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DAN: How Good is Your Emergency Action Plan?

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DAN: How Good is Your Emergency Action Plan?

(Dive Travel Business News - May 14, 2012) -- With summer fast approaching, divers nationwide are preparing to get back in the water. Fitness programs are underway, gear is being serviced and emergency plans are being dusted off and reviewed (or in some cases, created).

DAN supports that attention to emergency preparation with the latest addition to its online video lecture series. “How Good Is Your Emergency Action Plan?” examines the key pieces of an emergency plan, including what information is necessary in a time of crisis and why.

“DAN is regularly contacted by divers seeking information for their emergency assistance plans,” said Marty McCafferty, DAN medical information specialist and presenter in the video. “We wanted to include the topic in our video series not only to make the answers to their questions more readily available, but because we want to help divers understand that the middle of an emergency is not the time to start thinking about how you’ll respond.” read more »

Shark Finning Bans Made Simple.

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(Dive Travel Business News - May 4, 2012) -- As Europe enters the final stages of debate on a proposal to close the loopholes in the shark finning ban, find out what finning is, why the current regulation isn’t good enough.

See the video here; http://vimeo.com/40649549

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New ScubaNation Diving Television Series Premieres This Weekend in US

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(Dive Travel Business News - April 10, 2012) -- ScubaNation, One Nation Underwater,  a new 30-minute television program devoted to scuba diving and the aquatic lifestyle, premieres this Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 5:30 pm, EST. The fast paced and high energy show will wet the appetite of scuba and watersports fans alike with unique footage that cohost founders Billy C and Mitch like  to call "Jacques Cousteau on Rock-N-Roll. Click to view the ScubaNation Preview Video.

The show will air on the SunSports regional sports network in Southeastern United States. In addition, the program will also air via the internet at ScubaNation.com. ScubaNation can also be seen by DirecTV and Dish subscribers nationwide if viewers who use Direct TV and Dish subscribe to the respective sport upgrade packages of both networks. read more »

Coral Reef Restoration Pioneer Named CNN Hero

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Coral Reef Restoration Pioneer Named CNN Hero

(Dive Travel Business News - March 13, 2012) -- CNN has named Ken Nedimyer a CNN Hero for his pioneering efforts to develop techniques to preserve coral reefs and motivate public support for a cause that attracts environmentally conscious vacationers. Nedimyer is founder and president of Key Largo-based Coral Restoration Foundation.

Over 40 years ago, Nedimyer started diving Florida's coral reefs. He became a commercial fisherman and tropical fish collector, working in the ocean nearly every day of the year. But by the mid-1980s, he noticed a troubling trend.

Two of the region's most important corals, staghorn and elkhorn, were in drastic decline. The corals -- tiny, stationary marine animals that make up the reefs -- were dying because of many reasons, including climate change, pollution and overfishing, experts said. Today, they're on the endangered species list. read more »

Another Shade of Blue w/ Ty Sawyer

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Another Shade of Blue w/ Ty Sawyer

(Dive Travel Business News - October 29, 2011) -- The television team from Another Shade of Blue with Ty Sawyer will be attending the DEMA (Dive Equipment Manufacturing Association) convention, November 2nd through November 5th. The ASOB sales team is offering a discount of $25,000 to destinations throughout the world that are interested in advertising their island, resort or destination via a beautifully produced television series with a legend in underwater photography, Ty Sawyer, serving as the host. The sales team will be looking for outstanding dive related companies to be product placement sponsors for their second season. A very lucrative sponsorship opportunity for worldwide recognition of dive related products is being offered.

"Another Shade of Blue with Ty Sawyer" is nationally televised in the United States on Tuff.TV and broadcast on the internet on KoldCast TV. Another Shade of Blue is in negotiations to be broadcast in over twenty countries next year. read more »

USS Kittywake Creates Artificial Reef off Grand Cayman

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USS Kittywake Creates Artificial Reef off Grand Cayman

(Dive Travel Business News - March 4, 2011) -- Often heralded as the top dive destination in the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands has sunk the ex-USS Kittiwake off the north end of Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach creating another dive site.  The USS Kittiwake, a decommissioned 1945-vintage submarine rescue ship, was scuttled on Wed Jan 5, 2011 in the Cayman Islands to create an artificial reef that will attract both fish and tourists. 

The former WWII US Navy ship was thoroughly prepared, with the removal of any hazard materials before it was towed from the US to Grand Cayman.  The former submarine carrier will become an important artificial reef that provides a haven for local marine life as well as a key dive and snorkel site. The Kittiwake sinking is part of the dive destination’s Dive 365 initiative, an on-going program to develop dive sites across Cayman for every day of the year. read more »

Legendary Bimini Big Game Club Re-Opens

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Guy Harvey Outpost Resort features Neal Watson's Dive Bimini

(Dive Travel Business News - March 3, 2011) -- The legendary Bimini Big Game Club recently celebrated a public grand re-opening as a Guy Harvey Outpost Resort property in Alice Town, North Bimini. The resort just introduced Neal Watson’s Dive Bimini, a Guy Harvey Outpost Dive Center, offering diving experiences with amenities ranging from a 60-foot, glass bottom dive boat to all-new tanks and rental gear and even frequent chances to dive with Neal or Guy.

Closed for two years, the Club’s recent renovations include updated guest rooms, the new Bimini Big Game Bar & Grill, the Outfitter Shop - a retail experience featuring Guy Harvey sportswear and gifts, and a new marina, pool bar and patio. Rates start at $149 per night. Call 800.867-4764 or visit Bimini Big Game Club. View the Dive Bimini Youtube Video.

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International Whale Shark Day August 30, 2010

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International Whale Shark Day Cancun Mexico

(Dive Travel Business News - August 11, 2010) -- International Whale Shark Day is August 30, 2010. The northern tip of the Yucatan is known for it's annual whale shark migration near Isla Holbox or Holbox Island.The migration starts mid-June until September where aggregations of up to 400 giant fish have been observed

The congregation of so many animals is unusual. Holbox Island is unique in that it is located where the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico join. There are upwellings of nutrient rich water that feed the food chain that contains everything from the tiniest plankton to schools of fish, sea birds, flamingos and ibis and of course, the giant yet vulnerable whale shark. It is truly a special place.

Holbox Island is only the second instance where marine scientists have discovered whale sharks are feeding on not just plankton but also fish eggs that are suspended in the upwellings. Marine scientists from a variety of organizations have been working with Mexican scientists for more than seven years on studying, tagging and tracking the world's largest fish that can grow to 10 metres in length. read more »