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FALL 2016
Fall 2016
CONTENTS
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JARDINES DE LA REINA
CUBA’S PRISTINE PARADISE
Text and photos by Stephen Frink
Sixty miles off the Cuban coast lie the Jardines de la Reina
(Gardens of the Queen), a group of 250 coral and mangrove
islands rich with marine life and excellent coral cover.
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THE EDGE OF THE BOOMERANG
NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES
Text by Allison Sallmon; photos by Andy and Allison Sallmon
The stretch of coastline at the north end of New South Wales
offers diving among an exciting array of marine life,
including mantas, bull stingrays and wobbegong, zebra and
gray nurse sharks.
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SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD
AN EVER-EVOLVING LANDSCAPE
By Twilight Greenaway
Determining if seafood was responsibly harvested or
cultivated has historically been a difficult endeavor. Through
interviews with experts, Twilight Greenaway illuminates the
current state of the seafood industry.
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THE MANY FACTORS IN
DECOMPRESSION STRESS
By Neal W. Pollock, Ph.D.
Dive depth and time are the primary causes of decompression
stress, but many other variables are at play. Understanding
these factors can help divers mitigate their risk of
decompression sickness.
FEATURES
ON THE COVER:
Caribbean reef
sharks (
Carcharhinus
perezii
) are commonly
encountered along the
shallow coral reefs of
Cuba’s Jardines de la
Reina. Stephen Frink
took this photo of a pair
of sharks with his daughter, Alexa Frink, using a Canon
5Ds with a Canon 16-35 mm f/2.8 II lens (at 16 mm) in
a Seacam housing with two Seacam Seaflash 150 strobes
and an exposure of 1/50th sec @ f/10, ISO 320.
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Pinnate batfish and sponge. Photo by
Douglas Seifert