National Geographic Traveler: Amazing Photos of Sailfish a great article not only for Underwater Photographers.
Thanks Marilyn for sharing this with us.
Gunther
Hi Gunther, I thought you might like these photos of a large group of sailfish off Isla Mujeres in the Gulf of Mexico, attacking a huge bait ball of sardines. The sailfish work together to reduce the size of the baitball, and Nicklen shows them sticking their long noses into the swirling mass of sardines, then suddenly shooting up their sails and flashing wild colors to scare the bait fish:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/sailfish/nicklen-photography
The video shows the sailfish in action:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=1579853604&catID=1
DivePhotoGuide and the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance...thanks for announcing our NEW and updated Website...we have also added some more cool Underwater Videos to our Podcast and Movie section, this time from Palau and Chuuk a glimpse into the World War II History of the Pacific.
We have
just added some very intersting Videos to our collection, you find
them in our Podcast and
Movie section,or
Click this Link
The file size can vary from 2.5MB to
21MB
All video clips are for DSL/Broadband and we reccomend a good
connection, these new clip have been produced for
Sam’s Tours
and Truk Stop Hotel and Dive Center. View the World War II relics of Chuuk or also
know as Truk Lagoon get inspirred by the History and dive the
sunken Japanese fleet in the Pacific of Operation
Hail Stone.
© Video’s by Gunther Deichmann & Dirk
Fahrenbach, edited and soundtracks by Gunther Deichmann © 2008 all
right reserved
GD
More good NEWS from the Philippine -Micronesia Alliance...NOW with a Podcast and Movie Gallery on our Blog
There is now also a direct access to our Alliance Main Website via the New link top right hand side.
We are constantly updating our Blog and website, stay tuned or subscribe for the latest NEWS , Images and Videos.
Video
© Dirk Fahrenbach edited and sound by © GD
Click on the images above and this will take you right to
our NEW Podcast and
Movie section.
Please have some patience some of the Clips could take several
minutes to download, of course this depends on your
connection.
The video has been compressed to fit within the web standards, but
Broadband/DSL connection is recommended.
Late Breaking NEWS...finally our updated and improved website is up and running at alliancediving.com the Divers Choice
Please go ahead and check it out, our domain name is the same except for the facelift...www.alliancediving.com
You might have to refresh your Browser and update your
cache.
Click on the screenshot and go direct to our updated website
@
www.alliancediving.com
Dont miss this show on the BBC...Palau reveals new fish species... Pacific dives recover novel fish... The bright blue damselfish is finally in the hands of science, blue damselfish found 120m down off Palau
for the images and Video please go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7564126.stm
Pacific dives recover novel fish...Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series have confirmed an astonishing 13 new fish species on a single expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
The bright blue damselfish is finally in the hands of science.
The researchers have a further 15 animals they think may also be new to science but require additional study. The haul comes from deep dives made across reefs in Micronesia. The quest to find the novel fish is detailed in the series Pacific Abyss and includes the capture of a long-sought and spectacular damselfish. The team concentrated its efforts on waters referred to as the "twilight zone".
Sited some 60m (200ft) to 150m (500ft) down, this is a transition region between depths that still receive some sunlight during the daytime and waters that are in perpetual darkness.
The twilight zone is rarely explored, being below the activity of normal scuba activity but above the operations of most submersibles.
The scientists had to use sophisticated closed-circuit rebreather gear to avoid decompression problems. Even so, for safety reasons, their dives were strictly time-limited, and each sortie saw a quick scramble to net as many different fish as possible before the required slow ascent to the surface.
The newly described species include several new colourful damselfish in the Chromis genus; at least one new species of basslet (from the Plectranthias genus); an unusual hawkfish and a new species of butterflyfish.
The most spectacular recovery was of the bright blue damselfish found 120m down off Palau. This was described recently in the scientific literature by team-member Dr Richard Pyle, from the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The fish has been named Chromis abyssus in honour of the TV series.
The story is a more complicated one, however, because Dr Pyle first saw this fish more than a decade ago. Other researchers, too, had sightings, including one from a small submersible and another from a Remotely Oerated Vehicle (ROV).
It was during the BBC filming, though, that nine specimens were finally captured, allowing for an official scientific submission this year.
