Mike Bartick likes to get ID shots of animals, but recently in the Philippines he tried to push his photography to the next level using a number of different techniques
Worldwide Dive and Sail now has four luxury motorized sailing yachts of Phinisi style offering guests a choice from fourteen exciting itineraries throughout South East Asia. The trips vary in...
Palau's President, President Toribiong, has vetoed Bill No. 8-50 which would undermine two important laws that are protecting Palau's waters and fisheries
Mike Bartick returns home to California after an excursion to the Philippines. His home coming is very rewarding with many nudibranchs to be found in the 7th installment of his "Going...
Most underwater photographers who have spent any time in the Indo Pacific have come across the very photogenic Titan Triggerfish. They can be aggressive and have been known to attack divers
The winners of the 2009 Underwater Images Competition have been announced. Congratulations to DPG contributor Keri Wilk for taking Best of Show with his shot of a juvenile flying fish
Leaders of six Coral Triangle countries promised to take action to safeguard the world’s richest marine resource and some 100 million people depending on it.
Manado Indonesia is hosting the World Ocean Conference this week. The WWF released a report at the conference on the state of the reefs in the Coral Triangle, the most bio-diverse marine region in...
Another report about the underwater photographic experiences of South East Asia by DPG editor Matt Weiss. This time in Palawan, Philippines where he enjoys "botanical diving"
The warming of Atlantic Ocean waters in recent decades is largely due to declines in airborne dust from African deserts and lower volcanic emissions, a new study suggests
The remarkable journey of a green turtle from Indonesia into Australian waters is helping conservationists to track the migratory route of this species
Reef Check Philippines, Asia Divers/El Galleon Resort, SEAsia Kayak Tours & the PMA are proud to announce a Reef Check expedition to survey the magnificent reefs around Puerto Galera and Verde...
DPG editor Matt Weiss continues his report on the underwater photography opportunities of South East Asia with an installment on Asia Divers and El Galleon Resort in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Highly prized for its meat and decorative shell the giant clam had virtually disappeared from the Philippines, fished out by local and foreign fishermen.
Coral reef scientists and policy makers from the world's most prominent coral reef nations are meeting in Australia this week to develop urgent action plans to rescue the world's richest centre of...
A Filipino scientist studying how to harvest shrimp in mangroves sustainably has been honored as one of Time Magazines "Heroes of the Environment 2008"
Our good friends at OceanBlue Divers, New York's premiere dive club, are hosting a special event celebrating their two year anniversary on October 11th. The all day event includes a seminar series,...
The annual underwater.com.au photo competition is over, the judges have spoken and winners of the 4th annual Underwater Australasia photo competition have been announced
DivePhotoGuide editor Matt Weiss returns from South East Asia and will provide comprehensive coverage on this diverse area and its diving from a photographers point of view.
Our good friend Gunther Deichmann posted some great shots on his blog from a dive guide at Dugong Dive Center in Palawan Philippines. Our very own Matt Weiss just returned from Palawan raving about...
Matt Weiss has been trotting around Southeast Asia on an extended assignment for DPG, visiting some of the most bio-diverse areas in Indonesia, Philppines and Malaysia. Internet access has been an...
MadAboutUs is a Digital Photography Competition held at least once a year for the promotion of Marine Ecological Awareness through Digital Underwater Shootouts in the Philippines.
Animal rights advocate People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific (PETA) on Wednesday voiced opposition against the country's latest tourist attraction, the Manila Ocean Park, for...
An international fund that aids sustainable environment projects has committed US$63 million to help preserve Southeast Asia's Coral Triangle from overfishing and climate change.
Public awareness for the preservation of the famed Tubbataha Coral Reef off Puerto Princesa, Palawan will be the focus of the Condura Race for Tubbataha on March 2 at the Fort Bonifacio grounds in...
OceanNEnvironment Australia is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Department of Tourism and the Philippines Commission on Sports Scuba Diving , to present 'Celebrate the Sea Marine...
Reflecting the global dive industry trend towards more environmentally aware dive practices, Asia Dive Expo 2008 (ADEX) will this year turn its focus squarely towards eco-friendly diving
You may have learned in Oceanography that wind driven surface effects are limited to the first 70m of the ocean, in what's commonly known as the Ekman layer
For time beyond memory on this remote bay of neon fish and underwater gardens, people have avoided the "masalai," taboo waters, where a monster octopus might lurk or spirits dwell in coral caves....
The Philippines government has approved an Australian company's plan to absorb excess CO2 by dumping massive amounts of urea in the Sulu Sea. Environmental activists say the dumping is a...
BECAUSE of its location and geology, the Celebes Sea harbors marine species yet to be named or discovered, according to scientists.
Called the uA…aˆ?heartuA‚A? of the uA…aˆ?Coral Triangle,uA‚A?...
