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As a marine professional since the late 80's I have been privileged to work in remote locations with amazing aquatic flora and fauna... but lately my heart weeps every time I go into the water.

Diving in remote locations of the Red Sea or now more recently in the Caribbean where it all started for me, I discover underwater deserts where there once was thriving eco systems. Each time I do my best to understand the reasons behind it, and why o why conservation efforts fail.

So this one's been on my bucketlist for a while now. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Heracleion!

The city dates back to the 6th century B.C. and holds some of the most beautiful artifacts you could imagine.
Things like grand statues of gods and goddesses standing well over 15 feet tall and carved out of red granite, treasures of gold and rare stones, elaborate temples and enormous tablets.

I was just informed by my colleague Solveigh that my dear friend and ex-colleague Capt. Shazly Mahmoud has passed last week. There's legends and then there's legendary in The Red Sea. Captain Shazly was such a figure. A powerfully built, and top fishermen of El Qseir (Red Sea - Egypt) in his mid 40's (if memory serves me) when I met him down in Qse

Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down. Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. He first wanted to be an artist, but got into films full t

One thing I have understood from all these years at Sea, and seeing my workplace the underwater habitat and red sea eco-systems disappearing before my eyes in just mere decades is that everything is going faster and faster, we cannot deny the facts anymore.To quote my most revered colleague aquanaut Dr.Sylvia Earle: "No Blue - No Green", and I would add vice-versa. Yin/Yang ladies and gentlemen, parents and kids.We need to seek balance! I strongly believe in two things which our logo expresses: YIN/YANG - NO BLUE/NO GREEN We need to find a balance between usage of natural resources and human development.  In our current society we cannot expect conservation without income, as resources are dwindling to an ever increasing crescendo; the need for tourism supported projects supporting the environment is needed. We are non-profit movement designed at reviewing each and every beach location, and actively restore the shallow area's of The