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September is Project AWARE’s Debris Month of Action – a month-long rally when scuba divers around the world will make a stand against the ocean’s silent killer – marine debris.We would love your help to spread the word in your community.During September’s Debris Month of Action, we’re calling for scuba divers and ocean advocates everywhere...
Way back when in 1952 the ocean sparked the interest of Mr Ron Josiah Taylor, and thank god it did, because this man would eventually give rise to a new type of ocean, and shark, conservation. After the Great White Shark attack on Rodney Fox in 1963, Ron – originally a champion spearfisho, worked together...
The Project AWARE Foundation knows that local actions make a global difference.This month Project AWARE launched the new Ocean Action Project. They’re looking to support innovative and results-driven projects to address two key focus areas: tackling marine debris problems and protecting critical shark and ray species.With increasing threats facing our ocean planet, working globally and...
In June the Federal Government announced the creation of the world's largest marine reserve network ever created. It places around 2.3 million km2 of Australia's oceans into some form of reserve, which will stop the most damaging types of fishing such as bottom trawling -the clearfelling of the sea.This amazing achievement could not have happened...
Manta rays and their look-alike cousins Mobula Rays are in peril due to the alarming increase in trade of their gill rakers, skin, and other body parts. We need to determine the extent of this trade, and find out where these rays are common and where they are declining.YOU CAN HELP! If you have more...
Last Sunday, 22 onion-bag clad GUDC members executed Operation Clean-Up 2.0.With knives in our hands, tanks on our backs and spit in our masks we trundled our way to the waters edge to clean, scrub and.. well clean.Its such a sad reality to see how careless some people are. The amount of fishing line is...
This month we were approached by Kym, who works as a volunteer for OceansWatch. She asked Adreno if we could collect second hand or clearance gear to donate to the various projects their organisation runs in poorer countries. We promised her that we would pass on her message to all scuba divers out there. Here...
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...
On April 11th, the Griffith Uni Dive Club took 16 eager divers down to Byron Bay to infiltrate the waters that surround Julian Rocks.The weather leading up to the dive had been perfect, but unfortunately it had turned for the worse over night and we were greeted with strong winds, increasing swell and approx 5m...