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The Mystery of the Smelly Sharks

by George Evatt

On Tuesday 21st of October 2003 some divers reported seeing lots of small dead sharks lying on the bottom in about 8 metres of water at Camp Cove, just inside the entrance to Sydney Harbour ...

Hiding in Plain Sight - Frogfish

by Karen Stearns

At first glance, divers might mistake this animal for a sponge. But a closer look reveals that this odd looking creature is actually a member of what some have called “the ugliest group of fishes in the sea."

Diving Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay

by Chris Bartlett

It is one of the few places left in the world where a diver can see macro critters, pelagics, and big stuff, as well as fantastic soft and hard corals. The often misused and abused adjective “pristine” is actually appropriate here, due to low fishing pressure in the area in comparison to other areas of the Coral Triangle, no dynamite fishing, and thanks to a system implemented by dive resorts whereby local reef "owners" receiving a small fee for every diver that visits "their" reef. As a result elders make sure that the reefs are not fished.