Do you have Green Fins on Holiday?

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Green fins on holiday You’ve packed your dive kit and are ready to embark on an underwater adventure of a lifetime. You turn up at the dive destination of your dreams, fins in hand ready to dive right in and shock horror, the reef is destroyed!  It’s not a reality that any water-loving dive enthusiast should have to experience […]

Rays at Risk

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Rays at Risk Rays, skates and sawfish (along with sharks) are cartilaginous fishes, a class of over 800 species characterised by a cartilage skeleton and small tooth-like scales called denticles. There are many rays at risk, threatened by extinction, overfishing, pollution, boat traffic, and international trade causing population decline. Here are some of the species at risk: Sawfish […]

Ocean Conservation Laws – Recent Successes Around the World

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DiverReef_Shutterstock While there’s no doubt that individual actions towards ocean conservation have the power to make positive impacts on our blue planet, legislation passed by city, state, and national governments also has the power to create big waves. As divers, we are deeply connected to the ocean as well as acutely aware of the many threats […]