Main Menu
Join Undercurrent on Facebook

The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975 | |
For Divers since 1975
The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers Since 1975
"Best of the Web: scuba tips no other
source dares to publish" -- Forbes
X
October 2022    Download the Entire Issue (PDF) Vol. 48, No. 10   RSS Feed for Undercurrent Issues
What's this?

Flotsam & Jetsam

from the October, 2022 issue of Undercurrent   Subscribe Now

Subscriber Content Preview
Only active subscribers can view the whole article here

A Driftnet in Sipadan. Named by Cousteau as one of the world's best dive sites, Malaysia's only truly oceanic island, Sipadan, has been strictly controlled by authorities to limit the number of divers. Sadly, on September 24, divers discovered a 1000-foot-long driftnet draped across the coral walls, from Barracuda Point to the Hanging Gardens. Eighteen different species had been trapped and died. Sabah Park rangers arrested a man who arrived in a local boat and admitted owning the net. Twenty-five volunteer divers registered with Sabah Parks worked overnight to remove the net.

Grey Sharks in the Caribbean? Subscribers who post reports sometimes call Caribbean sharks "gray sharks," which is what one of our writers recently did when describing a sighting on a Cayman trip. Long-time Undercurrent member Lee Jones (San Leandro, CA) points out that the Caribbean guys in the gray suits are certainly Caribbean reef sharks and that grey (the accepted British/Aussie spelling) reef sharks are endemic to the Indo-Pacific region. We could say our writer was referring to the color, but that could mean he may have seen a mako, a bull shark, or even a great white shark. We don't think so....


Subscribers: Read the full article here


Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email.
And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent

Free Undercurrent Issue
Get a free
monthly email and
a sample issue!

 

;

I want to get all the stories! Tell me how I can become an Undercurrent Online Member and get online access to all the articles of Undercurrent as well as thousands of first hand reports on dive operations world-wide


Find in  

| Home | Online Members Area | My Account | Login | Join |
| Travel Index | Dive Resort & Liveaboard Reviews | Featured Reports | Recent Issues | Back Issues |
| Dive Gear Index | Health/Safety Index | Environment & Misc. Index | Seasonal Planner | Blogs | Free Articles | Book Picks | News |
| Special Offers | RSS | FAQ | About Us | Contact Us | Links |

Copyright © 1996-2024 Undercurrent (www.undercurrent.org)
3020 Bridgeway, Ste 102, Sausalito, Ca 94965
All rights reserved.

cd