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  • DIRrebreather: Nitrox Rebreather Diving
    Cedric Verdier
    This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.


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Sharks and Rays

  • NOAA issues rule to prevent overfishing of Atlantic sharks. The new rule significantly lowers the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement new regional quotas for the other large coastal sharks. The new shark regulations will take effect starting on July 24.
    Section: Sharks
  • US with new shark regulations
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    NOAA issues rule to prevent overfishing of Atlantic sharks. The new rule significantly lowers the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement new regional quotas for the other large coastal sharks. The new shark regulations will take effect starting on July 24.

  • Swim or dive with sharks
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    For US$190-$290, visitors at the Georgia Aquarium, USA can snorkel or scuba dive in a 6.3-million gallon tank with sting rays, sharks, grouper and countless other species.

  • EU to protect sharks
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    The Community Action Plan for Sharks, which will be presented to the European Parliament and member nations at the end of the year, is designed to reverse the decline of sharks in European waters.

  • Two New Species of Wobbegong
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    The two newly discovered species of wobbegong sharks have made their public debut in the scientific journal, Zootaxa. The wo wobbegong sharks werefound off the south west coast of Western Australia.

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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   18 - Aug 2007
    Sharks
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    Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, where divers go in search of whalesharks, but find much more. Being the Executive Director of The Manta Network, a global conservation organization, I was very interested in the local efforts to protect whalesharks. Patric Douglas, Director of SharkDiver.com, invited us to stay in Utila and write about his dive group’s whaleshark experiences.
    Download pdf: Great White Shark
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   18 - Aug 2007
    Sharks
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    Just their name, their size, and their menacing looks can evoke feelings of terror, fear and instinctive rejection. However, if you have the privilege to be able to dive with big tiger sharks, as I have, you might fall in love with them, at least you will bond with them in a mysterious way. They are certainly not as “cute” as marine mammals or nthropomorphized clown fish, but they will have an impact on you that could change your perception of sharks, and marine life, forever.
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  • Published in X-Ray Issue:   18 - Aug 2007
    Rays
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    If you ask a group of people what is a manta, nine out of ten will think of stingrays or those large things that swim in the rivers of Florida. Even through the manta ray is the largest winged creature on the planet and has a wingspan wider than a condor, few people even know they exist. The width of a manta ray can exceed 22 feet. They are part of the shark family but hold no danger to humans as they eat only tiny zooplankton. They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the Pacific Ocean, they have been documented as far south as New Zealand and as far north as Hawaii.
    Download pdf: Manta Rays
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