Discovery of a new fish species
Pacific Abyss starts its three-part run on Sunday, 17 August, on BBC One, at 2000 BST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7564126.stm
Matt Weiss from DivePhotoGuide is back in the US...read his first report & the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance is proud to be a sponsor of DivePhotoGuide.com and Matt...plus only few more days before we launch our very new and updated alliancediving.com website.
The Philippine-Micronesia Alliance is proud to be a sponsor of this project.The Divers Choice.
Stay tuned or subscribe for the LATEST NEWS and the long awaited upgrade on our MAIN WEBSITE...
We are very happy to announce our NEW DIVE and TRAVEL PACKAGES... starting from July 2008.
An Underwater Photographer's Guide to Southeast
Asia
Author:
Matt J. Weiss / August 10, 2008 12:00AM MDT
Category: Photo
After
3 months in the field, and a brief stint manning the DivePhotoGuide
booth at the Malaysian Dive Expo (MIDE) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
I am finally home and in the process of preparing a series of
articles about South East Asia, sometimes referred to as the coral
triangle and the most bio-diverse marine ecosystems in the world.
Therefore, this is also one of the most productive regions for
underwater photographer and video. Of course in no way is this
nearly a complete guide to Southeast Asia (that would take years!),
but rather some recommended destinations to dive and shoot.
I will be providing comprehensive trip reports on the diving and
photo opportunities in each location. I was fortunate enough to
stay at some of the top resorts in each destination, and the
articles will include some information on the resorts and their
facilities. We intend for these articles to be fairly different
from other trip reports. I plan to concentrate on all aspects of my
trip, including some that are often overlooked, solely from an
underwater photographer’s point of view – How was the
camera room set up? How large were the rinse buckets on the boat?
etc. This vital information is often ignored by non photographers,
so I hope to cover all the idiosyncratic requirements that are very
important for underwater photographers and videographers to keep
top of mind while traveling..
You will see that a lot of my images are macro shots, with little
coral around them. The reason for this is simple - I am very
interested in the seemingly barren benthic environments that
nurture a surprising amount of life. It is here that I found the
smaller, interesting and charismatic critters that make you scratch
your head and ask - “why?” It is my intention for each
article to be informative by answering not only what and who, but
also the how and why of the marine biology behind these
environments.
Underwater photography stargazer Lembeh Strait
Did you know that stargazers (family Uranoscopidae) are represented
by 50 species in 8 genre? This amazing animal was one of two
species I found while searching the benthic environments of the
Coral Triangle.
I will be covering the following destinations in the upcoming
weeks. Each article will have a link back to this main page, where
you can access each article as it goes live online.
Bali, Indonesia with AquaMarine
Diving-Bali
Puerto Galera, Philippines with El Galleon
Resort/Asia Diver
Palawan, Philippines with Club Paradise/Dugong Dive
Center
Lembeh Straits, Indonesia with Lembeh Resort
Manado, Indonesia with Minahasa Lagoon Resort
Sipadan/Mabul/Kapalai, Malaysia with Borneo Divers
For any readers who are looking for ideas for your next dive trip,
South East Asia is full of them, feel free to bookmark this page,
and within the upcoming weeks, you'll find links to each of the
destinations I've visited with a complete report on each. I
certainly hope to bump into many of you as I return to these
destinations in the future.
Happy Diving & more from Matt Weiss @
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/an_underwater_
Late NEWS...Disney Responds Regarding Shark Tournament Involvement in DivePhotoGuide…
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/disney_
responds_regarding_shark_tournament_involvement
This is my response to all the fuzz re. Shark Tournament in Dive PhotoGuide.
We are in full support of DivePhotoGuide; yes it is a big fuzz... but a downright disgusting one.
Unborn Shark, it's Mother and the Baby got
Murdered!
Photo:
© Gunther Deichmann - shark embryo after Mother got
killed.
Stop
the killing it is
Disgusting!
I have
read the letter from the Walt Disney Guys…it says
nothing!
As mention in
my earlier blog this is not the way to educate our children about
our environment.
Every living thing has a right to be on this planet, we humans are
only infants in geological times, because we are more intelligent
(are we?) doesn’t give us the right to wipe out
everything…and don’t tell me this is sport…that
is… make up the rest of the words.
The big white
Hunter…with a
trophy on the wall…yes soon there is nothing left out there
except on these walls of a very few.
