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DAN'S 2nd Annual Online Auction
Begins November 1.
The Divers Alert Network continues its tradition of raising
financial support of the DAN Mission and related outreach programs with the
DAN Online Auction. All money generated by this auction will support the
following DAN programs:
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All visitors to this site are welcome to bid. The DAN
Auction will be open to bids until December 1, 2003. Donors are asked
contact winning bidders by December 20, 2003, which means that when you bid
we really must have your contact information. Most items will be delivered
through your local dive shop.
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KORYO Porcelain Found on
Seabed
Korea Times, South Korea
October 10, 2003
The wreck of a wooden cargo
vessel containing celadon porcelains from the Koryo Kingdom (918-1392) was
discovered around Sibidongpado, a small archipelago about 30 kilometers
west of Kunsan, North Cholla Province. The exploration team has collected
over 1,200 pieces so far.
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Merry marine marriage
Saturday October 4, 2003
Thinking of doing an underwater wedding? How will the groom kiss the bride?
Last Saturday, Andrew Sia got some tantalizing glimpses of a Malaysian
couple totally submerged in matrimonial bliss in the sparkling blue water
of Pulau Redang, Terengganu.
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Aquarium Releases 50th Animal
Friday October 3, 2003
The National Aquarium, in Baltimore Maryland, released a
juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle on September 25 2003 in the waters off
Taylor's Island, MD - the 50th animal released by the Aquarium's Marine
Animal Rescue Program (MARP).
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Double tragedy: Two brother die while scuba diving in an
underground siphon in Lehi, UT
October 1, 2003
The Hobbs brothers, Ashton and Byron were
best friends who did everything
together. Tragically on Wednesday the two died together in a scuba
diving accident.
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Filmmaker, Bill Kurtis
explores the largest iceberg in recorded history in "Ice Island."
Fri, Oct. 03, 2003
Wichita, KS - While it is a
breathtakingly beautiful documentary, "Ice Island" is also a real-life
drama with dangers for divers exploring ice caves and underwater gardens
inside the berg. This film will first air in Wichita, Kansas where
Kurtis grew up and still resides
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Instructor faces charges after diver dies in rough
seas
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan
Oct. 1, 2003
A scuba diving instructor faces negligence charges over the death of a diver
under his control in rough seas last April, law enforcers said Wednesday.
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Developers Buying the Beach to a Scuba Sanctuary in
Queens, NY
By Corey Kilgannon
October 1, 2003
Queens, NY- From dry land, Almost Paradise does not exactly resemble
an exotic diving spot. A sliver of beach sits unceremoniously on a
dead end, just south of Kennedy Airport in Queens. The scene underwater,
however, is anything but urban. Several yards past where the asphalt ends,
there is an unusually deep natural lagoon filled with marine life. But
within a matter of days, this diving mainstay will become a lost paradise.
The landlord is selling the waterfront plot to a developer later this month.
His tenant, Jay Velasquez, who owns Almost Paradise, says he will shut his
doors on Oct. 15.
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Young scuba diver inspired by father
The Holland Sentinel
September 28th, 2003
Turner Levack, now 11, had to wait 2 years to train with his dad, Marty.
Turner found his dad's old scuba diving tapes three years ago, sparking an
interest that has never waned.
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Renewed
Efforts to Protect Endangered Species - Africa
By
Michelle Nel
DURBAN, Sep 19 (IPS) - The President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana has
announced that his country intends to increase it's protected forest,
wetland and marine ecosystems from 1.7 to six million hectares. This is
significant in global terms since Madagascara, a large island, has as has a
range of habitats from rainforests to deserts and is home to many
species that are found nowhere else in the world.
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Scientists spot 'Serengetis' of
the sea
By Lidia Wasowicz
UPI Senior Science Writer
Published 9/5/2003 4:47 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Scientists who earlier exposed a 90-percent
plunge in the world population of large ocean fish now have uncovered
pockets of subtropical waters that still teem with diverse wildlife and may
hold the solution to sustaining a healthy state of the seas. The previously
uncharted regions off the coasts of Florida, Hawaii and Australia attract
146 species, including large tuna, marlin, sharks and turtles -- many of
them endangered -- the international team reports.