U.S. and Philippine scientists may have discovered new marine species in the world's most biologically diverse region, their expedition leader said Tuesday.
Dr. Larry Madin, who led the Inner...
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), overseer of the Philippines' largest freshwater body, on Tuesday called on all local executive chiefs of the cities and municipalities surrounding the...
Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
The Philippines has tightened laws banning fishing and collecting of species on the country's largest coral reef to help it recover from near destruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature said on...
Alarmed by reports of rampant poaching in Philippine waters, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza will call to meeting officials of the embassies of China and other countries to put a stop to what he...
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Environment Secretary Lito Atienza yesterday ordered an aggressive fight against poachers by vigorously pursuing their prosecution in a bid to stop them from returning to Philippine waters.
In...
It's not a land shark, but how about a chance to see a shark on land? The California Academy of Sciences today is offering a preview of a brand new exhibit of rare aquatic life from the depths of...
Conservationists are warning that if sea temperatures continue to be high, coral reefs off Ishigakijima island, Okinawa Prefecture, may develop more cases of large-scale bleaching.
Coral...
7:00 AM early morning! Puerto Galera, 2006...
The marine bio-diversity in the Sabang area makes Puerto Galera one of the most popular muck dives in the Philippines. The 5km foreshore of...
The marine bio-diversity in the Sabang area makes Puerto Galera one of the most popular muck dives in the Philippines. The 5km foreshore of world-class dive sites is a protected area and marine...
A new scholarship initiative at The University of Queensland's Australasian Centre of Excellence will help protect coral reefs around South-East Asia and the Pacific for future generations.
The...
OceanNEnvironment Australia is pleased to announce in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippines Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), to present the 6th...
Divers, fishermen, environmentalists, octopus hunters, and volunteers have jointly captured and killed a total of 5,212 starfish from January to June, from the southern Luzon sea to save the...
While humans can survive large temperature fluctuations, such species as corals are only comfortable within a 12-degree temperature range. And rising global temperatures appear to be threatening...
OceanNEnvironment Australia is pleased to announce in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippines Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), to present the 6th...
It's always interesting to glean a perspective of divers from different regions of the world. After all, we collectively share the same passion for diving and the underwater realm. The Asian dive...
Recent data from various diver organizations citing the increase in number of the poisonous "crown-of-thorns" or known as "dap-ag" have alarmed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
Scientists attending the Joint Oceanographic and Marine Scientific Research Expedition in the South China Sea by the Philippines and Vietnam have found out the alarming decrease in the number of...
OceanNEnvironment Australia is please to announce the collaboration with Department of Tourism (DOT) and Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) to present; 'Celebrate the Sea Marine...
The National Geographic Channel is sending a team to the Philippines to make a documentary on species endemic in the country's deep seas, according to US Ambassador Kristie Kenney.
"They're...
Environmentalists held protests Monday in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and The Netherlands in a bid to convince international bank ABN AMRO to withdraw support for the controversial Lafayette mine...
Most of the world's island countries overfish their coral reefs and many will likely see their sole source of protein disappear within a few decades, says a new report.
The study of 49 island...
The government has launched a campaign to rid the country's coastlines and beaches of the destructive coral-eating starfish also known as crown of thorns.
Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes...
An infestation of predator starfish is decimating large tracts of coral reef throughout the Philippines.
The spiny and toxic crown-of-thorns starfish are voracious predators that can wipe out...
Government operatives have seized large quantities of banned shell products and dried sea horse that could worth millions of pesos in a raid in this city.
The confiscation was made last...
global conservation group reported yesterday a "massive outbreak" of coral-eating starfish in various parts of the country, as the temperature continues to rise and tourists flock to...
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PHILIPPINES - Diving the Visayas. AMBON - the spice islands in Indonesia.
Protecting the Sharks: Wolfgang Leander + Rob Stewart/Sharkwater movie. Divemedicine: Why antioxidants protects divers....
Only about 47 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins may be left in Philippine waters, the World Wildlife Fund said on Thursday.
WWF-Philippines said the Irrawaddy dolphin was the most...
How will climate change alter life for those dependent on Alaska's Bering Sea and Australia's Pacific Ocean for their food, traditions and incomes? How can marine protected areas safeguard...
A French-led marine expedition team believes it has discovered thousands of new species of mollusks and crustaceans around a Philippine island, officials and scientists said Monday.
Some...
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The turtle's pace surely helped.
The Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) reported yesterday that its "tagging experiment'' helped locate a giant sea turtle, which ended up in...
Environmental groups and beleaguered rangers of the Tubbataha National Marine Park on Friday challenged President Arroyo to stand firm in the case of a 30-man Chinese crew caught with hundreds of...
Never before have 2 international competitions associated with dive expos on opposite sides of the world cooperated to establish a complementary series of categories and prizing opportunities. The...
