July 2 2008 AustraliaTerry Cummins Receives Prestigious Oceanic Legends AwardEach year, leading scuba equipment supplier - Oceanic Australia convenes the Oceanic Scuba Centres Conference. This year the Conference was held in beautiful Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia and involved the country’s finest scuba retailers and an array of very impressive local and international speakers.   As part of the Conference, Oceanic Australia sponsors a prestigious award - the Oceanic Legends Award. The Award recognizes industry peers who have made a significant and outstanding contribution to scuba diving. Terry Cummins, currently International Vice President Marketing Metrics & Performance for PADI Worldwide, was presented with this year’s Award. Terry’s roots lie in the pioneering days of spear fishing, dive instruction, dive retailing and the early exploration of Australian diving sites including the underwater caves of Mount Gambier, South Australia.Notably in 2007 Terry was presented with the OZTeK Award for his “Contribution to Technical Diving in Australia”, but back in the early 80s, Terry together with his partners in Pro Dive; Rick Poole, Russell de Groot and Kevin Deacon (now of Dive 2000) were busy establishing the world’s first dive retail franchise chain.  Instrumental in establishing PADI as a training agency within Australia from the early 70’s, Terry left Pro Dive as its Managing Director in 1982 and co-found PADI Australia - a licensee of PADI International and the first PADI office in Australia. Terry served first as PADI Australia’s Training Director and later CEO and also went on to assist with the founding of PADI New Zealand and contributed to the introduction of formal training standards in several Pacific Islands.   Full story...

June 28 2008 PhilippinesMuroami divers tried to loot capsized ferry  Some fishermen, locally known in the Philippines as muroami divers, reportedly tried to enter and loot the Sulpicio Lines’ capsized ferry, MV Princess of the Stars. Using improvised air compressors, were able to get near to the vessel despite the presence of the Philippine Marines and Philippine coastguard rescue vessels. A radio reporter and a photographer saw at least 11 looters and the photographer was able to take pictures of some them, which police hope to use for identification.Meanwhile, officials have suspended diving operations aimed at recovering bodies form the stricken ferry after it was disclosed that the vessel was carrying 10 tons of endosulfan, a restricted pesticide. “We aborted the retrieval operations because of the pesticide inside the ship,” Philippine Vice President Noli De Castro said. “It's dangerous and no divers are allowed in the area now.”Sulpicio Lines, the owners of the ferry, has come under fire for failing to disclose  the nature of the cargo. So far only 56 of the passengers are reported by the Philippine Coast Guard to have been found alive.   Full story...

July 1 2008 Indonesia 2009 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest Do you have the perfect Raja Ampat photo? Is it one that truly captures the excitement and beauty of Raja Ampat diving? Do you want to see it printed 4,000 times and attached to BCD’s the world over? If so, then enter the official Raja Ampat 2009 park entrance tag design contest (in association with Wetpixel.com) Enter up to two photos or graphic designs to www.wetpixel.com/raja before August 28, 2008. After finalists are accepted, you – the public – will vote for the best until September 25, 2008. The winner will be announced on the October 1, 2008.  Please submit digital images at a medium resolution image (up to 1024 x 1024 pixels maximum, no more than 500Kb in file size) in jpg format. On September 15th, finalists will be selected and asked to submit high resolution images.   Full story...

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Dive industry professionals who will be attending DEMA Show 2008 can now register for the Show and book their housing online by visiting DEMA Show 2008’s official website at www.demashow.com.
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Thailand TDEX draws the crowds
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By Heneage Mitchell 

Thailand’s annual dive show, Thailand Travel & Dive Expo (TDEX), will run from May 15 to May 18, 2008, at the Queen Sirikit Exhibition Centre. 

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Dive into Adventure

Keeping the passion alive by putting the thrill-factor back into diving, the OZTeK’09 Diving Conference & Exhibition’s tenth anniversary event is rapidly gathering momentum to again prove that, “few shows in the world can pack a punch quite like Australia’s OZTeK”.
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Singapore ADEX 2008 A Mixed Bag
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With a new owner, and on a new floor in Singapore’s centrally-located SUNTEC Exhibition Center (6th floor from the previous 4th floor), ADEX 2008 was not the universal success its new owner might have wished it to be.
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ADEX Seminars
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Asia Dive Expo 2008 (ADEX) this year offers visitors a colourful feast for the eyes and food for the mind. ADEX producer, TMX Show Productions Pte Ltd, has prepared an exciting program of screenings, presentations, talks, seminars and activities which will educate and entertain on an array of dive-related subjects.

Theatre Screenings: Feast of Predators
The waters of Southern Africa are untamed and unpredictable. Some of the creatures who consider it home, need survival tactics in order to make it through the day alive.

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Singapore is First Coral Nursery And Other Marine Conservation Projects To Be Showcased At ADEX 2008
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An initiative to preserve and proliferate natural corals being undertaken by The National Parks Board (NParks) and its partners Keppel Group, National University of Singapore and National Environment Agency, will be one of the many marine conservation initiatives to be showcased at Asia Dive Expo 2008 (ADEX). 
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Australia
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OZTeK’09: “The Ultimate Underwater Adventure”

Continuing to receive high praise since its inception in 1999 and now widely acclaimed as one of the world’s most dynamic diving events, the sixth AustralAsian Diving Technologies Conference and Exhibition - OZTeK’09 – will take place over the week-end of the 21st – 22nd March 2009, at Australian Technology Park, in Sydney, Australia.
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Last Call for Entries in The Beneath The Sea 2008 Worldwide Underwater Photo/Video Competition

December 31 is the last day for submitting entries to the 2008 Beneath the Sea Worldwide Underwater Photo/Video Competition.
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This year’s Asia Dive Expo 2006 (ADEX) looks set to be an information treasure trove for technical and leisure divers.
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