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Palau approves marine sanctuary to protect dive tourism economy and fish.

After more than a year of debate that involved pressure from fishing and drilling lobbyists, the Micronesian dive destination of Palau has gone ahead to approve the creation of a marine sanctuary twice the size of Mexico 80% of the Nation’s...

Upcoming DEMA Show 2015 is designed for industry professionals.

by Blue Ocean Network

The 2015 DEMA Show is happening soon on Nov 4-7, 2015. This year’s international trade-exclusive dive industry event will be held at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida. Industry attendees can boost their business and careers with:...

Summit 2015: Citizen Science & Scuba Dive Tourism as Tools for Conservation

by Blue Ocean Network

How do we protect coral reef? Learn from our experts in coral restoration and sustainable marine tourism how they’ve used scuba dive tourism as a tool for marine conservation. We have four great profiles of past Blue Ocean Summit speakers addressing this theme,...

Summit: 2015, Sustainability Programs Green Fins, Green Bubbles, reef Check Malaysia, Blue the Dive

by Blue Ocean Network

Blue Ocean proudly brings to you four inspiring stories from four of our experts that have developed Sustainability Programs around the world. These programs continue to have a profound effect on thousands of divers, local dive operations and the countries in which...

Summit: 2015: Sustainability in the Scuba Industry, new business models

by Blue Ocean Network

This article presents four terrific speakers that address the issues of ocean education, sustainability and how to drive the conservation message in schools and dive programs. One speaker is reinventing what a National Aquarium should be while another reaches out to...

Summit 2015, Ocean Views – Creatives tackle the underwater issues Film, Photography, Books, Cartoons

by Blue Ocean Network

Blue Ocean Summit 2015 has brought together four very creative people to speak about how they use ocean film, marine life photography, books and a cartoon strip to focus attention on the very important environmental issues impacting our oceans today. Their lifestyles,...