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SCUBA News 94~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to February's SCUBA News. I hope you enjoy the newsletter, but should you wish to cancel your subscription you may do so at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html Contents: __________________________________________________________ What's New at SCUBA Travel? 
You've sent us more information on the diving and dive centres of Zanzibar. "Was like being in the Red Sea, with the big difference that we have always been the only divers on each one of the dives in the water...We saw all this stuff that you usually never see, sea horses, ghost pipe fish, 10 different kinds of nudi's, 8 different kinds of scorpion fish inclding crocodile fish, mauritius scorpion fish, weedy scorpio fish, leaf fish, frog fish and all in one dive!". Read more... "From whale shark and Bottlenose dolphin on the way out to the site, and a Blue marlin as we entered the water, to the most coral species I have seen on any of my dives around the world. It was just yummy." Just one of the latest comments of the diving around South Africa. :ADVERT__________________________________________________ Dive Adventures Asia is Asia's premier provider of Liveaboard Diving Packages, PADI diving courses and daily dive trips in Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia. Discover Whaleshark and manta expeditions from Phuket, Thailand. Hidden sites and pristine Beaches! More information visit www.DiveAdventuresAsia.com ___________________________________________________ADVERT: Thumbs up for Bunaken, Sulawesi and Menjangan, Bali in our Indonesia section. __________________________________________________________ Red Sea Competition Results Congratulations to Sarah Barnes and Gary Young. They have both won a copy of the Guide and Logbook of Marsa Alam, courtesy of Travelling Diver. There is still just time to enter last month's competition to win a Safaga (Egypt) Guide. To enter tell us how many dives sites are included in the Safaga pack (visit http://www.travellingdiver.com/ to find out) and e-mail your answer, together with your name and address, to news@scubatravel.co.uk before the end of February. __________________________________________________________ Bookshelf: Interview with Todd Stevens 
Todd Stevens is the author of Wreck of the Colossus, The find of a lifetime - the story of the discovery of a 200 year old historic shipwreck and its aftermath. What prompted you to write the book? I was living my dream and wanted to write about my experiences. Incorrect reporting within the media regarding the discovery of the wreck and its carving were also factors. There also seemed to be many misconceptions written about the Colossus and its history. How long did it take you to write? In total-6 years!! I first had to learn to write and then to use a computer. My first two years of one finger typing (about 100 pages) were lost when the computer crashed and the file was irretrievable. After starting again it took 4 years to complete. What were the main lessons you learned from your experience with the Colossus? Not to trust those in authority, archaeologists, the media, or anyone wanting to make a buck from diving and salvage. Do you still get the same satisfaction from searching for wrecks? Yes, since the Colossus I have discovered five new wrecks in my local area, one of which was protected by the government in 2005. Another I am working on at present has, due to the fantastic history behind it, prompted me to write a second book. (It will be out next spring hopefully.) What do you do when you are not working or diving? Hunting for shipwrecks; writing; researching; I like walking and am also a keen snorkeler. I am also a trustee of my local museum and currently have a weekly show on local radio . What would you say is the biggest change in diving since you started? I suppose it would be the types of people the sport now attracts, there are no longer the swash buckling types around that there once were. For more book reviews and interviews with authors see __________________________________________________________ Ocean Facts In the process of filter feeding, sponges can suck-up toxic chemicals generated naturally by many of the reefs' other inhabitants. Sponges have an incredible ability to process these chemicals, storing them, and even using them for their own defence against predators. Pharmaceutical companes have only recently discovered that many of these chemicals are useful in fighting human diseases. From the Beautiful Oceans Coral Reef Course __________________________________________________________ Diving News From Around the World If you would like to read the diving news as it happens, without waiting for this newsletter, then grab the SCUBA News feed from http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scuba.xml It's free and automatically updates you with the latest SCUBA news via your web site, e-mail or any news feed reader. Sharks disappearing as fin chopping rises Populations of tiger, bull, dusky and other sea sharks have plummeted by more than 95 percent since the 1970s as fisherman kill the animals for their fins or when they scoop other fish from the ocean, according to an expert from the World Conservation Union, or IUCN. Killer starfish destroy 'richest' coral reefs Some of the most stunning reefs in the "Coral Triangle", the world's richest area of coral biodiversity, have been destroyed by crown-of-thorns starfish, which feed by spreading their stomachs over coral. That's the dismal result of a survey last month of reefs around Halmahera, an Indonesian island at the heart of the triangle, which stretches from the Philippines to the Malaysian peninsula to the Solomon Islands. Navy not exempt from California sonar curbs President George W. Bush should not have exempted the Navy from obeying laws intended to protect endangered whales and other marine mammals by curbing the use of sonar off the California coast, a federal judge has ruled. Divers make precision measurements A new system lets SCUBA divers perform many measurements underwater with a precision similar to that possible in a laboratory. A new report details a diver-operated motorised device with microsensors for underwater work to a depth of 25 m. Japan, Australia agree to disagree over whaling Australia and Japan have agreed to disagree over Tokyo's whaling in the South Pacific and the spat will not hurt bilateral ties, Australia's foreign minister has said on Friday. Robotic glider feeds off ocean temperatures A seagoing glider that harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself is being used to explore the undersea environment off Puerto Rico, say US researchers. Corruption in fisheries - from bad to worse Corruption in global fisheries is compounding the devastating effects of overfishing - and the problem could get worse, according to The World Conservation Union (IUCN). Tuna fisheries facing a cod-like collapse The collapse of north Atlantic cod populations could provide an important lesson for preventing tuna from suffering a similar fate worldwide, researchers say. __________________________________________________________ * 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 web site, providing the above copyright notice is included and a link back to our web site is in place. Previous editions of SCUBA News 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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