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Global Shark Assessment

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Report the number of Sharks, Rays and Skates you see on every dive you make - even if it’s zero!
Take part in the on-line Global Shark Assessment Survey.
The Global Shark Assessment is a project that aims to evaluate how shark populations have changed since the beginning of industrial-scale fishing, and make predictions about how [...]

Project AWARE - Environmental Achievement Award 2007

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Scubafish and Narima Diving are delighted to have been awarded the Project AWARE - Environmental Achievement Award 2007
Project AWARE Foundation honors dive operators around the world who display commitment and excellence in their efforts to protect underwater environments within business operations and their community.

Manta Rays at Hin Daeng!

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

During the last few weeks we have encountered Manta Rays (Manta birostris) on nearly every dive at the popular dive sites Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, located close to Ko Lanta in Thailand. We observed at least 5 different individuals, some of which were seen and photographed over several days. The Manta’s name comes from [...]

Scubafish joins Greenfins

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Scubafish is proud to have become a member of Greenfins and to actively support the Greenfins Code of Conduct.
Since being founded in 2004, Greenfins have been dedicated to protecting the reef’s of Thailand through raising awareness and teaching Reef Watch methods for ongoing monitoring. In support of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2008 [...]

Scubafish Goes ECO

Monday, October 15th, 2007

SCUBAFISH is the latest PADI dive centre to be awarded with Project AWARE Go ECO Operator status in 2007.

Project AWARE Foundation, the dive industry’s leading non-profit environmental organisation, launched the Go ECO campaign into the Asia Pacific region in 2005. The main objective of Go ECO is for dive centres to minimise their impact [...]

Global Support Needed to Protect Sharks

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Sharks are in decline and Europe is a major part of the problem. Project AWARE are calling all dive centres to show their support for shark conservation today. Global support is urgently needed for this campaign to restore and conserve threatened shark populations. No matter where you live or dive - European Shark Week 8 [...]

Scubafish becomes a ReefCheck Training Facility

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Scubafish is now a ReefCheck Training Facility and is able to offer the following ReefCheck courses:

ReefCheck - Discover ReefCheck Course
ReefCheck - EcoDiver Course

Founded in 1996 by marine ecologist Dr. Gregor Hodgson, the Reef Check Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conservation of two ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and California rocky reefs. With headquarters [...]

Scubafish joins the CoralWatch Project

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Scubafish has joined Project AWARE and CoralWatch, a nonprofit research organization from the University of Queensland, Australia, to involve divers and snorkelers in monitoring coral bleaching and assessment of coral health.
CoralWatch makes monitoring coral reefs easy. The CoralWatch chart uses a series of colors representing different stages of bleaching and recovery.
Just match the color of [...]