Releasing a Shark from a Hook
0This clip is showing a blue shark being released from fishermen’s hook by Pelagic Life members. Pelagic Life is a nonprofit conservation association dedicated to the awareness of pelagic life. They invest many efforts in capturing high-quality images and sharing them to make people aware of …
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Fishermen collected and gut 220 Mobula Rays in Gaza
On February 27th, 220 mobula rays have been spotted dead on a beach in the Gaza strip. The last time these rays were seen in the region was six years ago. It’s still not clear how these mobula rays died in such a large quantity and washed up on the beach in …
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CITES to Protect Sharks and Manta Rays
Sharks and manta rays are essential to the health of the ocean, but their populations are declining fastly due to international trade. In March, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – CITES will open its doors in Bangkok and countries …
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Portfolio in UWPhotographers.net
I had the honor to get a full portfolio page and bio included to the underwater photographers’ website UWPhototographers.net, on Feb. 28, 2013
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SharkTalks – David Doubilet – “Photography: The Language of Conservation”
David Doubilet, one of the pioneers of modern underwater photography and the most well known in the profession, held the first talk out of eight in an interdisciplinary symposium on shark and marine conservation, organized by the Shark Stanley team from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental studies, last February 15th. This …
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Dolphins illegal fishing in Sri Lanka
Poachers have been caught while illegally fishing dolphins in Sri Lanka. Marine life is under threat and it’s affecting one of the biggest tourist attraction in the region. It’s also modifying the country’s population livehood. Minelle Fernandez from Al Jazeera is reporting from Kalpitiya, in northwest Sri Lanka.
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Mantas Last Dance
A beautiful clip featuring model Hannah Fraser and manta rays at night in Kona, Hawaii. Film Director (EPK) Shawn Heinrichs has created this piece of art to make the people aware about the manta rays in danger of extinction. An manta first glides gracefully from …
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Eel Bites Off Diver’s Thumb – What NOT to do underwater
Some divers are really stupid and touch/provoke the underwater life. In the following clip you can see a moray eel biting off a thumb from an unfortunate diver who provoked the animal. His thumb was replaced with a toe. He got his lesson, which is right for all the …
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Freediving with Humpbacks
The clip showing dive instructor Claudio Bonato free-diving with humpback whales is soul-stirring. The diver is swimming slowly with the whales together with a mesmerizing music and makes me think, why him and not me….? The clip was filmed by Adil Schindler from Germany while on …
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UGA Men’s Swim & Dive Harlem Shake
The now well known “Harlem Shake” has been realized underwater at University of Georgia (USA). Isn’t it cool? For those who are less familiar with the shake, it’s quite short. Someone is dancing alone with a helmet on his head, while the other people stay still. After 10-20 seconds, everyone …
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