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RAF sport divers have placed a
new commemorative giant poppy on the Red Sea's
Thistlegorm wreck, to replace one that has been
removed. See Divernet News
A British member of the European
Parliament has called for decisive action to reduce
deaths of dolphins and porpoises from fishing nets. See Divernet News
A US diving businessman found
liable for the underwater death of his wife is to appeal
against the civil jury verdict.
See Divernet News
A spear-fishing freediver
who descended to 40m off Florida in search of a catch
died after getting into difficulties.
See Divernet News
 New Zealand
is gearing up to protect the great white shark, its
Conservation Minister has confirmed. Chris Carter has
released a discussion document that asks for opinions on
protecting New Zealand's great white sharks
protection.
See Divernet News
Phosphoric acid could leak from
the sunken Turkish-owned tanker mv Ece and disrupt the
eco-system around the south-west of the UK, according to
the National Oceanography Centre. See Divernet News
An artificial reef that has
been sunk for only four months has broken in two. See Divernet News
Five speakers are lined up to
address a Marine Conservation Society conference on
recent underwater projects called Beneath the Waves: UK
Style.
See Divernet News
Ship captains plying British waters
are being asked to take extra care in areas particularly
vulnerable to maritime spillage disasters. See Divernet News
Eastern Australia's endangered
grey nurse sharks are an isolated population and,
therefore, very vulnerable to environmental pressures,
researchers have reported.
See Divernet News
Archaeologists are
reported to have examined a 4th century BC wooden
merchantman in the eastern Aegean.
See Divernet News
A new underwater IMAX film, Deep Sea
3D, has opened in London. See Divernet News
The Diving Medicine 2006
conference, to run on 23/24 March in Shrewsbury, could
be of interest to sport and particularly technical
divers. See Divernet News
Sainsbury's is to stop
selling endangered fish such as skate and huss. The
supermarket, the UK's largest fishmonger and winner of
Seafood Retailer of the Year for the past two years,
made the announcement last week.
See Divernet News
A diver in South Africa was injured
after a boat ran over him.
See Divernet News
The Maldives is claiming a new
Guinness world record for the most people diving
together at one time.
See Divernet News
Jean-Michel Cousteau is the latest
addition to a stellar cast of speakers at the London
International Dive show (LIDS), which runs over 1-2
April at the Docklands' ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
See Divernet News
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There’s shark-feeding and then
there’s shark-feeding. Mike Veitch experiences the
extreme sort in Rangiroa
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Easter is approaching – it’s time
to start planning your UK summer of diving in earnest.
To give you some ideas, John Liddiard rounds up recent
diving days full of local colour in five parts of the
country, from Cornwall to northern Scotland, west Wales
to Kent
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Sitting in the middle of what
have been officially declared the world’s richest coral
reefs is the island of Kri. It’s hard to reach and the
diving isn’t easy, says John Bantin, but it’s an
experience to savour
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