Gifts for Shark Lovers Only Yukatán Cave Expedition Ecology GLOBAL EDITION Coral Farming November 2009 Coral Farming Number 32 Profile Clement Lee Tech Talk Dry Suits The Oceans Plastic Soup Portfolio SabahMALAYSIA Jude Cowell 1 X-RAY MAG : 32 : 2009 COVER PHOTO BY A & A FERRARI DIRECTORY X-RAY MAG is published by AquaScope Media ApS Frederiksberg, Denmark www.xray-mag.com PUBLISHER SENIOR EDITOR Interior of wreck, Scapa Flow, Scotland. 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OF DEMA SHOW Therefore, I declare today that Palau will become THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES...ONE GOAL: the world’s first national shark sanctuary, ending YOUR SUCCESS all commercial shark fishing in our waters and giving a sanctuary for sharks to live and reproduce unmolested in our 237,000 square miles of ocean. We call upon all nations to join us.” DEMA SHOW, THE POWER TO BE: Johnson Toribiong, President of Palau, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly INFORMED by DEMA Show’s comprehensive educational programs — on Friday, September 25, 2009 presenting tested strategies, new insights for the new economy, and innovative ideas certain to breathe new life into your business. CONNECTED with the dive community while you immerse yourself in the business of diving. Learn from experts and from your peers, and apply Bravo! This was a landmark speech by a dead shark—was how the saying went. their ideas and successes to YOUR challenges. head of state and remarkable news in several ways. Some 30 years after Steven Spielberg’s SUCCESSFUL in boosting your bottom line with show-only promotions and specials offered by hundreds of exhibitors. In time AND money, DEMA Show Jaws movie first scared the living daylights provides a generous return on your attendance investment. The value of such a sanctuary cannot be out of the movie-goers and made us anx- 2009 overrated. Findings from other no-take ious about taking a swim at the beach, DEMA Show is the place to refresh yourself and revitalize the way zones have clearly demonstrated how we find that dive travellers are paying top you do business so you can provide your customers with what they significant sanctuaries are for rebuild- dollar for close encounters with sharks, love — diving, travel and adventure. Achieve your financial and business ing dwindling fish stocks. From within and most recently, in some cases, even goals. In these challenging times, attending DEMA Show makes more these zones, fish populations have often swimming in open water (without cages) sense than ever before. rebounded and replenished stocks else- with tiger sharks and great whites. where. Register for DEMA Show today at www.demashow.com. Our appreciation of sharks, and the value What a long way we have come in a we place on sharks, has come a long few decades in our appreciation of way. Let us hope that the trend continues November 4–7, 2009 • orlaNdo, Fl • oraNge CouNty CoNveNtioN CeNter sharks. Not so many years ago, these to spread worldwide. Sharks are worth so magnificent creatures were seen as much more alive than dead, in terms of BE INFORMED. BE CONNECTED. BE SUCCESSFUL. voracious man-eaters only to be feared both ecology and economy. ■ and loathed... 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