“Dad…what is
that…? Son that is a shark…oh, I like to see that
one…sorry son you can only see that on MY Wall…Why?
Because there are non-left.
Dad why is that…?
OK son, lets change the topic... go out and play with your
friends.”
Do I
have to say anything else?
Editor PMA
GD
Breaking News...Truk Stop Hotel and Dive Center plus Continental Airlines in Flight Media Associates Fly Away to Chuuk Sweepstakes
© Gunther Deichmann - the Wrecks of Truk Lagoon, Chuuk
Micronesia,
Dive with our Partner Truk Lagoon Dive
Center for
more info click this link.
Continental Airlines in Flight
Media Associates Fly Away to Chuuk
Sweepstakes
2008, at 11:23 am
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http://www.continentalflyaway.com/Prize: (1
winner) Destination Travel Package for winner and one guest to the
featured destination of the month, Chuuk, Federated States of
Micronesia. The prize includes round trip, coach air transportation
on Continental Airlines for winner and Guest, (from major airport
served by Continental nearest winner’s U.S. residence
and the destination as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion) plus hotel accommodations (one room/double occupancy)
for four (4) nights at the Truk Stop Hotel. Trip must be taken and
completed by August 31, 2009 and is subject to blackout dates,
space availability, occupancy limitations and other restrictions
may apply. This package cannot be combined with any other offer.
This travel package certificate cannot be substituted is not
transferable and must be presented upon check-in with proper
identification. Average Retail Value (ARV) is $3,000.00. Actual ARV
is dependant on available departure cities on the chosen week of
travel. The bearer of this travel package certificate is
responsible for any difference in price due to reserving any higher
priced package, additional travelers, or a fee applied as a result
of a change in the reservation, and is responsible for all airline
and government departure taxes, incidentals, gratuities, optional
travel insurance, personal spending and all other expenses not
specifically listed. Trip winner and travel companion must have all
necessary identification and/or travel documents required for
travel outside the continental United States.
Breaking NEWS...Reef Check International and the Philippines...the Philippine -Micronesia Alliance is in support of this non profit organization...plus a lot more.
I am very proud to announce that the Philippine - Micronesia Alliance is NOW affiliated and in support of the Reef Check-Philippines the local chapter of Reef Check International, a non-profit organization. please read below our very first article from Lee Goldman, Marine Biologist and a member of the Alliance with S.E. Asia Kayak Tours. Very soon we fire up our complete and restructured Alliancediving.com website...amazing what is in store...you just have to stay tuned with The Divers Choice or subscribe to our Blog.
See below the screenshots of the Reef Check brochure soon available as a download on our updated site.
GD
Hi Gunther,
A while back I wrote about an upcoming project concerning the Philippines, the Philippine chapter of an international conservation NGO (Non-Government Organization), and two members of the Alliance.
Well, we’ve finished the details and are ready to announce our project. Reef Check-Philippines is the local chapter of Reef Check International, a non-profit organization that designs coral reef monitoring protocols and conservation action plans. Monitoring our reefs is essential to caring for them, and helps to make assessments on reef health and diversity. Ideally, the best people to monitor the reefs are the people in the community and active divers who not only have a vested interest in the health of world-wide reefs, but interact with them on a regular basis. Reef Check developed their monitoring protocols based on accepted scientific methods, yet made it easily understood by and effective for non-scientific based participants.
Our 10-day expedition will survey the reefs around Puerto Galera and the Verde Islands group. Puerto Galera is known the world over for its amazing diversity and the nearby Verde Islands group continually makes the biodiversity spotlight for its potential to be the center of the center of fish biodiversity within the famed ‘Coral Triangle’. For our base of operations, we chose Alliance partner, Asia Divers and El Galleon Resort in Puerto Galera. Of course, Asia Divers and El Galleon Resort are world class operations themselves offering top quality service, expertise, and professionalism as a PADI 5-star Resort. Pairing the location with an exceptional resort and diving service made for the perfect place to conduct our surveys to gather baseline data for continual monitoring.
This won’t be the first time I thank Allan Nash, Asia Divers, and El Galleon Resort for their interest and help in bringing this expedition together. We hope it is a huge success, as not only will the participants gain valuable skills, have fun, and dive in world-class sites, but the people of Puerto Galera and the Philippines will benefit from this on an exponential level.
