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Have you ever watched a documentary on Great white sharks, found yourself captivated by Shark Week, or looked at a photo of the world’s most respected apex predator and thought “Wow! I HAVE to go diving with them one day!”? Well here is your chance! Professional Dive Services is leading a group down to South...
Do you know the mantis shrimp Lysiosquilla Colemani? Ever heard about the nudibranch Chromodoris Colemani? And how about the Hippocampus Colemani, a pygmee seahorse. Maybe you have, maybe you haven't, but what these species have in common is that Neville Coleman discovered them all (and about 450 more species). And you would have heard of...
With last week's budget, the federal government is attempting to give a boost to tourism in at the Great Barrier Reef. It gets cheaper to visit the World Heritage Listed Marine Park. A good thing, right? Tourists will save a whopping $2.50 for a day visit, or $1.25 for half a day. Yes, you read...
It is 8am and we are all ready to take off from Crystal Divers in Bali down to the beach to sail over to Nusa Penida. This dive spot is about 1 hour away in speed boat and we are going to check out if today is our lucky day to see the giant Manta...
The other day when I looked at a huge gorgonian fan at 30 m with magnifying glasses in my hand I had trouble focusing on this tiny moving spec which blends so perfectly into the background. It made me wonder how someone ever would have found these cute creatures with bare eyes. So I did...
Blog submitted by the team from PADI Project Aware.Our Big Shark Shout Out is the month of April.Sharks are balancing on the brink and our aim is to protect them from overexploitation – overfishing, finning and bycatch – before it’s too late. We would love the help of all scuba divers, in getting more attention...
You will have probably heard by now that another fatal shark attack took place this weekend. A 33-year-old diver died of the WA after having been mauled by a hark. Of this particular shark it is only known that is about 4m long, because the victim's brother who was in the water with him saw...
One of my major interests throughout my degree was fisheries management and aquaculture practices and I thought I would share some facts about the global state of fisheries that is not commonly advertised.Many, many years ago, fish were considered a common resource. Countries had no jurisdiction over their coastal waters and could rape, pillage and...
Did you know that Queensland has about 1400 historic shipwrecks along the coast? Those wrecks are of great historical value, but they are also teeming with marine life because they function as artificial reefs. Species of marine fauna and flora that you don’t usually encounter in open water often can be seen on wrecks.There is...
A 15-kilometre wide patch of seagrass could be the oldest living thing on earth.Researchers including Carlos Duarte, of the University of Western Australia analysed 40 meadows across 3500 kilometres of the Mediterranean Sea. The seagrass, giant Posidonia Oceanica, reproduces asexually, generating clones of itself.The giant organism, which is more than 6000 tonnes in mass, is...