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SCUBA News 21~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 21 - January 2002 www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the first SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) edition of the new year. In this issue: - What's new at SCUBA Travel? - Diving Best Sellers of 2001 - Your Letters - Diving News from Around the World If you have any diving news, or comments on this newsletter, we'd love to hear from you. Just fill in our Contact the Editor form. __________________________________________________________ What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site? ======================================== Cave Diving Photo Gallery We have a new room in our photo gallery dedicated to cave diving. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/photocave.html Diving Bestsellers in October, November and December Find out which diving books, videos and DVDs were the most popular in the last quarter of 2001. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/bestsellers.html Also, see below for the 2001 yearly list Baja California Dive Operators More dive operators are now listed in our Baja California section. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/baja/bajaop.html Book Review Read our review of the e-book, "North Sea Divers - a Requiem". http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/northsea.html __________________________________________________________ Diving Best Sellers of 2001 =========================== January traditionally sees the publication in newspapers of best selling lists for the previous year. And so, jumping on the bandwagon, these were the diving best sellers of 2001. 1. The Blue Planet DVD The BBC television series on DVD - action shots of the fascinating behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/blueplanet.html 2. The Blue Planet Book A spin-off from the BBC series. This fascinating book, superbly illustrated with tons of photographs, includes even more information than is shown in the video or DVD. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/blueplanet.html 3. The Blue Planet Videos The Blue Planet takes the top three spots for the year! http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/blueplanet.html 4. Top Dive Sites of the World by Jack Jackson Features over 60 of the world's top diving locations. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/topdives.html 5. Collins Pocket Guide: Coral Reef Fishes by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers An excellent, compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you're likely to see whilst diving on coral reefs. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/fishbook.html 6. Lonely Planet: Diving & Snorkelling Baja California by Walt Peterson Guide to the dive sites of Baja California. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/baja/bajadive.html 7. Lonely Planet: Diving and Snorkelling the Red Sea by Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gavin Anderson and Peter Harrison Guide to the dive sites of the Red Sea. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1864502053/1286 8. Diving Guide to Sharm-el-Sheik by Claudio Cangini The title says it all. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/184037036X/1286 9. Diving Guide to Red Sea Wrecks by A Ghisotti Packed with photographs, details 18 wrecks lying in the Red Sea - from Jordan to Eritrea http://scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/wreck.html 10. Reef Fishes and Corals of the Red Sea by Pete Harrison and Alex Misiewicz A guide to 270 reef fishes and corals found throughout the Red Sea. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859742076/1286 Thanks very much if you bought one of these books, videos or DVDs through the SCUBA Travel web site last year. The small commission we make on each purchase helps keep this newsletter free. ::ADV_____________________________________________________ : : For the inside information on Amazon, join the Amazon : Associates Mailing List. Lively comment on Amazon, : search engines and web site positioning. Visit : http://www.listpartners.com/cgi-local/subscribe?1729 ______________________________________________________ADV:: __________________________________________________________ Your Letters ============ Happy New Year My name is Cem Timurkan. I am thinking about writing a book about history of SCUBA. I intend to start from approximately 500 BC. I want the book concise, focusing on SCUBA diving. I will mention wars (for example Greek divers attacked ships in Syracuse), if necessary, to make the book a little bit more interesting. Before doing a research and getting information for my work, I wonder if this book would fulfil a demand, if there is any! If you put some insight to this question, I really appreciate it. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Cem Timurkan scuba@maryland.com Editor: If you're interested in such a book, please contact Cem directly at scuba@maryland.com * Dear SCUBA News I will be going to Dive Lake Baikal next year and am interested on any diving tips and reports Andy Editor: We haven't any information on Lake Baikal, but perhaps you have? Contact the Editor and I'll pass your messages on. ::ADV_____________________________________________________ : : Drive more targeted customers to your web site with : Overture. Their search results reach 75% of all : Internet users and you only pay when someone clicks your : search listing. Earn a special $10 bonus credit when you : become a new Overture advertiser with this link : http://www.overture.com/d/advertisers/p/bjump/?o=RR-37796&b=10 ______________________________________________________ADV:: __________________________________________________________ Diving News From Around the World ================================= DEATH OF FREE-DIVING LEGEND Jacques Mayol, the French diver who inspired the film The Big Blue, has been found dead in his villa on the Italian island of Elba. Police said Mayol hanged himself. Born in 1927, in 1976 he broke the 100 m barrier with a dive to 101 m off Elba. He retired from competitive free-diving in 1983 after a last dive to 105 m at the age of 56. