Hawaii is one of the places on earth where an enlightened government is working for mutual safety of the local shark population, and the surfers, swimmers and other water users who occasionally happen upon sharks…

This punchy little video by animator Nigel Upchurch explains why we shouldn’t eat farmed fish. As was pointed out in the Ocean2012 video I posted a week or two back, farming fish doesn’t create more…

Poseidon’s Steed – Helen Scales Poseidon’s Steed is marine biologist Helen Scales’ first book; its subject is the seahorse. The book is short – I read it in less than half a day whilst convalescing…

It’s been almost a year since I finished reading journalist Charles Clover’s book The End of the Line, and the DVD of the documentary based on his book has been lying in our living room…

I have eulogised – a deliberate choice of word – the bluefin tuna at length on this blog, and others have done so in print, and far more eloquently than I. We were extremely, extremely…

The people of Malta are predominantly Catholic, and the islands are full of visual reminders of their faith. One we particularly liked was a magnificent statue of Jesus Christ, purposely placed in the ocean as…

Hi everyone Clare and I have just returned from an epic trip where we visited Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Malta. In total we took close to 10 000 photos above and below the…

Tuna: Love, Death and Mercury – Richard Ellis I’ve been on a bit of a Richard Ellis binge of late – he’s the man who wrote a super book on great white sharks that started…

Also called perlemoen, abalone were among the creatures I was most excited to see when I started diving. As a child, I’d collect their shells on the beach at Betty’s Bay, and admire the mother…

Many of Tony’s students come to him with extensive skin diving experience. Living in Cape Town, it’s almost obligatory to enjoy at least one lobster braai during the season (and often many more). Sometimes the…