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Great White Shark Bahamas? Oh Yeah!
At the start of this week we got a strange email from the Bahamas-a Great White had washed ashore off Grand Bahama.
"Several of Unexso staff including Christina & Veronica heard about it and went out and shot the pictures below. They heard the shark was chasing bait... Oh Shark Week-What Happened to You?
Sigh. It's come down to this. We all knew it would eventually, and here we are. Last nights Shark Week show was...scratch that, could have been...scratch that.
We don't even know where to start with last nights show "How Not to Become Shark Bait". Overall some great... Sushi for Great Whites
Isla Guadalupe as you know, is simply "infested" with great white sharks. This is the last place on the planet you want to be taking a morning swim.
Which makes fishing for Yellowfin tuna here nearly impossible. What you are looking at is an 80lb tuna caught a few seasons... Ensenada Fish Market, Mexico Y.O.Y
We have been keeping track of the Ensenada Fish Market for the past three years.
The issue here is the sale of white shark pups as "swordfish". We have been documenting each and every trip we take down to this market with images of the animals we find on site.
Typically... Sharks and Tourism-"Monetizing" is not a "dirty word"
I was in the middle of a conversation with a well know shark biologist the other day when he said, "Yeah but you guys are just commercializing sharks".
By "you guys" he meant an entire worldwide shark diving industry.
I had to agree we are...but so are "they" and by... Shark Tourism-Rock and a Hard Place
Some horrific news today from South Africa as owner operators of several well known dive shops were confronted with the sight of tons of dead sharks this week.
South Africa's shark tourism is on the front lines in the ongoing issue of sustainable shark tourism vs shark... The beluga whale that blows bubbles and juggles
"Like children blowing little bubbles through rings, these beluga whales are astounding onlookers by learning to blow bubbles of air underwater. The whales have delighted thousands of visitors since being taught the... Swimming with whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium
There's little good to say about the Georgia Aquariums decision to allow divers into the premier whale shark exhibit. Shark Diver blogged about this months ago when they first announced the idea. Now it seems they... Lost Scuba Divers Survive Deadly Dragon, Currents on Remote Island
" All five Europeans who vanished while scuba diving in treacherous waters off eastern Indonesia were found alive Saturday on a remote island, police and family members said.The divers — three from Britain and one... Rescued Scuba Divers Recount Ordeal of Floating Lost Overnight in Shark-Infes...
These stranded scuba divers, bobbing in shark-infested waters, had seen "Open Water." The movie recounted the tragic story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who were left behind by a dive boat in 1988 and were never... Reef Diving
Reef diving in the carribbean is really good at Bonaire. this reef is considered a baseline to compare all other reefs around the world. I have found very few places in the carribbean where the underwater world was... Top 10 diving books of 2007
SCUBA Travel today releases its list of the best selling books and DVDs bought by SCUBA divers in 2007. For the fourth consecutive year, The Dive Atlas of the World retains its top spot! A surprise entry at number three is a guide to the Italian island of Sardinia - a very...New Diving Medicine course launched in Oman
18th - 24th October 2008, BANDAR KHAIRAN - OMANNumbers are strictly limited on what promises to be superb course- make sure you sign up early to avoid disappointment We at Expedition Medicine are very...
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