Contents of this Issue:
All publicly available
KM Blue Manta, the Banda Sea, Forgotten Islands, Alor
WAOW Liveaboard a Total Loss
Diving and Hepatitis C: Know the Facts
The Chinchorro Banks, Alor, Belize, Roatan
Divers Adrift Eight Hours in the Philippines
Get Bent and Who is at Fault?
Lionfish-Killing Contests Can Work
Diviac Goes to PADI
Rebreathers: What Every Scuba Diver Needs to Know
The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Meet Underwater? Your Boat’s Propeller
Cozumel Dive Boat Sinks
Get Your Weights Off First!
Panic Kills Too Many Divers
Fiji and Belize Protect their Reefs
The Diving Industry Must Get Rid of Disposable Plastic
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Warranties
Roatan Park Rangers Face Death Threats
Legal Protection for Fish?
Shark Shapes Are Significant
Flotsam & Jetsam
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Hard on the heels of the prosecution by police in
Phuket, Thailand, of two diving instructors who let a
new trainee fall overboard and drown while still wearing
his weight belt, three people, have been charged
with the death of a Japanese diver who was struck by a
boat propeller during her first-ever dive in the Similan
Islands National Park on January 4th.
The boat captain, the dive instructor and the tour
guide have been charged with recklessness causing the
grievous bodily harm and death of 37-year-old Yoshida Saori, who died from blood loss after suffering multiple
lacerations on her right thigh. Participating in a threeday
course with South Siam Divers, she was making her
first dive to 33 feet (10m). After becoming separated
from her group, she headed to the boat just as it began
drifting and the captain started the engine to reposition
it.
Phuket News reports that the tour company's insurance
provider has already paid one million Baht
($31,000) as compensation for Ms. Saori's death.