The other member of the Alliance? Me, S.E.Asia Kayak Tours. My experience as a marine biologist and expedition leader was the perfect skill-set for the development of this expedition and I will continue to work with Reef Check Philippines on future expeditions around the islands of the Philippines.
For more information, please contact Lee Goldman at lee@asiakayaktours.com
Reef Check Philippines: http://www.reefcheckphilippines.org/
And the Winner is...Layang Layang, 27 July 2008 - Congratulations to the winners of the Layang Layang Underwater Digital Photo Shootout 2008!
Layang Layang, 27
July 2008 - Congratulations to the winners of the
Layang Layang Underwater Digital Photo Shootout
2008!
After six
days of friendly competition among 34 competitors from 10
countries, a panel of three internationally acclaimed underwater
photographers (Settimio Ciprianni, Stephen Wong and Rod Klein)
selected winning images from entries submitted by contest
participants.
Each of the participating divers undertook the challenge of
creating beautiful and creative images during their dives around
Layang Layang, with contest rules permitting everyone to submit up
to three images in each of two categories — macro and
wide-angle.
Given the world-renowned, rich waters around Layang Layang, as well
as the determination and skill of the contest participants,
it’s no surprise that Read more…
Letter from Fins
Magazine...
Hi Alan, Tommy, Dermot
and Bill
The Layang Layang Underwater Shootout 2008 has already finished.
The results have been announced in FiNS Blog already. The feedback
about PMA from the event was very good. Most of the participants
feel like the three prizes from you are the most attractive. Some
of them have just heard of Puerto Galera, Truk and Palau, but never
considered to visit there. During the event, divers talked about
the prizes, and talked about diving in Philippines and
Micronesia a lot. In
my opinion it was quite effective.
And here are the winners of your three prizes:
Puerto Galera by Asia
Divers with El Gallean Beach Resort
and Blue Horizon
Travel
Ms. Leander Maree Wiseman (Australia)
Palau with Sam's
Tours
Mr George Russel Childress (USA)
Truk Lagoon with
Truk Lagoon Dive Center
Mr Adam Daniel Butler (UK)
Press release...Soon the New and completly overhauled Philippine-Micronesia Alliance Website...amazing NEW features for all your Adventure and Dive Travel.
The Philippine-Micronesia Alliance web site is undergoing some major changes...we are working in the background and advise you as soon it is up and running...
We made some fantastic improvements not only for all the Alliance partners but for YOU the Customer...
Easy to navigate, great Photo Gallery from all or destinations, easy direct and Package bookings with our partner Blue Horizons Travel plus our new partner S.E. Asia Kayak Tours with packages and information. Real time weather forecast from all our destinations in the Philippines and Micronesia plus a lot more & all of this in nine languages.
When can you see all of this? Well, in approximately 10 days...but dont worry YOU be the first to know.
From the virtual office of the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance
The Divers Choice!
We are very happy to announce our NEW DIVE and TRAVEL PACKAGES... starting from July 2008.
Australia:Breaking NEWS...Fantastic Photo of a NEW White Whale from Down Under...
Fantastic Photo of a NEW White Whale from Down Under...
New White Whale spotted...
Courtesy By Alison Feeney-Hart
BBC News, Sydney
Migaloo has become something of a celebrity
A new white humpback has been sighted off Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia.
The newcomer, which was filmed by a television news helicopter, has excited marine scientists who think it may be related to Migaloo - to date, the only known all-white humpback whale.
Migaloo is somewhat of a celebrity down under. Why? "Because as far as we know, he is globally unique," said Professor Peter Harrison from the Whale Research Centre, Southern Cross University.
It now seems that Migaloo, (whose Aboriginal name means "white fellow") might have competition.
Although predominantly white, the new whale does have some black markings near its head and tail. So who is the newcomer?
A white calf was spotted with a normal humpback mother in Byron Bay two years ago. Experts say the new whale could be the offspring of Migaloo but further tests need to be carried out.
A record number of humpbacks have been spotted off the Australian coast this year on their annual migration north to their breeding grounds.
One thing scientists do agree on is that this second white whale has never been seen in these waters before...
more and the amazing photo @
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519263.stm
Lets call it double "D"…What have Sam’s Tours and Dugong Dive Center in Common? Easy…Dermot and Dirk… both are members of the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance…the Divers Choice. A funny story in the recent Fins Magazine…
Discussions with Dirk and Dermot…
“Disclaimer: no person in their right mind should take anything in this column seriously.