Over $55,000 in prizes up for grabs as Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com issue a call for entries for 2 unqiue international underwater photo and video competitions!
Never before have 2...
President Gloria Arroyo has enacted a new national conservation policy for the Philippines to protect the archipelagic country's unique and rich nature, with initial focus on the heart of Southeast...
Seven government officials from six countries, including two from the Philippines, signed a declaration calling on the scientific community to work with local governments and community networks for...
Marine biologist Dr. Kent Carpenter, coordinator of the Global Marine Species Assessment of the World Conservation Union, and colleague Dr. Victor Springer have recently completed a study that...
Coral reef researchers from Israel, the Philippines, Italy, Britain and Thailand, gathered at a coral rehabilitation workshop in Phuket. Conducted during September 29th to today, the 4th of...
It will take a hundred years to replenish a tenth of the country's damaged coral reefs, according to a marine scientist specializing on coral reef ecology.
At the rate the Philippines is...
BSoUP's second International Competition was judged at the Society's August meeting. Entries were received from Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Egypt, France, Germany, Monaco, the...
Volunteers in the Philippines are getting shorn to save the shore. The cast-off clippings of human hair are going to be used to help mop up oil from a disastrous spill that has fouled beaches,...
Philippines has asked France and Australia to pledge their help to clean up a massive oil spill from a sunken tanker, and they have agreed, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday. Arroyo...
NUEVA VALENCIA, Guimaras -- Environmental watchdog Greenpeace Sunday began assessing the damage caused by the Philippines' worst ever oil spill amid reports that the captain of the ill-fated tanker...
Rescue workers battled on Wednesday to stop a huge oil spill from further polluting the central Philippine coastline as fishermen, smeared in the foul-smelling sludge, returned to shore with empty...
Nine manta rays were recently spotted for the first time in 20 years gliding through Basura, the internationally-renowned dive site in the Philippines.
"We were observing a group of seahorses...
A NEW painkiller based on the venom of a sea snail will be available in Britain from today.
Prialt, or ziconotide, is the result of more than 20 years' research by a scientist born in the...
She was nicknamed Tumec 4, a female green turtle that was released from the Turtle and Marine Ecosystem Centre (Tumec) in Ma'Daerah here, on Aug 20, last year.
Her journey was tracked by...
A strong message imparted by Sarangani governor Miguel Rene "Migs" Dominguez while visibly irked over the apprehension of a government employee who was caught red-handed with freshly...
Donsol, The Philippines - Cocooned in rural seclusion, this placid little town long kept a big but unintended secret: In the first half of the year, the sea swarms with the world's largest fish -...
On May 11-12, 2006 local dive guides and "spotters" for underwater photographers converged at Solana Bezo Resort (www.divesolana.com) of Anilao, Philippines to participate in a workshop organized...
The Philippines is set to receive an award from the Japanese government for being the best diving destination in Asia, DZMM reported Tuesday.
Philippine Tourism Authority General Manager Robert...
Home to one of the most diverse collections of marine life in the world, the Coral Triangle extends from the waters of eastern Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, parts of Malaysia and...
The boatmen, who took three German scuba divers to the seawaters off Anda peninsula, were blamed for negligence that caused the near fatal accident of the tourists who were billeted in a resort in...
Findings from a recent survey of coral reefs in the Philippines, reveal that their destruction continues, despite some conservation gains in parts of the coast. But these positive examples do give...
Greenpeace has been whacked with a $7,000 fine after it was determined the environmental group damaged a coral reef at a World Heritage site in the Philippines.
Greenpeace has apologised to the Philippines and "mother nature" for the damage caused by its flagship Rainbow Warrior II to a coral reef.
The 55-metre schooner ran aground at...
If you are shooting underwater then you must compete in A?a‚¬E?Celebrate the Sea Festival A?a‚¬aˆ? the most prestigious and richest underwater imagery competition in the Asia Pacific A?a‚¬aˆ?. Now...
8th Celebrate the Sea Festival
Asia Pacific’s Most Prestigious Underwater Imagery Festival
In association with the World Festival of Underwater Pictures Antibes
12-14 June 2009, Manila Ocean...
DRT SHOW 2010 will be held on the 16th-18th July 2010. DRT SHOW is International Diving, Beach Resort and Travel Expo. DRT SHOW is very much an effective diving and traveling event to both trade...
If you are shooting underwater then you must compete in A?a‚¬E?Celebrate the Sea Festival A?a‚¬aˆ? the most prestigious and richest underwater imagery competition in the Asia Pacific A?a‚¬aˆ?. Now...
8th Celebrate the Sea Festival
Asia Pacific’s Most Prestigious Underwater Imagery Festival
In association with the World Festival of Underwater Pictures Antibes
12-14 June 2009, Manila Ocean...
