A former Russian frogman has claimed that he killed British diver Cdr Lionel “Buster” Crabb, who disappeared while spying on a Soviet warship in 1956.
Cdr Crabb vanished after the vessel, which had brought Soviet leaders to Britain, docked in Portsmouth Harbour. The Soviet ship Ordzhonikidze had brought Nikita Khrushchev and other leaders for meetings with […]

The State Fisheries Department seized a boat laden with almost a tonne of coral at Tanjung Tuan in Port Dickson near here on Tuesday. State director Mohd Sufian Sulaiman said the coral had an estimated market value of RM7,500.
“We received a tip off from the public on illegal coral harvesting activities along Tanjung Tuan and […]

Many divers may not know that someone can get decompression illness even while following safe diving rules. To better educate divers, DAN has created a new DVD about DCI and what to do if you suspect a diver has it.
Joel Dovenbarger, Vice President of DAN Medical Services, said the best way for all divers to […]

The National Geographic Society recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the debut of the crittercam, a camera originally strapped to the back of a loggerhead turtle.
Since its debut in 1987 on the back of a loggerhead turtle, the Crittercam and similar devices developed by others have grown smaller and more powerful. “It’s more than just […]

Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com have teamed up again to celebrate the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment with the announcement of the 3rd annual Our World Underwater international underwater photography and video competition. With over $50,000 in prizes, celebrity judges, and the opportunity to have your images showcased to the world as some of the […]

Kem Terendak recently adopted a hawksbill turtle which had nested on a beach adjacent to their military camp on 11 August 2007. The turtle has since been tagged with MY4444/MY4445 flipper tags to track her migratory movements via satellite.
A “Name-the-Turtle Competition” was organised by Kem Terendak military personnel during a recent Family Day event. The […]

The WWF Malaysia Annual Review 2007 is out.
Read about their recent work protecting hawksbill turtle nesting grounds in Melaka. And about their biggest project, the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion Programme which has nearly reached their 2008 donation request of RM2million.
On the other hand, their Peninsular Malaysia Seas Programme, has laughably not even reached 4% of their […]

Everyone needs a place they feel comfortable in, some place to call home.
For John Goh Shuwei, that place is now the new scuba diving forum on the Malaysian online portal, Cari.com.my. It’s a forum he started with the approval of the moderators of Cari.com.my’s Chinese section in August this year, after much pestering from him. […]

Robert N. Rossier of DAN has a lengthy and eye-opening article on diving safety at deeperblue.net. He goes through a list of issues and safety factors. But spends the most time on diver attitudes toward safety. His topics include:

Equipment Issues
Environment Issues
I’M SAFE Checklist
Understanding Attitudes
Checking the Attitude

An old adage in aviation says that an exceptional […]

Dr Chan Eng-Heng published a comprehensive paper in the Aquatic Ecosystem Health Management Journal (vol 9, 2006) called “Marine turtles in Malaysia: On the verge of extinction?“.
It examines turtle populations and factors in their decline from the various states of Malaysia. Egg exploitation is the primary factor of population decline since “hunting and slaughtering of […]