NOAA to Operate from Port of Newport

Hydro International – NOAA and the Port of Newport have dedicated a new NOAA ship operations facility in Newport, OR, USA, during a ceremony attended by federal, state and local officials and the public. The NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific serves as a home port for four NOAA research and survey ships and provides administrative, engineering, [...]

Joséphine, le dauphin vedette du Grand Bleu, est décédée à Antibes

AFP – Le dauphin Joséphine, héroïne du film “Le grand bleu” du réalisateur Luc Besson, est décédé “des suites d’une maladie rénale associée à son âge très avancé”, a annoncé mardi le parc Marineland d’Antibes. “Joséphine était mère et grand-mère de plusieurs enfants et petits enfants”, a précisé à l’AFP Jon Kershaw, directeur zoologique du [...]

Some 250,000 divers from abroad, with their families, are expected to visit Greece through the end of October 2011

Balkan Business News – Taking advantage of 2005 legislation allowing recreational diving throughout Greece, with the exception of designated archaeological areas, local government administrations throughout Greece have launched a campaign to attract “diving tourists”. Some 250,000 divers from abroad, with their families, are expected to visit Greece through the end of October 2011; the number [...]

Win a trip to dive the Great Barrier Reef

Kraig Becker – PADI, the Professional Association of Dive Instructors, is closing in on a very impressive milestone, and to celebrate they’re giving away a very impressive trip. The organization that has trained more scuba divers than any other, is now approaching their 20 millionth certification, and the lucky person who earns that distinction will [...]

Major savings through acoustic positioning

Hydro International – CSA International Inc, an environmental survey company working in the Gulf of Mexico, has become the first organisation in the world to purchase a new, ‘calibration-free’ acoustic positioning system launched by Sonardyne International Ltd. The GyroUSBL (image) integrates Sonardyne’s Lodestar Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) and sixth generation (6G) Ultra-Short BaseLine [...]

Woman hospitalized after shark bite at Kure Beach

Reflector – A tourist at Kure Beach was taken to a nearby hospital after being bitten on the foot by a shark as she waded in the ocean. Kure Beach Ocean Rescue Capt. Daniel Russell says the attack happened Wednesday evening as the woman and her boyfriend were wading in shallow water. Russell declined to [...]