We certainly don’t”
If you have a question about diving, life or anything at all that you’d like addressed (but not necessarily answered) by our resident know-it-alls Dirk and Dermot, email us at:
uselessanswers@finsmagazine.com. Selected question will receive a special gift.
As seen in the latest edition of Fins Magazine...
to read this issue go to:
http://www.finsonline.com/magazine/vol_7_3/
Dear
Dirk and Dermot,
I was reading one of your answers the other day, and realized it
made no sense. What exactly qualifies you to give advice to other
people? And are you guys a couple?
-bothered in boracay-
Dear bothered in
Boracay,
First of all, we’re not a couple. Dermot’s definitely
not my type, and he certainly doesn’t look good in a skirt,
despite what he himself might believe.
Second, when you spend all your time on a sun-drenched, idyllic
tropical island like I do, you develop a unique perspective on
life, which I am happy to share with others. Besides, I’ve
found over the years that diver banter generally makes very little
sense, so what difference does it make?
Dear bothered in boracay,
As an Irishman, I’m a natural born advice giver, having put
in many years of intense apprenticeship at some of the
world’s preeminent institutions of (senseless) advice
giving…Irish pubs! You should give it a try.
As for whether we’re a couple or not… Dirk only
wishes. I’m so out of his league.
Dermot Keane is the general manager of
Sam’s
Tours in Palau, and Dirk Fahrenbach is
the owner of
Dugong
Dive Center, located on Dimakya Island
in the Philippines.
Both Resorts/Dive Centers are members of the
Philippines-Micronesia
Alliance.
Underwater Photography continous...Nudibranch Photography in National Geographic Magazine NOW we know how he did it...
DID YOU KNOW?
Is brought to you by the
Philippine - Micronesia
Alliance,
the
Divers Choice.
We care about our Environment!
© Gunther Deichmann - Nudibranch,
Nembrotha kubaryana
from Puerto Galera Philippines diving with Asia
Divers
How did he achieve this? That is a very good
question…you might say Photoshop…but I have heard
another story…moving a complete studio underwater, tons of
equipment and of course a dozen or so assistants. Wow what a budget
given to him by National Geographic, however there is no way that
this could have been executed without moving the Nudibranchs from
their original location…
As mention in my previous blog I have seen
David’s other images and one can only admire him, absolutely
fantastic there is no question about it…
…read the feedback from
Marilyn an employee of the National Geographic Magazine
who has shed some light on the
subject… certainly an interesting topic, worth while talking
about it... how
far we can or cant go in today’s
Photography. Now it is up to
you and form your own opinion after you have viewed the mention
Video or checked out the other supported link How did he do
it? Find out @
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/blog.html
GD
Interesting NEWS...not our usual scince article but it made me laugh... Sam's Tours is all setup for uploading these sounds on to your iPod at the Digital PhotoCenter...provided you can hear the fish grunting...
Not quiet... but very interesting reading and I thought I share this with you... oh boy, what they all discover these days...
I guess if you at Sam’s Tours in Palau with the fully equipped Digital Photo Center and have a Underwater Housing for your Soundrecorder then there is no problem to up load all of these fishy noises on to your IPod...have fun and thanks again to Walter for pointing out this interesting and amusing story...
Grunting fish have helped
scientists to date the origins
of vocal sounds to about 400 million years
ago.
Photo: Screenshot
Courtesy of the BBC, click on the image
or use the link below for the video and complete
article.
Toadfish
and midshipman fish use a variety of different sounds to attract
mates and scare off rivals. Now US researchers have found that the
area of a fish's brain that drives vocalization is extremely
primitive. Writing in the journal Science, they say it suggests
that the ability to communicate through sound emerged very early in
the evolution of vertebrates...read the complete article and
watch the Video...
@ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7510443.stm
Interesting story about Nudibranchs just published in National Geographic Magazine... PADI teaches us NOT to touch Marine Life...but how come...
DID YOU KNOW?
Is brought to you by the
Philippine - Micronesia
Alliance,
the
Divers Choice.
We care about our Environment!
Picked up this interesting post from Gunther
Deichmann’s Blog...
click here.
