Edition Fifty Fathoms

18/03/2025

Great story about rewinding coral reefs in Divers Alert Network's magazine by Dr. Mark Erdmann, a co-founder of Raja Ampat's ReShark Project. A worthwhile read!

Administrator’s note: This article originally appeared in DAN‘s (Divers Alert Network) quarterly Alert Diver magazine (2025). You can read the article here, Rewilding Coral Reefs, by subscribing to the magazine, or via the Alert Diver App. The article is located in the Water Planet section of th...

13/01/2025

The ReSharker, a quarterly newsletter, is now available to everyone. You can subscribe here and keep up with the ReSharking/rewilding of Leopard sharks in Raja. Over a 100 global partners are involved!
https://bit.ly/3WfoaJG
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The ReSharker is the international communication newsletter of ReShark, an international collective effort to recover threatened sharks and rays around the world. “The ReSharker” is a quarterly newsletter designed to update ReShark/StAR Project partners on the project’s most recent activities....

08/01/2025

If you are interested in how Raja Ampat became a top diving and travel destination, this story is for you.
Understanding Conservation in Raja Ampat - Part 1: Mark Erdmann by Don Silcock.
https://bit.ly/4fNBzj9
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‪ #‎birdsheadseascape‬ ‪ #‎conservation‬ ‪ #‎coraltriangle‬ ‪ #‎diving‬ ‪ #‎environment‬ ‪ #‎Indonesia‬ ‬ ‪ #‎photography‬ ‪ #‎protectedareas‬ ‪ #‎rajaampat‬ ‪ #‎tourism‬ ‪ #‎westpapua‬ ‪ #‎travel‬ ‪ #‎BHS‬ ‪ #‎ecotourism‬ ‪ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Conservation International Conservation International Asia Pacific Thrive Conservation ReShark Don Silcock RARCC Misool Misool Foundation Nesha Ichida Sarah Lewis Erin Meyer Beetham Tim Kuniholm Luca Vaime Underwater Tribe

Administrators Note: Don Silcock is an Australian underwater photographer and photojournalist based in Bali, Indonesia. His non-commercial website, Indo-Pacific Images, is full of interesting articles of experiences from his extensive travels throughout Indonesia and beyond. Don has been a supporter...

17/12/2024

This is how ReShark is ensuring genetic diversity in Raja's newest shark pups. Pretty cool!

03/12/2024

This article originally appeared as a Conservation International Blog. It is shared here with their permission. To read the original blog, with links, click here, Climate Change Charts a Dangerous Course for the World’s Largest Fish. November 20, 2024 by Mary Kate McCoy   A Conservation Internati...

23/10/2024

The world underwater delivers excellent visual better than any Hollywood movie, 🎥 only when you are ready to share the adventure underwater and far away from home...Austrlia deliver on the first day first dive in a cage lower, like an elevator to 26 meter below = 86 feet Great white shark 3.6 meter = 12. 4 feet long, showed swimming easily over the bottom, circling slowly around the deep cage, showing us its mother nature gifts. In over 45 years filming Great white 🦈 shark from California, South Africa, Mexico that is the first time to follow this apex predator so deep so much in peace. Thank you Rodney Fox Great White Shark Expeditions. Mark Tozer

23/10/2024

Here are a few sights from the first day of diving - an enjoyable time diving and snorkeling with the playful and curious Australian sea lion. (Neophobia cinerea). Water temperature 17C = 62 F. Visibility as you see superb, clear, and shallow water.

We are moving now to the Great White shark water. The camera is working, the strobes are firing, and the 7mm (I've never used one before) works very well. The hood and gloves 3mm.

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20/10/2024

Scientists estimate the Greenland shark lives at least 250 years. They may live over 500 years. Close-up image of a Greenland shark taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut.

Experts from my Blog...I then repositioned myself, gliding beneath the shark, moving from its left side to its right. We were 45 feet under the ice, and the water shimmered with an otherworldly light, deep blue, glowing, and faintly illuminating what I had been looking to capture—dangling grotesquely from the shark’s cornea—a parasite, rising like a tiny flag in the current. I pressed the shutter again and again, capturing the shark and its companion.
https://mailchi.mp/biganimals.com/greenland-sharkr3-10202024-3059679?e=306d732743

17/10/2024

We had a drink, Dinner, lots of Loughs, stories, and a big hug - that is, with the Australian and world leader in the Great White Shark exploration and education team. With the one and only Rodney Fox, Andrew, his son, and Mark Tozer…more to come, tomorrow my presentation at the Shark Museum in Adelaide and in the next ten days of my adventure in South Australia on land and underwater too🤗👍

16/10/2024

Sunset on the peaceful and colorful Bondi beach…tomorrow on the way to Adelaide to meet with Rodney fox and his team Great white shark