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John Liang

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John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.
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Scuba Diving

Latest Novel In Eric Douglas’ Mike Scott Thriller Series Releases This Week

If you love books based on the Florida Keys, a new novel by author Eric Douglas is set for official release this week. Douglas' latest thriller, "The 3rd Key: Sharks...
Ocean

Kickstarter Campaign Underway For ‘Wayan And The Turtle King’ Book

There’s a new crowdfunding campaign underway for a bilingual book on the ocean and its connection to Indonesia. Yvette Bezuidenhout has written “Wayan And The Turtle King,” a children's book that...
Freediving

America’s Cup Sailors Use Freediving As Part Of Their Training

At first glance, one wouldn’t think that professional sailors — particularly those racing in this year’s America’s Cup in Bermuda — would need to learn freediving, but Craig McFarlane...
Diving Travel

Dive Bonaire This Coming Fall

Have scuba diving off Bonaire in the Caribbean on your bucket list? You might want to check out a special promotion the island nation's tourism board is running. For the...
Scuba Diving

Spiegel Grove Artificial Reef Celebrates 15th Anniversary Next Month

Fifteen years ago, the former U.S. Navy amphibious ship Spiegel Grove was sunk to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. To mark the occasion, divers...
Ocean

Planet Earth II Snags Two BAFTA Awards

The BBC's Planet Earth II nature documentary recently won a pair of British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. The show won BAFTAs for "Best TV Moment of the...
Diving Travel

Happy World Turtle Day!

If you have an affinity for sea turtles, May 23rd -- World Turtle Day -- quite likely could be a special occasion for you. The purpose of World Turtle Day -- founded...
Ocean

U.K. Company To Build Modular Artificial Reef To Protect Crayfish

A small company in the U.K. wants to help protect that country's indigenous white-clawed freshwater crayfish population from extinction. ARC Marine is constructing a custom-built reef structure at Vobster Quay, an inland...
Diving Travel

Dive Friends Bonaire Now Has A Shop At New Marriott Courtyard Hotel

The Marriott Courtyard hotel on Bonaire is partnering with the island's largest independent dive shop chain. Dive Friends Bonaire's sixth location is now open in a building adjacent to the...
Scuba Diving

PADI CEO calls purchase by a group of rich families a ‘positive transition’

In the wake of Providence Equity Partners' US$700 million sale of PADI to Mandarinfish Holdings -- a group of rich families -- last March, PADI's President and CEO Drew Richardson...
Ocean

Nonprofit Diving Group Supporting Underwater Conservation In Fiji

A nonprofit dive group called Global Underwater Explorers this month is conducting a survey of coral reefs off the coast of Fiji. The project, called Project Baseline, is documenting coral...
Ocean

NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries Introduce ‘Virtual Dive Gallery’

If diving the USA's myriad underwater marine sanctuaries is on your bucket list but you have a spouse or partner who isn't into scuba diving, one potential compromise could...
Scuba Diving

Malaysian Authorities Detain Chinese Dredger Suspected Of Destroying Wrecks Off Borneo

While World War 2 shipwrecks off the Indonesian coast are more and more becoming the targets of further destruction, it looks like at least one ship that allegedly took...
Ocean

Marine Conservation Group To Name New Research Ship ‘Sharkwater’

Fins Attached, a marine research and conservation non-profit organization, will name a recently acquired ship the "Sharkwater," in honor of the late filmmaker Rob Stewart. Stewart died this past February...
Ocean

Scientists Call On U.S. Congress To Pass Bill Banning Shark Fin Sales

More than 150 scientists from around the world have joined the growing chorus calling on U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation that would ban the shark fin trade in the...
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