SCUBA News 10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 10 - February 2001 www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello Thanks for subscribing to SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011). If you have any diving news, or comments on this newsletter, e-mail news@scubatravel.co.uk __________________________________________________________ What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site ======================================== This month we are pleased to launch the Technology Section on our web site. This features the latest technological and scientific developments that may be of interest to divers. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/training/technology.html We've also increased the number of dive operators in our Thailand and Red Sea Sections. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/thailand/thailand-dive-centres.html http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/diving-hurghada.html __________________________________________________________ Diving News From Around the World ================================= Royal Oak still poses Threat In Issue 6 of SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) we highlighted environmental problems posed by oil leaks from HMS Royal Oak, torpedoed in 1939 in Scapa Flow. Up to one and a half tonnes of oil escapes from its fuel bunkers every week. This month Navy divers will, for the first time, begin drilling into the hull and begin to pump out the oil. Previously engineers have tried many methods to halt the oil leakage without penetrating the hull where hundreds of bodies have lain undisturbed for over 60 years. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4137988,00.html Reflective Fishing Nets Save Dolphins and Others Around the world fishermen using gillnets are killing dolphins, sea birds, turtles, whales, porpoises and untargeted fish. The nets can be more than a one and a half km (1 mile) long and 5 m (15 feet) deep. Underwater the thin nylon is nearly invisible. A new net, however, has been designed to reflect sound waves in ranges used by echo-locating animals like dolphins. A blue-tinted version of the net has the added benefit of reducing the number of sea birds caught. The net is currently being tested, with excellent results, in Canada and Denmark. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1187000/1187992.stm International Dive Show The London International Dive Show takes place on the 3rd and 4th of March, at ExCel, Docklands, London. It includes a series of seminars on subjects such as: Titanic revisited, Beginners guide to technical diving and Wreck diving - exploring battle of Jutland wrecks. http://www.diveshows.co.uk/ __________________________________________________________ * Copyright SCUBA Travel Ltd - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/ * Reprinting welcomed with this footer included. We are happy for you to copy and distribute this newsletter, and even use parts of it on your own website, providing the above copyright notice is included, and a link back to our website is in place. Previous editions of SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) are archived at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING Visit http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html and add or remove your e-mail address.
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