Last night I became part
of an interesting 3-hour conversation with Marc Ambat and S M
Jayabalan, both are scuba divers and take underwater photos. Marc
is a Chief Technical Officer working at a Top Digital production
House specializing in Video FX and Jaya is the GM of Sensing
Technology Corporation. So there you have it, two very intelligent
and super nice people, our conversation started like
this…
I mention a recent article in DivePhotoGuide.com…
National Geographic has put up an
online gallery of amazing nudibranch photography from our good
friend David Doubilet, from the June issue. The imagery is
classicly Doubilet, putting a different perspective on
these amazingly diverse and colorful
subjects...read
more @ http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/david_doubilet
Click on the Image and go direct to more of Omar’s
Photos
Above Photo: © Omar D.
Linsangan from
Dugong Dive Center, Palawan Philippines
This published article showcased the latest work
of David Doubilet…amazing images of cool looking Nudibranchs
(click the link for the images) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/nudibranchs/
How did he achieve this? That is a very good
question…you might say Photoshop…but I have heard
another story…read the complete story
at:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/files/category-underwater-photography.html
The sexy Tashina is ready for her maiden Voyage to Palawan, Philippines... the NEW DIVE BOAT is available for you very soon at the Dugong Dive Center...
Remember our sexy Tashina? How could you forget...well she is ready to go on her maiden Voyage to Palawan shortly...
This is the latest NEWS from Dirk Fahrenbach from the Dugong Dive Center at Club Paradise a few more days and then she is traveling with Dirk to Palawan.
I just received (only minutes ago) these latest images from Dirk, YES this sexy lady is floating and in the water.
Dugong watching and trips to APO REEF have just become a lot more comfortable and easier.
Stay tuned for some more updates on Tashina.
GD
The cool NEW Dive Boat
“Tashina”from the
Dugong Dive Center in Palawan.
The things you can do with just a small Digital Camera… Underwater Photography…great Marine Images from a Dive Master at Dugong Dive Center in Palawan, Philippines…plus our NEW Dive & travel Packages.
Dirk Fahrenbach from Dugong Dive Center dropped by a few days ago and gave me this CD… Dirk what I am going to do with that one?
There are some images from our Filipino Dive Master Omar on it, please have a look and give me your opinion. Sure…I imported the images into Aperture 2 and got a real surprise…wow these are real great…what camera is he using?
Dirk replied, Oh… one of these little small ones in some sort of Housing…
After I had a good look at the images I checked on the Metadata in Aperture 2 and found out the Camera Model, it is a Canon IXY.
After importing the images I only applied a few adjustments, mainly…cropping, Auto levels and a bit of contrast…since all the images had been in JPG I had some limitations, but Omar’s shots where that good anyway that little was needed for improvements.
I created a new project and after I am done can store this on my external drive in case we need Omar’s shots for some future publications, of course with his permission.
Great shots with such a small Camera, this
gets to show you again what can be done with limited equipment, I
guess in Underwater
Photography you have to
be a good Diver first, and Omar has that mastered for sure.
Hey, lets not underestimate these Dive Guides with perfect diving
skills they can show even the most experience Photographer a trick
or two…in particular in finding you this elusive critters,
remember they dive these places all the time, so next time you
at Dugong Dive Center have a chat with Omar or even better have
a dive with him.
A big thanks to Omar
for sharing his images with us, he has a lot more cool shots, these
are only few of them.
GD
New Philippine-Micronesia TRAVEL, DIVE Packages & ADVENTURE TOURS now online... The Divers Choice!
But that’s not all... we also working very hard to give the Alliance Website a total overhaul, this is done in the background and we anticipate to implement this within in the next four weeks.
Some very cool changes are taken place including the announcement of the International Environmental Organisation, you just have to stay tuned for all the up coming NEWS and updates.
GD
S.E.Asia Kayak Tours presents a unique view into the Philippines Nature and Biodiversity for more details go to the new website...plus more great NEWS from the PMA.
S.E.Asia
Kayak Tours presents a unique view into
the Philippines Nature and Biodiversity for more details go to the
new website @
http://www.asiakayaktours.com/
Very soon we be
featuring S.E.Asia
Kayak Tours on the
Philippine-Micronesia
Alliance web site including
our NEW Dive and
Travel Packages... we are working very hard to
get this completed. We have also
updated our Photo
Gallery on this blog,
check out the destinations from all our Alliance
Partners.
