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Dive instructor risks extra year in jail with appeal
Dive instructor risks extra year in jail with appeal
A SCUBA diving instructor with just five months left to serve in prison on firearms related offences is challenging a previous firearms related conviction, though he currently faces the risk of serving an additional year in prison if that appeal is u
Our Tyler Symonette dives into Chinese cultural experiences at the Luna New Year celebration
Our Tyler Symonette dives into Chinese cultural experiences at the Luna New Year celebration
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Our Tyler Symonette, who is fluent in Mandarin after studying and living in China for several years, dives into cultural immersion at the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations hosted at the British Colonial Hotel Thursday evening. Tyler learned how to write the word "Dragon," as 2024 is the Year of The Dragon, according [...]
A Deep Dive Into Atlantis' Marine Habitat
A Deep Dive Into Atlantis' Marine Habitat
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Atlantis resort is known for its unique structure, restaurants and water park but the resort is also heavily invested in marine life. It is home the largest open-air marine habitat in the world.
New campaign launched to bolster dive and snorkel market
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Perry Institute for Marine Science, the Reef Rescue Network and tourism stakeholders have partnered to launch a new arm of sustainable tourism, "Dive In, Make A Difference," in an aim to attract tourists within the dive and snorkel sector to help restore coral reefs in country. The initiative is funded through [...]
New Research Takes Deep Dive Into Crawfish Aquaculture
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The island school's Cape Eleuthera Institute currently introducing a crawfish aquaculture program designed to restock wild populations and pioneer the rearing of crawfish to marketable size.
Dive shop owner push for scientists' permits
Dive shop owner push for scientists' permits
With the ocean her passion and the source of her livelihood, dive shop owner Shannen Miller said The Bahamas can’t continue to take from it while ignoring its limits.
Miller, the proprietor of Shannen’s Scuba Safari, provides marine adventures ranging from underwater explorations to a PADI Reef Rescue Diver Specialty Course that allows participants to gain dive certification while engaging ...
Shark dives bite off 78m tourism spend
Shark dives bite off 78m tourism spend
By ALISON LOWE
Tribune Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
A ban on commercial shark fishing would help protect the $78 million that shark dive-related tourism is estimated to bring to the Bahamas annually, the industry's potential growth and the predator's role in the sustainability of other commercial fisheries in this nation, a leading expert said yesterday.
Working with the Cousteau S...
A Deep Dive At Fins Up Water Park
A Deep Dive At Fins Up Water Park
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - You're probably wondering how I got myself into this situation of diving off of a cliff. We'll get back to that.
Tourist drowned while on scuba dive near Pearl Island
A 46-year-old North Virginia woman drowned on Tuesday, police said.
Dive team fixing Bimini reef buoys
Dive team fixing Bimini reef buoys
As they say at Guy Harvey's Big Game Club Outpost in Alice Town, "Eco is On".
Putting those words into action, the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation has awarded a grant to restore mooring balls that identify fifteen of Bimini's best
dive sites.
Under the direction of Neal Watson, Dive Bimini and its team of seasoned Bimini scuba divers will direct the efforts to find the missing underwater anchor...