"你將做什麼來保護海洋?" 這是今年早些時候,美國國務卿John Kerry 發出的呼籲， 以號召各國政府，商界領袖和個人共同協作，來處理我們的海洋所面對的若干問題。
今年10月4-5日，政界， 學院，人權協會人士，以及工業，慈善和非盈利組織的領袖共400逾人，將在智利聚集， 開展我們的海洋2015會議。會議日程？非法捕撈， 海洋塑料污染，海洋酸化和氣候變化。
Project AWARE 基金會也將出席這次國際峰會來代表水肺潛水員發言。我們敦促針對海洋碎片垃圾危機的解決方案，並會演示我們的潛水社團如何保護海洋免受垃圾危害。 那麼，水肺潛水員都做些什麼來保護我們的海洋呢？也許更合適的問題是我們不做些什麼。我們是公民科學家，教育家，慈善家和倡導者， 團結一致，滿懷熱情， 敬意和良好的願望，來保護我們的海洋。

The plastics we throw away have been mistakenly eaten by around 90 per cent of all sea birds alive today - and the rate is expected to grow to 99 per cent by 2050.
The figures, revealed in an international study published yesterday, are particularly relevant for New Zealand, which is considered the global centre of seabird diversity.

La solidarité Patty Moll en connaît tout un rayon. Grâce à sa disponibilité et sa générosité elle réussit chaque année à fédérer autour d’elle des dizaines et des dizaines de bénévoles (environ 200 pour cette édition) pour mener à bien l’opération nettoyage du lac qui est à sa 22ème année.
Des plongeurs venus de France et plus précisément de Lyon ont prêté main forte ce dimanche aux équipes Aqua-Diving et Scuba-Dream sous la houlette de Patty Moll, omniprésente sur le site des Bains des Pâquis, lieu de collecte et de ramassage des déchets.

Plastic pollution in the ocean is a growing problem. This study, which is the first to investigate the presence of plastic debris in large pelagic fish in the central Mediterranean Sea, found that over 18 per cent of fish had ingested plastics.
Marine litter, defined by the European Commission as any persistent manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment, is an escalating environmental problem, reports Science for Environmental Policy.

This July, Discovery Channel' s Shark Week returned bigger than ever before, making a splash as the highest-rated Shark Week in the event's 28 year history.
And because viewers can't get enough of all things shark, for the first time ever, Discovery is introducing "Shweekend", a special weekend of all-new Shark Week programming on Saturday, August 29 and Sunday, August 30.

Ritrovo ore 8:30 presso il Saturnia, lo Staff AcquaMission composto da cinque istruttori (Gabriele, Andrea, Cristina, Stefano e Danilo) e tre subacquei certificati (Monica, Alessio e Sergio) si ritrovano puntuali, incominciano subito i preparativi, raggruppano l’attrezzatura, bombole, gav, mute, maschere e pinne e si preparano al briefing per la pulizia fondali.