ScubaGlobe Asia Pacific - Volume 5 No.2

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...

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...

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...

Volume 5 No.2

New NAUI Approved Rebreathers

The Inspiration and Evolution added to the list of NAUI approved Rebreathers. NAUI is happy to announce the addition of the Inspiration and Evolution Rebreathers manufactured by Ambient Pressure Diving Ltd.
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Philippines New Species Found in Philippines Waters

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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News October 17, 2007

Spain

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.

International Clean Up Day makes a splash

PADI

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.

News October 12

Australia

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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