Diving News May 2007

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THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
	Hazardous Diving Regulator
	The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Hazard: The swivel, which is attached to a diving regulator, could separate while diving. This will result in a complete and sudden loss of the di Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
	Artificial Reef Projects to Promote Tourism
	The so-called "Graveyard of the Atlantic" can expect a few more guests. Various groups consisting of divers, fishers and reef associations are working together to promote tourism in North Carolina’s coast by purposely sinking ships to become artificial reefs. Such reefs would attract scuba divers, sport fishing enthusiasts, and researchers who can examine "underwater universities," suppor Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
	Swimmer Lost in Osage Beach
	A search and rescue is on-going after a Chicago man disappeared last Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks. Twenty-eight year old Robert Siatka was with friends on the boat near Osage Beach and went diving underwater to retrieve a pair of sunglasses. The Missouri Water Patrol responded to the scene for recovery operations. The patrol’s Dive Team had been using its side scan sonar device in Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
	New Free Diving Record Set in Bahamas Island
	William Trubridge makes free diving history by reaching 83 meters at Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas. On April 11, 2007, with a dive time of 3'09" and without the assistance of fins, ropes or weight belts, Trubridge reached an unassisted free dive depth of 82 meters at Dean's Blue. Two days prior, Trubridge made free diving history by reaching 81 meters, shaving a meter off the previous record Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
	Recovering Artifacts from 200-year-old Shipwreck
	A team of Texas A&M University researchers will soon be recovering artifacts from a 200-year-old shipwreck that lies more than 4,000 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico, making it the deepest such recovery effort ever attempted in the gulf. The $4.8 million project, funded by the Okeanos Gas Gathering Company, will begin today (May 22) says William Bryant, professor of oceanography, and Donny Read Full Story
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