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
  http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scuba.html#Santorini

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://ipsapp008.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/4758/125/3/abstract.htm
  http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0018-8158
  For details of the free software used, and step-by-step 
  instructions, see
  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.inboxrobot.com/news.php3?fid=14651253

SUUNTO DIVE COMPUTERS RECALLED
  A software bug has been found in the first series of 
  Suunto Vytec dive computers, (serial numbers 205000-223700) 
  which can cause problems when using Vytec´s SIMPLAN 
  function. Users should contact their local dealer.
  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.sharktrust.org/cgi/main.asp?newsfirst=50

PROTECTING THE GALAPAGOS, AND SHARKS OUTSIDE THE EU
  We've previously told of campaigns against shark 
  finning (SCUBA News 14), and how illegal fishing in 
  the Galapagos was killing dolphins (SCUBA News 26). 
  An American environmental organisation now has 
  on-line petitions against these operations, to be 
  presented to the Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa and 
  the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi 
  Annan. To add your name visit
  http://www.wildaid.org/programs/epet_signup.htm

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.ananova.com/news/story/sm_651451.html?menu=

DEMA Show 2002
  October 22 - 25, 2002
  Exhibition of the Diving Equipment and Marketing 
  Association. Features educational seminars related to 
  the diving industry ann celebrities including Jean-Michel 
  Cousteau and free diving champion Megan Heany-Grier. 
  http://www.dema.org/
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