My father was a senior naval officer who watched the first episode of “Sea Hunt” with me back in 1959 while we were stationed in Key West, Florida. The exploits of Lloyd Bridges as underwater hero Mike Nelson sufficiently impressed him with scuba diving that he let me take one of the first local courses … Read more
A Pacific green sea turtle satellite tagged in Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park, has made a historical migration to Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park. Named Sanjay by researchers, the 117-pound male, is the first sea turtle to corroborate preliminary genetic data suggesting many of the resident sea turtles at Cocos Island were born on the … Read more
I arrived in Port Moresby on 1st April but the Cyclone forming in the Solomon Sea was no joke. Captain Craig de Wit had invited me for an adventure into the Northern Coral Sea. We were to dive some of my favourite wild sites at Eastern Fields (PNG), nip into Australian Waters (Craig has permission … Read more
We receive a lot of messages asking us to support various causes, usually marine related. I love it that people are concerned and want to do something to save animals and their environment. As scuba divers and tourists, we are beginning to learn that our tourism dollars have clout – clout that we can use … Read more
by Todd Steiner Executive Director, Turtle Island Restoration Network (www.SeaTurtles.org) Few Americans realize that a deadly driftnet fishery targeting swordfish and shark operates off the California coast with fatal consequences for ocean wildlife. Driftnets, which have been described as “curtains of death,” were banned on the high seas by the United Nations in the 1994. … Read more
