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"We Are Water" Now Available on DVD

(Dive Travel Business News - January 16, 2013) -- The world’s top female underwater explorer Jill Heinerth is on a mission to reconnect people to their most precious commodity through her latest documentary, We Are Water. Now available on DVD, We Are Water is a passionate documentary exploring our spiritual and physical connection with water, the source of life. read more »

Pioneer Shark Expert Ron Taylor Dies

(Dive Travel Business News.com -- September 9, 2012) -- Australian marine conservation pioneer and renowned shark expert Ron Taylor has died at the age of 78. He suffered myeloid leukaemia for two years and died peacefully at a private hospital near his Sydney home.

Taylor first became fascinated with marine life in the 1950s as a champion spear fisherman, but later decided to "hunt with a camera" instead of a spear. Considered amongst the world's premier shark experts, Ron Taylor and his wife Valerie are regarded worldwide as pioneers in underwater cinematography and known for their groundbreaking marine documentaries like Inner Space. read more »

Bag It: Reduce Plastic Consumption to Protect our Seas.

(Dive Travel Business News - June 15, 2012) -- One week ago, the world celebrated World Oceans Day - the UN-designated day for the global community to celebrate and take action for our shared ocean. One of the greatest threats to the ocean is also one of the most insidious because it’s so mundane you probably don’t even notice it. Look around you right now... how much plastic do you see?

Plastic has become intertwined with our society’s throw away mentality, our culture of convenience, and our over consumption of throwaway products and packaging—things that we use one time and then, without another thought, we throw them away. But where is AWAY?? THERE IS NO AWAY!! Away is over flowing landfills, clogged rivers, islands of trash in our oceans, and toxins that eventuallly absorb into our own bodies and the bodies of marine animals. read more »

Scuba Diving Hall of Famer Neville Coleman Passes

(Dive Travel Business News - May 7, 2012) -- AUSTRALIA -- The diving community mourns the loss of a great underwater explorer and naturalist who dedicated his life to the World of Water. Neville Coleman peacefully passed away Friday morning. With over 1000 published articles in over 150 magazines, in excess of 100,000 images and more than 60 marine life natural history books to his credit, Coleman was one of the most accomplished underwater educational authors in the world.

Coleman's impressive career in underwater photography spanned over 45 years of underwater exploration, photographing over 450 new species of marine life. A multi-award winning photographic environmentalist, Coleman begann documenting the aquatic wildlife of the Asia/Pacific region in 1963. read more »

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.

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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 »