE’s International Cleanup Efforts

Beaches across Asia Pacific saw record numbers of volunteers cleaning up underwater and on shore for International Cleanup Day 2007 and now The White House unveils its plans to address trash in the ocean.

The White House decision is welcomed by Project AWARE who already spearheads thousands of clean ups every year in a bid to conserve underwater environments worldwide. 

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New Zealand Frigate Scuttled for Divers
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The former HMNZS Canterbury has been scuttled as the Bay of Islands' newest tourist attraction and now lies under about 30m of water in Deep Water Cove. The resulting artificial reef is expected to boost tourism by 15-20 per cent and become a divers' playground.

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Pacific Rubbish Tip

Because of a clockwise trade wind that circulates around the Pacific rim, a vast collection of rubbish, which covers an area larger than Australia, is gathering in the Pacific Ocean and research shows that it is growing larger.
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Finally, Realistic Scuba Diving Adventures without Getting Wet!
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ImageImagePublishing house and retailer Project Blue Ocean Phoenix has just announced the launch of it new website, Dive-Games.Com, and the two new PC-based games in its DIVER series: Deep Water Adventures and CheckDive.
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Philippines New Species Found in Philippines Waters
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American and Philippine scientists may have discovered new marine species in the world's most biologically diverse regionDr. Larry Madin led the Inner Space Speciation Project in the Tawi Tawi area of the Celebes Sea in the south of the Philippines. 
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Second Vessel Seized 
A second ship belonging to the Florida treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., which is embroiled in a court battle with Spain over a US$500-million sunken treasure has been seized by Spanish police.

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International Clean Up Day makes a splash
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International Clean Up Day makes a splash 

A children’s bicycle peddled its way to top of the list for most unusual rubbish collected on one small island whilst divers throughout Asia Pacific inspired children to keep beaches clean.  Dive centres made a massive splash for trash for International Cleanup Day with over 1000 Project AWARE banners flying high for the biggest worldwide cleanup on record.

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Whaling battle placed on YouTube 

The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on the video-sharing internet site YouTube.

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