Suunto Oy has announced an important safety notice regarding its D9 and D6 diving instruments. This global decision involves D9 and D6 instruments that have been delivered to distributors and retailers, as well as product that has been sold to consumers. Read more…
Contrary to impressions often conveyed by the mass media, people in Japan do not consume whale meat in significant quantity, according to activist Junko Sakuma. Read more…
Lissenung Island Resort, located in the diving paradise of Kavieng in Papua New Guinea, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. To commemorate this happy occasion, the dive resort is offering every diver who books at least four nights stay and boat diving a free Lissenung Island Resort T-shirt, a free bottle of wine, and a free night dive — presents worth A$110 (US$82) per person!
For more information, please check the Lissenung Island Resort website under Rates.
FiNS Magazine reader Margaret Ang sent us this moving poem conveying a shark’s feelings about being finned. Read more…
Approval for a major offshore oil exploration project along the Orissa coast by Reliance Petroleum is being questioned by fishermen and environmentalists. Read more…
Here’s a moving 10-minute video clip entitled produced a couple of years ago by Singapore-based Lee Chuen Ling in collaboration with Victor Wu, who was representing WildAid at the time. The video is an elegant look at both the beauty and the plight of whale sharks, a fish that most divers would love to have a chance to see in the water.The video comprises three parts: First — “The Big and the Beautiful” and shows a magical encounter between divers and a curious whale shark at Anambas in Indonesia, followed by “Appetite for Destruction” which focuses attention on our insatiable appetites, and to conclude, a segment that Ling dubbed “Gatekeepers of Our Blue Planet”, which shows people from around the world working together to secure protection for whale sharks and other marine animals.
Everyone at FiNS Magazine voluntarily abstains from consuming shark fin and other shark products. Watch this video, and you’ll understand why.
A new initiative for collecting and monitoring data on sea turtles in the Asia-Pacific region will be launched on 12 June in Vanuatu. Read more…
M.Y. Dive Master 1, the luxury liveaboard from Thailand, is now based in Labuan, Malaysia from May to October 2006. The liveaboard’s itinerary covers diving and exploration of Labuan’s numerous shipwrecks plus the world-famous dive sites of Layang Layang. And as a bonus, guests will also be able to dive virgin reefs like Ubi Reef and Dallas Reef, places that no other dive operators visit on a regular basis. Regularly scheduled trips include four nights on board and two nights at Layang Layang Island Resort. For more information, see the Dive Master website or email Dive Master directly.
An online poll conducted in China shows 91% of respondents against the practice of whaling. Read more…
Conservation International were visiting Alotau last week to dive some of the unspoiled reefs and look for critters like pygmy seahorses and lacy scorpionfish. Much to their surprise, they jumped in to find a whale shark waiting for them to play!
Alotau and the rest of Milne Bay are known for the critter action, but when you visit, it’s a good idea to keep your eyes open for the big stuff too. In addition to visits by whale sharks, there are regular sightings by divers of dugongs, mantas, hammerheads, mobula rays, and more.
