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...

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...

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...

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Taiwan Taiwanese divers found alive
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Eight Taiwanese scuba divers have been rescued nearly 48 hours after going missing.  In an amazing feat of endurance, one of them managed to swim ashore and told rescuers where they could find the others. 

Five were lifted from the sea by helicopters at dawn Monday and the last two missing divers were found later.

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Taiwan Divers missing
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An extensive search and rescue effort continues for eight scuba divers missing in waters off Kenting National Park since Saturday. 

Four helicopters from an airborne police unit, six coastguard patrol boats, twenty fishing boats and several tourist vessels scoured waters near Chihsingyen (Seven Star Rock), a popular diving spot.

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Thailand Pufferfish Thai funeral dish poisons guests
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More than 140 mourners at a funeral in northern Thailand are reported to have been taken ill after eating a dish that appears to have contained pufferfish.  

The mourners started vomiting and complained of numb tongues and shortness of breath and were rushed to hospital after being served soup containing fish balls bought at a local market in Nan province, the Bangkok Post reports.

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South Africa Three die after great white shark-diving boat capsizes off South Africa
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Two men from the United States and one from Norway died after the boat they were in capsized near Gansbaai on Sunday. Chairperson of the Great White Shark Protection Foundation, Mariette Hopley, said the shark-cage diving boat had just anchored when a freak wave capsized the vessel.  Ten people on board were clients of Great White Shark Projects. Another nine were crew and staff members. 
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New York 'The Shark Lady' Dr. Eugene Clark receives Explorer's Club Medal
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Dr. Eugenie Clark received the Explorers Club Medal during the organization’s annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York on Saturday, March 15. The award is the highest honour bestowed by the club, an international society dedicated to advancing the scientific exploration of land, sea, air and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences.
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Australia: PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards 2008
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The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Asia Pacific is proud to announce the finalists of the PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards for 2008.  At the end of 2004 PADI Asia Pacific undertook the initiative to build a more rewarding and recognition based benefit program for PADI Members. Continuing the enormous success of the newly revised program, PADI Asia Pacific is proud to run the fourth annual PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards 2008.
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Florida
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Spotted eagle ray kills woman 

A Michigan woman was killed off the Florida Keys after being struck by a spotted eagle ray that had jumped out of the water. Judy Kay Zagoski was riding in a boat travelling at some 25 miles per hour when she was struck in the face by the ray.

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ADEX 2008
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ADEX 2008 is not only a jam packed event with the hottest dive deals around and exciting activities to take part in but it is also THE place to become more environmentally aware of current dive practices. All the action is happening at ‘The EcoVillage @ ADEX 2008' where you can find a whole host of eco conscious activities such as informative seminars, film fests, photography competitions, educational tours along with fantastic ADEX dollar deals and useful ADEX merchandise.

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Egypt 6-3
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Red Sea Diving College awarded the 2007 HEPCA Defender of the Sea

Red Sea Diving College, Sharm El Sheikh, has been awarded the 2007 HEPCA Defender of the Sea award in recognition of its recent environmental work.

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Australia
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Scuba diver survives heart attack

A woman from Manchester in the UK had her 'life saved' by a holidaymaking doctor and nurse after suffering a heart attack from decompression sickness while 20ft underwater during a scuba diving trip on the Australian Great Barrier Reef.

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