Oceana Canada Celebrates Major Conservation Victory: Underwater Mountains off the Coast of B.C., Now Permanently Protected

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The post appeared first on: Visit thescubanews.com Author: Oceana Canada Vancouver, CanadaPhoto by Kyle Thacker on Unsplash Vancouver, unceded territory of the Coast Salish People, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations – Canada has designated 133,017km of underwater mountains, known as seamounts, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island as its newest and largest Marine…


Mystery of the Blue Dragon

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The post appeared first on: Visit thescubanews.com Author: The Scuba News Press Team Photo Credit: This business of diving “Mystery of The Blue Dragon: A Neo-Noir Dive Into Crime, Passion, and The Abyss” is a crime saga with a heavy dose of romance, drama, intrigue, and scuba diving. When a chance encounter with a DEA…


Inquest told UK rebreather diver’s death was due to diluent error

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell An aerial view over Bigbury-on-Sea (Photo: Shutterstock) By Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell A 72-year-old scuba diver died due to a ‘user error’ with his rebreather, according to a coroner’s statement made at the opening of an inquiry into his death. Edinburgh-born Neil Barker, a retiree…


Red Sea liveaboard sinks in Egypt’s south; 18 divers rescued

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The MY Seaduction sank in Egypt’s St John’s National Park (Photo: MY Seaduction/Social Media) The scuba diving liveaboard MY Seaduction is reported to have sunk near Elba Reef in St John’s National Park in the southern part of the Egyptian Red Sea. Seaduction was…


Azores declared Europe’s largest Marine Protected Area

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The Azores islands are rich in biodiversity (Photo: Shutterstock) By Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The Azores has passed legislation designating 30 per cent of the waters surrounding the autonomous Portuguese archipelago a Marine Protected Area (MPA). At 287,000 square kilometres in size, the network of…