Tagging and tracking leatherback sea turtles has produced new insights into the turtles’ behavior in a part of the South Pacific Ocean long considered an oceanic desert. According to researchers at Stanford University, the new data will help researchers predict the turtles’ movements in the ever-changing environment of the open ocean, with the goal of reducing the impact of fishing on the endangered leatherback population. Read More

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The Belize Lionfish Project came about, where fishermen, tour guides and the public were being taught about the invasive and venomous creature. Monthly lionfish tournaments and workshops have been held as well.   To read the full story

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INDIAN ROCKS BEACH – Claims by a local treasure hunter that there is a century-old shipwreck off our shores got a boost from a former diver in the area.

“I’ve seen that wreck,” said Joe Mecko, of Madeira Beach, after reading a story on the subject in the Beach Beacon. Read More

MANY dive into the depths of the Great Barrier Reef to experience the colourful underwater world, but for Ed Przybylek, feeling the coral gave him a new sensation.

Mr Przybylek, 59, has been blind since he was 10, but it did not stop the American tourist from plunging into the sea for an introductory dive with Quicksilver instructor James Hight.

After surfacing from the dive, Mr Przybylek could not stop grinning.

“It was like flying down there,” he said. More

The dive sites closed include East of Eden in the Similans  Ao Pakkad, Ao Suthep, Ao Mai Ngam, Koh Stork and Hin Kong in the Surin Islands and Hin Klang near Koh Phi Phi . Over 80% of the coral at each site had been damaged, National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department chief Sunan Arunnoparat said. More

All 27 crew on board the UC42 died when the submarine sank at the entrance to Cork Harbour on 10 September 1917.

It had been laying mines when an explosion was heard.

A team of five amateur divers from Cork discovered the submarine in good condition in 27m of water just off Roches Point on 6 November after a 12-month search. More

Tustin, CA, January 19, 2011 -DiveNav, the developer of the innovative eDiving^® scuba diving simulator and the DiveComputerTraining^® service, applaud  this new initiative recently announced jointly by Oceanic Worldwide and Scuba School International.

The goal of the Oceanic Computer Diver – SSI Unique Specialty Courses is to train recreational divers to properly use model-specific Oceanic Personal Dive Computers when performing recreational – non decompression – dives using air.  Each program includes an independent online learning session and open water session.  The program can be taught by any current and insured SSI Oceanic Computer Diver Specialty Instructor.  SSI Instructors can download Oceanic Computer Diver Distinctive Specialty Instructor Manuals for the several Oceanic Dive Computers by going to www.OceanicWorldwide.com/DistinctiveSpecialty/SSI

“We have been working for quite some time with the leading manufacturers of scuba equipment and certification agencies, and are extremely pleased by this new initiative that further validates our value proposition”, said Alberto Mantovani, President and CEO of DiveNav, Inc., “thanks to our platform technology, we can safely and cost effectively create educational material and training scenarios for dive computers, closed circuit rebreathers, remotely operated vehicles and any other high tech product that could be used underwater”, he concluded.

The learning session of each SSI Unique Specialty Courses is composed by the related model-specific dive computer online class developed by DiveNav and available online at DiveComputerTraining.com

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About DiveNav

DiveNav Inc., headquartered in Tustin, Calif., is an innovative company developing the leading-edge  eDiving^® scuba diving simulator and the innovative DiveComputerTraining^® service.

eDiving enables the user friendly exploration of our oceans by the recreational and educational communities.

DiveComputerTraining.com facilitates computer-assisted SCUBA diving.

The eDiving simulator is available for free at www.ediving.us

The DiveComputerTraining service is available at www.DiveComputerTraining.com

USA — Scientific sleuths have used DNA barcoding to crack the case of the mysterious whale meat, in a tale that links a Californian sushi joint, Academy Award-winning film-makers and agents from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). More