New One Stop Gas Shop in Sharm El Sheikh.

Mix Unlimited is proud to announce the commencement of a One Stop Gas Shop for technical orientated divers visiting Sharm.

The area around Sharm El Sheikh offers some of the best diving in the World. With the World famous Ras Mohammed National Park and Straits of Tiran only about an hours sailing away from this popular Resort. There is a plethora of 100 metre plus drop offs. Enough to keep even the most experienced technical or rebreather diver happy underwater for hours.

"Until recently although it was possible for a diver to source trimix, nitrox stages and twinsets in Sharm, it wasn’t always an easy process", stated Chad Clark. "Now with the launch of Mix Unlimited that should all change. We wanted to offer a complete solution for the traveling discerning nitrox, technical or rebreather diver coming to Resort.

Mix Unlimited is British run and based in Rowaysat, a village located beneath the mountains surrounding Sharm. The owner, Chad Clark, has had a busy few months. From installing brand new Coltri Compressors, to compress the fresh mountain air, to sourcing technical hardwear, including rebreather cylinders and fittings. The Facility also benefits from having an Oxygen Generating Plant, so bespoke mixes are the norm, with mixes requested guaranteed to be +/- 1%.

"Just drop us an email detailing your requirements, and we can do the rest for you", Chad stated. "We even have Aladin Nitrox computers for rent, for those who require them. All we need to know are the dates you are diving, and which diving centre or safari boat you are using. If you have any questions, then please ask, we are here to help you." For further details check out www.mixunlimited.net.

Giant visits Penzance.

A basking shark measuring about 10ft long has been viewed in Penzance Harbour, Cornwall, UK.

Obviously during the holiday season this is both an amazing and popular attraction for the tourists.

The shark was trapped in the harbour when it swam in and was not free again until later that afternoon when Penzance's harbour gates were opened.

Penzance Harbour Master Neil Clark said: "We have had a basking shark before and occasionally we get seals in here, but they normally only stay for the one tide and go away as soon as the gate opens up.

Sipadan Island, resort closure is confirmed.

All resorts and dive operations that are actually resident on Sipadan Island will be closed and evacuated as of January 1, 2005. This action had been rumored for some time, but apparently the decision has been finalized.

"We wish to inform you that the State Government has announced that effective from 1st January 2005 all Sipadan operators have to move out
from the island. The Government will take steps to protect and conserve the island of Sipadan. However the Government will allow day trippers to
dive around the island."

This will come as no surprise as environmentalists have long been concerned about the impact of diving tourism on the small island. Neighboring resorts on Kapalai will be allowed to continue their access to the area.

Click here for more information on the remarkable Sipadan island.

Japan has drawn up plans to replace the International Whaling Commission

The IWC remains deadlocked between the countries opposed to a resumption of commercial whaling and those, led by Japan, which say it should go ahead.

Members of Japan's ruling party now say they are prepared to go it alone and establish a new pro-whaling alliance.

They say in any case they may withhold part of their subscription to the IWC, in protest at its conservation work.

The IWC imposed a ban on commercial whaling, in effect since 1986, to let the whales recover from centuries of industrial whaling which had left some species near extinction.

Japan, Norway and Iceland want the ban lifted, and say there are enough of some species for a small annual catch. Even since the ban was introduced however these countries have caught many thousands of whales despite international pressure.

This latest move will be seen as disastrous by environmentalists across the world if it is allowed to go ahead.

Surfer attacked

The brother of an Australian man killed in a shark attack has appealed to the authorities to spare the lives of the killers. Bradley Smith, 29, died on Saturday after being attacked by two suspected Great White Sharks. This in itself is a very unusual occurrence.

He had been surfing near Margaret River, 300km south of Perth, Australia.

His brother Stephen said Bradley had died doing what he loved best. He added that killing the sharks would be "an act of senseless revenge".

"We're still in the process of coming to grips with what's happened," said Mr Smith. "But I don't believe the shark should be killed for the sake of what's happened."

Other surfers have been describing Saturday's horrifying attack to the Australian media.

One shark "came up and bit [Bradley Smith's] board. Another one just launched out of the water and got him," an onlooker told Perth's Sunday Mail newspaper.

The attack took less than 45 seconds, but Smith's injuries were so extensive that he had died by the time he was dragged to the beach.

The regional fisheries department said the hunt for the sharks which savaged Bradley Smith was under way.

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