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Aqua Lung’s New Latitude XLT™ Features
SURELOCK™ Advanced Mechanical Weight System: Form That Doesn’t
Sacrifice Function. Aqua Lung, the leader in scuba diving
products, has introduced Sea Quest’s new trademarked and patented
Latitude XLT™, a buoyancy compensator (BC) with the SURELOCK™
mechanical weight system that allows divers to drop their weights
in a flash. | FULL
STORY |
The 2nd Annual Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com International
Photo & Video Competition.Wetpixel.com
and DivePhotoGuide.com
have teamed up again in association with Our World Underwater to
celebrate the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment with
their 2nd annual international underwater photography and video
competition.|
FULL STORY |
Matt Potenski, Shark Research Institute (SRI) marine biologist to
lead the 2006 Kairos Company’s Whale shark expeditions in
Tanzania on board M/V KAIROS. Matt will be equipped with
a teak spear gun and large casey-tag type anchor heads for both
the satellite and visual ID tags to be set on Whale sharks identified
in Tanzania. | FULL
STORY |
Milan Aquarium Re-opens. In April four thousand people visited
L’Acquario Civico di Milano (Milan Aquarium) to celebrate
the institution’s 100th anniversary and grand re-opening following
three years of extensive renovations. |
FULL STORY |
SanDisk Red-Sea 2006 Underwater Photo Competition.
Update Prizes and give away Flash memory cards. 100 Flash
cards of 1 Gigabyte for the first 100 enrollers – Free of
charge, as a gift by Sandisk Corp. | FULL
STORY | Ocean acidity rising; NOAA research finds.
A government research ship landed at Kodiak in late
March with more news of a changing environment. The North Pacific
Ocean is growing more acidic as it absorbs greater levels of carbon
dioxide, according to researchers working on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson.
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SSS (Sub-aquatic Safety Services) Recompression
Chamber Network To Stop Accepting DAN Insurance. Important
information for dive travelers relating to Chamber coverage and
protection. | FULL STORY
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Legendary Diver Norine Rouse Dies at 80."If
there's not an ocean in heaven, I'm not going." Norine Rouse,
one of the country's first female diving instructors and a champion
of sea turtle and reef protection off of Palm Beach County's shores,
died Tuesday. She was 80. Norine Rouse swims with a loggerhead she
named Robert. Mrs. Rouse tracked the turtle's return to local waters
for 17 years. | FULL
STORY |