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/ MP CALLS FOR HALT TO DOROTHEA DIVING The MP for Caernarfon has called for an immediate stop to diving in Dorothea Quarry in north Wales, after two divers died there in two days. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_1718000/1718496.stm LONDON INTERNATIONAL DIVE SHOW 2-3 March 2002 Book your tickets before 25 February and save £2.50.http://www.nature.com/nsu/020107/020107-12.html http://www.diveshows.co.uk/ ARCTIC DIVE HOLIDAY Ultra Travel, a Moscow-based company, are offering divers a chance to dive under the ice at the North Pole. http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ http://www.ultra-travel.ru/north3_eng.htm DIVER JAILED FOR LOBSTER POACHING A diver in San Diego, California, has been sentenced to 6 months in jail after being caught poaching lobsters for the second time. It is believed to be the first time that anyone has been imprisoned for the offence in the US. http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/ ISRAEL PLANS TO POLLUTE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Environmental groups criticised Israel's plan to dump treated wastewater from factories into the Med. As part of a plan to clean up the polluted river Kishon, a pipe is to be built that will bypass the river and allow the factories to discharge waste directly into the sea. The drive to improve the Kishon began in 2000 when it was revealed that 40 navy divers had contracted cancer after carrying out diving exercises in the river. http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/01/01022002/ SEALS COULD SAVE THEMSELVES WITH CAMERAS Small infrared cameras, together with sensors recording depth, speed and bearings, have been attached to Antarctic seals. The system monitors a seal's dives to find food and shows which fish they are eating. It's hoped to use the technology to examine whether rising numbers of seals in British waters are eroding the salmon population: a claim which has led to calls for seal culling. Fuiman, L.A., et al. Marine Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00227-001-0752-y, (2002). http://www.nature.com/nsu/020114/020114-12.html ::ADV_____________________________________________________ : : Log data from GPS and sonar to your spreadsheet, : database or mapping program with the free Windmill : software. For diving, marine archaeology, salvage, coral : reef monitoring and deep-sea research. For your copy see : http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/technology.html : ___________________________________________________ADV:: CAYMAN ISLANDS ACT TO CONSERVE MARINE LIFE Cayman Islands marine conservation law has been tightened to shorten the fishing season and reduce catch numbers. It also outlaws the use of spearguns and certain kinds of traps. Measures which should increase the sea life around the Caymans http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/01/01162002/ NEW SPECIES OF SQUID FOUND A new 6 metre (20 foot) squid has been discovered 2000 m (6500 feet) down. The squid seen may be big, but they are probably only a year or two old. Squid grow rapidly - giant specimens can gain 40 kilogrammes in a year - before breeding once and dying. Vecchione, M. et al. Science, 294, 2505-2506, (2001). http://www.nature.com/nsu/011227/011227-3.html GREAT WHITE SHARKS FOUND TO MIGRATE VAST DISTANCE The largest predator in the sea, the great white shark, has been tracked by satellite and found to travel across vast stretches of open ocean. Previously thought to spend most of their lives close to shore, the results shocked the research scientists. The scientists had attached electronic tags to the sharks which recorded water depth, temperature and light every two minutes. http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/connected/ NAVY SONAR HARMS WHALES US Navy sonar tests likely caused 16 whales to beach themselves in the Bahamas last year. Six whales died, the others were pushed back into the sea. Each of the whales had haemorrhaged near its ears. The wounds would not be fatal but could have led the animals to become disoriented and swim on shore. http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/12/12242001/ JAPAN TO BUILD NEW HELIPORT ON OKINAWAN REEF Overriding opposition from environmentalists, the Japanese government has decided to locate a U.S. Marine heliport over a reef off the island of Okinawa. Environmentalists say reclaiming land over a reef would damage the marine ecosystem. http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/12/12272001/ SEAWEED DEFEATS BACTERIA A substance derived from compounds that an Australian seaweed uses to stop its fronds being besieged by bacteria, may make bacteria more vulnerable to antibiotics. The first application might be to prevent biofilms forming, perhaps by coating surgical implants before use. Henzer, M. et al. Microbiology, 148, 87 - 102 (2001). http://www.nature.com/nsu/020107/020107-12.html __________________________________________________________ * Copyright SCUBA Travel - 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. 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