SCUBA News - #210 - 34% Off Liveaboards Inside

SCUBA News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 210 - November 2017 http://www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks very much for subscribing to SCUBA News. This month we're delighted to be able to offer you a free download of the excellent Oman Fish ID app, published by John Hoover and Richard Field. See below for details. You can download a pdf version of SCUBA News here. Save 34% on Aggressor Liveaboards Worldwide Aggressor's 34th Anniversary party starts now! Book and deposit on a new reservation till Nov 24th for travel until April 2018 and SAVE 34% on Aggressor Liveaboards Worldwide! Learn More & Book… Contents: What's new at SCUBA Travel? Download Oman Fish ID for free! Diving news from around the World What's New at SCUBA Travel? Pick a Diving Book We review scuba books and interview diving authors Read More… Which Honduras Island is best for Diving? The best diving in Honduras is in the Bay Islands - Roatan, Utila and Guanaja. But which one to choose? Learn Where… Warm Water Diving in Europe Year-round sun and on the same latitude as Sharm-El-Sheikh, now is a great time to dive the Canary Islands Read More… Download Oman Fish ID for Free! Those brave enough to dive in Oman's as yet little know waters will be interested in a great new App for iPhone and iPad just published by Richard Field and John Hoover. John Hoover dived with Jack Randall to produce the fish bible for Oman, Coastal Fishes of Oman, whilst Richard Field wrote the excellent identification guide for divers titled Reef Fishes of Oman. We are delighted to be able to offer you a code to download their app for free (normal price $9.99). Just go to the iTunes Store and use code JHMWFR79Y7T6. The app contains descriptions of 470 species with 900 Photos, ranging from Khasab on the Arabian Gulf to Salalah on the Yemen border. It contains fish from the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. Flip through screens like pages of a book, or find a fish quickly by color or shape. There are up to 5 photos per fish - showing juveniles, males, females and colour variations. You can even use the logbook feature to record sightings. If you are interested in learning more about the diving around Oman, check out our website. Diving News From Around the World Our round up of the best underwater news stories of the past month. For breaking news see our Twitter page or RSS feed Researchers need SCUBA Divers' Help Plymouth University are researching the cardiovascular health of active scuba divers to develop 'fit to dive' guidelines for scuba diving. You can help by completing an online survey. Seal Shooting Course at Scottish Uni provokes Outrage Why not teach people how to farm salmon without shooting seals instead? Plastics found in stomachs of deepest sea creatures Very worrying finding from nearly 11km deep confirms fears that synthetic fibres have contaminated the most remote places on Earth Manmade noise pollution hinders sleep for dolphins in Hawaii The distinctive sleeping behavior of the spinner dolphins has also been hindered by eco-tourism. Tourists often attempt to interact with the dolphins that rest in the bay, disturbing their sleep. The Science of Dolphonology Dolphins that hunt alongside humans have a different way of communicating. A surprise new butterflyfish is described from the Philippine 'twilight zone' A newly described species of Philippine butterflyfish -- the charismatic Roa rumsfeldi -- surprised scientists with its unknown status. What we're doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable Our actions today will change the world's oceans for thousands of years. That is the conclusion of a study simulating a little-discussed consequence of climate change: it could choke entire ecosystems by cutting oxygen levels in the ocean. In the most extreme scenarios, with the planet warming by almost 10 oC, the oceans could be starved of oxygen for 8000 years. How schools of fish use physics to swim smarter, not harder Schooling fish get another advantage than hiding from predators - more efficient swimming, and more energy for a hasty retreat. SCUBA News is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. This means we are happy for you to reuse our material for both commercial and non-commercial use as long as you: credit the name of the author, link back to the SCUBA Travel website and say if you have made any changes. Some of the photos though, might be copyright the photographer. If in doubt please get in touch. 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