SCUBA News 28
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SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011)
Issue 28 - August 2002
http://www.scubatravel.co.uk
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This month
- What's new at SCUBA Travel?
- Your Letters
- Diving News from Around the World
If you have any diving news, comments on this
newsletter, questions or dive reports we'd love to hear
from you.Just fill in our Contact the Editor form.
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What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site?
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Santorini
Last month a request from one of our subscribers for
information on diving Santorini was promptly answered by
Dave Bromley and Rena (many thanks). Their comments are
now on the site at
Photo Gallery
We've opened a new room in our photo gallery dedicated
to corals of the Red Sea.
http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/photo5.html
Wreck Diving in France
Our French wreck diving section now contains more dive
descriptions.
http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/france/francedive.html
Baja Dive Operators
Our Baja Dive Operators page continues to grow.
http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/baja/bajaop.html
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Your Letters
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We have heard that the diving in Cuba is magnificant but
very expensive and difficult to organise. We can find
very little reliable information on the web. Has anyone
any first hand advice ?
D & J Grimshaw
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If you have been diving in CubaJust fill in our Contact the Editor form.
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Diving News From Around the World
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LOW-COST SEAFLOOR MAPPING
A low-cost procedure for automatic seafloor mapping,
with particular reference to coral reef conservation in
developing nations, has been described in a recent paper
published in Hydrobiologia (and co-authored by the
SCUBA News Editor) - Hydrobiologia 474 (1-3): 67-69,
April 2002
http://www.reefbase.org/resource_center/publication/pub_14308.aspx
http://www.windmill.co.uk/seafloormapping.html
WORLD RECORD SCUBA DIVE
A man has stayed submerged for over 60 hours to claim
the world record for the longest open-water SCUBA dive.
http://www.suunto.com/pls/suunto/suunto2.pubmainpage.frameset
EU TO BAN SHARK FINNING
New European Union legislation is to ban all shark
finning in EU waters and by EU registered vessels
worldwide. The result of demand for shark fins for
soup, finning, tcauses the death of tens of millions
of sharks. The result in many areas has been a
downward spiral of reduced shark populations.
http://www.wildaid.org/
BASKING SHARK PETITION
Another petition, this time to secure CITES listing
for the Basking shark, is being organised by the
Shark Trust. To sign visit
http://www.sharktrust.org/
SALTY SEA SPRAY CURES POLLUTION
Researchers have found being that sea spray helps wash
pollution from the air. Water droplets in polluted clouds
are so small they normally remain suspended, but a team
from the Hebrew University found the sea salt particles
latched onto them and triggered rainfall to cleanse the air.
http://www.dema.org/
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