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Wild fish have been shown the ability to recognise individual divers, as long as we assist them with a few visual clues, such as the colour of our dive-gear. US manufacturer Halcyon has introduced its Symbios Ecosystem of wrist and mask-mounted integrated dive-computers, An Australian scuba diver was fortunate to be alive but sustained a deep gash in his head after being hit by a boat and there seems to be a future for the adaptive teaching of Depth Therapy

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/divers-wild-fish-know-who-you-are/

https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/computers/halcyon-connects-divers-with-symbios-ecosystem/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/boat-strike-leaves-diver-with-head-wound/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/deptherapy-the-way-ahead/

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Jenny Stock, the reigning British Underwater Photographer of the Year, has dived 3m deep at Legoland Windsor Resort to record the completed makeover of its Lego City Deep Sea Adventure submarine ride. Garmin has introduced a new all-in-one watch-style dive-computer, the £590 Descent G2, as a slightly more expensive alternative to its £500 Descent GI Solar, with adaptability for diver development its selling proposition. Immersion Pulmonary Oedema (IPO) has been given as the cause of death of UK scuba diver Robert Bolton while on holiday in Indonesia in 2023 – one of the relatively few occasions on which the hard-to-spot condition has been formally diagnosed in divers. Another tourist boat has capsized in the Red Sea

https://divernet.com/photography/photographers/jenny-stock-dives-into-legoland-adventure/

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Reports are surfacing that 17 people had to be rescued by the Indonesian Navy after the Grand Komodo-owned liveaboard Putri Papua sank off the coast of Sorong, in Southwest Papua on Monday morning.A humpback whale entangled in ropes on a Skye fish-farm has been freed by volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Towards the end of January, Russian mermaid Mariia Zelenina went viral after a fish violently chomped down on her head during a performance of her underwater show in China.

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https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/volunteers-free-tethered-whale-in-skye/

https://thetab.com/2025/02/05/mermaid-chomped-by-fish-addresses-the-rumour-bosses-threatened-her-to-stay-silent

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US diver Barrington Scott has set a verified Guinness World Record for the fastest time to scuba dive across all seven continents. Cartagena City Council says it is preparing to tighten access to the Cueva del Agua (Water Cave) system in southern Spain, following the death of a 37-year-old female diver there on 18 January. And an underwater habitat builder has just extended the record for longest time spent submerged. 

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https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/spanish-cave-divers-death-prompts-calls-for-controls/ 

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This week on the podcast, An appeal for financial assistance has gone out for what is claimed to be the only UK dive-centre offering community scuba clubs and water-skills classes to both children and adults with disabilities. Hybrid grouper fish, released into Hong Kong's coastal waters as part of a religious ritual, could be wreaking havoc on local biodiversity.

https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/community-scuba-cornish-clubs-need-help/

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https://www.thesun.ie/news/14571032/waterford-whale-washed-up-popular-beach/

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This week on the podcast, a fairly damning report on the Red Sea Authorities following the Sea Story sinking. A couple of new records including a photoshoot at 50m and an underwater walking distance record. And a Malaysian dive resort has had its licence officially revoked by the government.

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/efforts-to-coerce-sea-story-diver-survivors-reported-by-bbc/

https://divernet.com/photography/photographers/underwater-model-shoots-just-went-into-deco/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/latest-shipwreck-discovery-dives-raise-questions/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/female-freediver-steps-up-for-absolute-record-walk/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/malaysian-dive-resort-has-licence-revoked/

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This week on the podcast, 

Seven tourist divers and their local dive-guide spent almost 30 hours floating off the Pacific islands of Palau before being rescued by what the US Coast Guard has described as a “Good Samaritan” fisherman. 

International diving medical experts have come up with a joint position statement on the subject of immersion pulmonary oedema

US dive-light manufacturer Light & Motion is closing down after 35 years in business, citing politics among “many factors” contributing to its decision.

A series of safety failures led to the preventable death of a diver while under water at Manns Harbor Bridge on Croatan Sound in North Carolina, according to the US Department of Labour.

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/eight-divers-undergo-30hr-drift-in-palau/ 

https://divernet.com/medical/ipo-survivors-strongly-advised-to-quit-diving/

https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/lights/switch-off-light-motion-closes-down/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/employer-failed-to-check-divers-health /  

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This week on the podcast, Another US titan of extreme diving,  has departed: Hal Watts died at the age of 88.

All hands on deck for the Great Barrier Reef baby boom.

Scuba divers who use personal locator beacons (PLBs) are being urged to take part in a consultation on a Coastguard proposal.

The body of a scuba diver who went missing off Cornwall on 22 September has been found on a beach about 15km from his last-known location.

the man behind the cocaine-smuggling plot that saw a Brazilian rebreather diver die and another go on the run in Australia in 2022, has been jailed

https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/hal-watts-the-passing-of-mr-scuba/

https://divernet.com/features/coral-spawning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/ 

https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/locator-beacons-15min-that-could-save-your-life/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/missing-divers-body-found-on-cornish-beach/ 

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/sentenced-man-behind-drugs-plot-that-left-ccr-diver-dead/

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