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Scuba Features dan-seal-bite-12-09-16
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Incident Insights: Sea Lion Bite

Early one afternoon near La Paz, Mexico, at Los Islotes, a popular dive site and sea lion rookery, a sea lion bit the diver on the stomach. At the time of the attack he was scuba diving in less than 20 feet of seawater with approximately 50 other divers from several dive boats present.

Environmental News vic-ferguson-12-09-16
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How The World Federation for Coral Reef Conservation (WFCRC) is Protecting Our Marine Treasures

Something can always be done to help prepare for marine events such as oil spills and coral and if we don’t put efforts in during our lifetime, the current state will not be any better for the next generations to come. We know that all journeys begin with a single step and it has to start somewhere, so at The World Federation for Coral Reef Conservation we work to ensure our actions will see results within years not lifetimes.

Travel News Regaldive
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Two New Dive Resorts in the Philippines

Diving holiday specialists Regaldive have recently expanded their programme in the Philippines with the addition of Buceo Anilao Beach and Dive Resort in Anilao and Asia Grand View Hotel in Coron. Both hotels offer the convenience of in-house dive centres and easy access to the numerous dive sites.

Environmental News wolves-rivers-07-09-16
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The simple-minded nature of human super predators

Humans are the world’s top predator. The way we fulfil this role is often mired in controversy, from factory farming to trophy hunting to predator control. The latter is the process governments use to kill carnivores like wolves, coyotes and cougars to stop them from hunting threatened species like caribou — even though human activity is the root cause of caribou’s decline.

Scuba Features eric-06-09-16
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A diver’s long swim from dive shop helper to commercial status

His father paid for his training for Open Water certification. A job in a dive shop opened his eyes to the work available to a scuba diver with the right qualifications. Eric Villeneuve was quickly acquiring them. “I became scuba certified at 16, a Dive Master at 18, an Instructor at 19, and a Commercial Diver at 27. But I have had a set of mask, fins and a snorkel for as long as I remember.”

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