Subject: In case you missed it - Cocaine Sharks, captive cetacean shows axed, shark-fin gang busted, dolphins on the rampage

21 July 2023

Win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip!

Time is almost up to enter DIVE's Big Shot Megafauna Photo Competition - and the chance to be published in DIVE and win a trip with Aggressor Adventures onboard the Belize Aggressor III. Check out the Gallery of entries to see if you've got what it takes, and send up to 10 of your best pictures of big stuff!

Hammered-heads?

Cocaine Sharks - a Shark Week documentary is set to explore if tonnes of narcotics dumped by smugglers is having an impact on Florida's sharks.

Uncharacteristic attack

Dolphins off the coast of Japan appear to have been deliberately attacking bathers, leaving swimmers with nasty bites and broken ribs.

Thomas Cook ends cetacean trips

The Chinese-0wned UK tour operator, Thomas Cook, has announced that it is to cease ticket sales to all attractions featuring any species of captive cetacean.

Shark fin bandits busted

Good news as Panamanian officials seize several tonnes of shark fins, dried and ready to be exported, and arrest the criminals responsible.

Changing ocean colours

Scientists analysing the distribution of plankton blooms suggest climate change may be causing the colour of the world's oceans to change.

Ocean Film Festival 2023

The 10th anniversary of the Ocean Film Festival World Tour is coming to UK theatres this Autumn. Find out more about the films here.

Cetacean exploitation

Whales, dolphins and orcas have provided entertainment in parks for decades - but they've also been - and continue to be - exploited for war.

Spring '23 Magazine

Our Spring '23 magazine is all about thinking big - and we have some great stories for you in this issue! Mark 'Crowley' Russell talks to Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founders Dr Andrea Marshall and Dr Simon Pierce about the effort that needs to be put in to make sustainability work, and has a chat with Sharm El Sheikh's Dr Adel Taher about the early days of scuba diving in Egypt, with an extract from his book, Let There Be a Red Sea. We revisit Curaçao with expert photographer Valentina Cucchiara; take a tour around Northern Diver's Lancashire home; investigate the wonders of seagrass - and the threats it faces - with Lewis Jefferies & Dr Richard Lilley; expert freediving instructor Emma Farrell teaches us the secrets of better breathing; and Timo Dersch takes us to the end of the world in the volcanic sands of El Hierro. Plus our much-loved Big Shot photo competition is back! Buy your copy now or subscribe in print & digital from just £22.99* to make sure you don't miss out!

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