Archive for July, 2009

Why Marine Conservation Should be an Important Part of All Dive Training Courses

by David Miner
Diving is a multi-million dollar business with money being spent on dive training, dive equipment, and dive travel by people wanting to dive on reefs around the world. Reefs are prolific habitats for thousands of species of marine life and have called these reefs home for millions of years. People travel thousands [...]

DEMA and the Public Shouldn’t Mix

by Christopher Buttner, VP NCUPS.org and President of PR THAT ROCKS!
Just some random thoughts, facts and observations. As someone who was a trade show consultant to Fortune 500 companies, a sales and marketing director, a trade show coordinator, an owner of a PR firm for 12-years - sometimes working with scuba industry clients - and [...]

Mating Manta Rays Caught on Tape

Rangiroa, French Polynesia
Text and photos by Peter Schneider
Rangiroa, this is the name of the place I call my home…at least since I moved here five years ago. It is the second biggest atoll in the world and the biggest one in French Polynesia. Its name, “huge sky,” describes accurately the phenomena when on a windless [...]