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Diver dies while removing gear
Mon, Sep. 29, 2003A
Plantation, FL man was dies following a scuba diving expedition in
Hillsboro Inlet off of Pompano Beach, Florida. The diver
slipped from his boat and was carried away by the current while still
wearing his weight belt
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Woman drowns while scuba
diving
September 29, 2003
Nazareth, PA - Officials say a 21-year-old Connecticut
woman has died while scuba diving with a group of friends in Lehigh County.
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Survey to start for shipwreck
By Suzanne Wentley
September 25, 2003
STUART, FL - What started with a
surfer's wipeout could lead to another Treasure Coast historical discovery
-- a 1715 shipwreck off the Martin County coast.
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Scuba Team Finds Underwater
City
The Mirror, UK - Sep 12, 2003
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found an
underground city up to 10,000 years old off the coast of Tyneside.
This is the
first underwater evidence of Stone Age settlements in Britain.
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A terrifying night for 8 young
divers
Miami Herald, FL - Sep 23, 2003
Coming up the anchor rope
after scuba diving with friends Raymond Gill looked toward the
surface and knew something was amiss.
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Independent PEW Oceans Commission call for complete
reform.
June 4, 2003
Over fishing at sea, over-development
along the coasts, and increasing pollution from cities and fields are
leading a decline in ocean wildlife and collapse of ocean ecosystems. The
PEW Oceans Commission calls for immediate reform of U.S. ocean laws and
policies to restore ocean wildlife
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Johnson Outdoors battles allegations over piece of
diving equipment
By DORIS HAJEWSKI
September 20, 2003
Johnson Outdoors Inc. lawyers will be in a California courtroom in November
to fight allegations that the Racine-based outdoor equipment manufacturer
covered up a defect in a Uwatec dive computer that injured five divers.
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6 fathoms under: New concept for burial at sea
By Meghan Meyer, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 31, 2003
DELRAY BEACH, FL-- Instead of scattering a scuba-diver's ashes at sea,
family members could give them a plaque, a permanent resting place and a
start to a new coral reef that they can visit on future dive trips.
SeaRest Inc. has spent two years perfecting the idea: an artificial coral
reef made of crematory urns encased in concrete blocks.
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Marine Biologist attacked by
Crocodile
September 19, 2003
Cape Flattery, Australia -
Marine biologist, Tony Ayling, feels something firmly bite his fin while
diving under poor conditions in Cape Flattery, 15 miles north of Cooktown.
Suddenly a struggle ensues when he comes face to face with a large
crocodile
Read and hear
Tony's tell his tale of horror
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Giant Squid Found off the coast of New
Zealand
April 3, 2003
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Fishermen in the Ross Sea, over 2000 miles
south of Wellington, caught a 330 pound giant squid. Scientist say
this is the second of this species that has been know to be found.
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Divers happen upon unexpected wreck
Royal Gazette, Bermuda - Sep 15, 2003
There are still places seemingly untouched in Bermuda and one
avid scuba-diver hopes
to keep it that way after happening upon a decades-old shipwreck.
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Jamaica Approves Admiralty's Plan to
Commence Archaeological Operations on the Pedro Bank
Friday September 5, 2003
Atlanta, GA Sept. 5, 2003Admiralty Corporation
announced that the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, on behalf of the
Government of Jamaica, has accepted Admiralty's Project Research Design for
the Pedro Bank. Pedro Bank is a large underwater "plateau" in the
Caribbean Sea, southwest of Kingston, Jamaica. The majority of this area
contains shipwrecks associated with exploration and territorial expansion
by European nations from the late 15th to the 19th century.
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Two
New Scuba World Records
One tank of air, 8 hours to go, No where to run.
Story by Jan Cobb
Photographs by Jan Cobb and David Mullins
Two new Guinness World Records were established September 13 2003 on the
Sunshine Coast Australia 1 hour north of Brisbane. The team from Sunreef
Scuba Diving Services of Mooloolaba stayed submerged in a 2m by 2m by 2m
tank for 7 hours 40 minutes and 14 seconds at Sunshine Plaza Maroochydore.
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The Dangers of Scuba Diving
1/9/2003 Health 24
Scuba diving offers loads of underwater pleasure, but only if you're
adequately prepared and trained. The sport has a number of medical problems
associated with it that range from minor ear and sinus irritations to
paralysis and even death.
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