Plus another
major announcement shortly... an Environmental Organisation is
joining us ...stay tuned or subscribe for the latest
NEWS
from the PMA.
GD
It is a great honor to be
associated with the Philippine-Micronesian
Alliance. We are a new
business that offers Divers, Snorkelers, and Outdoor
enthusiasts a unique
opportunity to enjoy the majestic wonders of El Nido and the
amazing reefs in the surrounding waters. The unbelievably
bio-diverse region of northern Palawan is home to one of the most magnificent places on
earth; El
Nido. The scenery in El Nido
and the surrounding waters of Bacuit Bay is among the most
beautiful in the world. Towering limestone cliffs footed by white
sand beaches that slip into turquoise waters abundant with colorful
and diverse marine life. With over 800 species of fish and 400
species of coral, the shallow
reefs are truly a snorkelers’ and divers’
paradise.
Our goal was to
develop an expedition that
integrates kayaking, snorkeling, beach-combing, hiking, and
sight-seeing into an interpretive, interactive, exciting and
comfortable tour that exposes
guests to the best of the marine and terrestrial life in Bacuit
Bay, El Nido. Our tours revolve around the kayaking experience,
often paddling for 3 – 5 hours per day and make many stops to
snorkel among colorful coral gardens, explore tropical jungles, and
relax on un-inhabited white-sand beaches where you can enjoy a
freshly prepared lunch.
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Photo Lee Goldman - exploring Palawan’s Eco system by
Kayak
Further, we tie
together our daily activities with luxury campsites on beautiful
white-sand beaches. Imagine a picture-perfect sunset on a secluded,
private beach where you can enjoy sit-down, full service meals
prepared by an internationally trained chef, have a massage after a
day of fun and exploration and sleep peacefully under a sky full of
stars with the sounds of water gently lapping at the shore. Awaken
to a tranquil morning with a pastel-colored sky and watch dozens of
species of birds begin their day.
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Photo Lee Goldman - Palawan’s spectacular scenery
Well, not only
have we succeeded in developing this type of tour, we can deliver
it with the top quality service clients of
PMA have come to
expect! We look forward to our time with the Alliance and further
look forward to guiding clients around the remarkable area of El
Nido.
Instead bringing children to some gory Shark Tournament...We should educate them that we have 'Only 50 years left' for sea fish' THINK NOW before it is to late.
Educating in schools is a good start…but not the way it is conducted at the…Disgusting Montauk Shark Tournament.
A message from the Philippine-Micronesia Alliance
"We Care About Our Environment" & In support of DivePhotoGuide
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© Gunther
Deichmann - for more environment related images go
to:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/environment.html
'Only 50 years left' for sea fish'
By
Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News
website
Natural
protection
There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the
middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a
major scientific study. Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third
of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating.
Writing in the journal Science, the international team of
researchers says fishery decline is closely tied to a broader loss
of marine biodiversity.
But a greater use of protected areas could safeguard existing
stocks. "The way we use the oceans is that we hope and assume there
will always be another species to exploit after we've completely
gone through the last one," said research leader Boris Worm, from
Dalhousie University in Canada.
This
century is the last century of wild seafood
Steve Palumbi
Should fish be off the menu?
Send us your comments "What we're highlighting is there is a finite
number of stocks; we have gone through one-third, and we are going
to get through the rest," he told the BBC News website.
Steve Palumbi, from Stanford University in California, one of the
other scientists on the project, added: "Unless we fundamentally
change the way we manage all the ocean species together, as working
ecosystems, then this century is the last century of wild
seafood."
Spanning
the seas
This is a vast piece of research, incorporating scientists from
many institutions in Europe and the Americas, and drawing on four
distinctly different kinds of data.
For
the complete article go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm
Is this how we educate our Children about our declining SHARK population, Oceans and Environment? Think!
Is this the way we educate our children today?
THINK!
Breaking
NEWS!
I have just received this article from DivePhotoGuide...not very
nice...it is disgusting!
NOT
expectable... is
this how we educate our children about Sharks, Oceans and our
environment?
See below excerpts from an article by DivePhotoGuide for the
complete story and more disgusting images go
to:
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/
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All photos below: Courtesy of Jason Heller and The Humane Society
of the United States.
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