New Online Community for Photographers in The Bahamas

by Shane Pinder on December 19, 2009

A new online community for photographers in the Bahamas has been set up at shoottheislands.com.
The welcome message for this online community (which is set out on the blog page of the site) states as follows:

“ShootTheIslands.com is a new community for photographers in the Bahamas. Whether you are a budding amateur with your first point & [...]

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New Marine Park Proposed for The Bahamas

by Shane Pinder on October 23, 2009

A new marine park is being proposed for The Bahamas.  If it comes into existence, it will be located off of the Southwest coast of New Providence – the most populated island in The Bahamas.
Park Area
The proposed park would cover the areas shown orange and pink on the map attached to the Rapid Ecological Assessment [...]

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2 New Wreck Dives in Nassau, Bahamas

by Shane Pinder on October 19, 2009

In the last few months, the number of wreck dives sites in Nassau, Bahamas has increased by two – the Long Island Lady and the Anthony Bell.
Long Island Lady

The Long Island Lady was a 70 foot long fishing boat that was sunk in June of this year by Stuart Cove’s to create a dive site.
As [...]

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Scuba Diving Caddy Wanted

by Shane Pinder on October 9, 2009

I am going diving tomorrow – Yay!
But it’s got me thinking – I have to find myself a dive caddy.  You know – someone to:

find my dive gear – who knows where it could be since the last dive;

pack it all up for me – regulator and bc at the top of the dive bag [...]

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Shark Feeding – The Debate Continues

by Shane Pinder on October 5, 2009

This is a continuation of the topic of shark feeding dives started in an earlier post.
Scuba Diving Forum posted a comment to that post that included a link to a very interesting article on the Shark Foundation site about a study on the impact on white shark cage diving.
The study concluded that chumming for [...]

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To Feed Or Not To Feed That Is The Question

2 October 2009

Shark Feeding Debate
The debate about the safety of shark feeding by dive operators rages on.
On one side are the dive operators and shark feeding enthusiasts.  On the other side are the conservationists.
Dive Operators
The dive operators and shark diving enthusiasts argue that shark feeding actually helps to protect sharks because shark feeding dives demonstrate that sharks [...]

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The Caribbean Challenge

30 September 2009

The Bahamas led the way in efforts to conserve marine resources in the Caribbean when it established the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park in 1959.  This park protects 112,640 acres and has been a resounding success.
Since then, the Bahamas has established a number of other parks such as:

Peterson Cay National Park
Conception Island National Park
Pelican [...]

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