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SCUBA News 10

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SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011)
Issue 10 - February 2001
www.scubatravel.co.uk
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What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site
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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/thaiop.html
http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/hurghadaop.html

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Diving News From Around the World
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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://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/2001/02/02192001/gillnets_41948.asp

Efforts to Save the Basking Shark
  In recent years the population of basking sharks has been 
  rapidly decreasing. This 10 m (33 ft) long animal is the 
  world's second largest fish. It eats only plankton. They 
  are very vulnerable to overfishing, having a slow growth 
  rate, a long time to sexual maturity (around 12-20 years), 
  a long gestation period (1-3 years) and small litter sizes 
  (around 6 pups). Concerned at the plight of the sharks, the 
  British government has pledged research funding to assess 
  population structures and movements. The UK is also bidding 
  to place the basking shark on Appendix II on the Convention 
  on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which 
  meets in Chile next year.
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/

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