Americans enact Shark Conservation Law..

There was a lot of criticism of the lame duck Congress leading up to the turn of the year. It turned out though that quite a lot was actually achieved. One very important piece of legislation didn't make the headlines. President Obama signed a Shark Conservation Act into law on January 4th. Details in the link you can reach by clicking here.

Definitely not ice diving..!

I know that some of you have missed me - and some knew where I was. In a nutshell, the last 7 days have been spent diving the warm, blue waters of the islands: St Kitts, St Eustatius and Saba. St Kitts was nothing to shout about, but St Eustatius and Saba produced some good sightings - and the company was excellent. You can see a small selection of the pictures on my gallery and a couple of videos on You Tube. Stand by for the short footage of swimming in a huge baitball of Big Eyed Scad while a Blacktip Reef Shark comes after them...

Somefin to think about...

Many of our members went to see Sharkwater, the movie that publicised the plight of the World's sharks earlier in 2007. Browsing their website today I came across a great report from a group called Wildaid. It sets out most of the critical information about the amazing family of marine creatures that are the sharks.

If your holiday break gives you some time to read the Report, I guarantee that it will interest and inform you.