Editor:
Charlotte Boan
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Sub Editor:
Sarah Adjani
Contributors:
Cath Bates, Owen Bruce, Sara Campbell, Dr Anke Fabian, Carrol
Flowers, Chris Gooda, Maria Munn, John Kean, Tom Osborn
Design:
Mary Gleeson
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Letter from the Chairman...
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Dear readers.
Published by:
Chamber of Diving and Watersports (Egypt)
CDWS has travelled to four diff erent countries in the last few months,
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with dive shows held in France, Germany, Russia and now in the UK in
2010. I look forward to seeing many of you over the two-day London
International Dive Show event in the Red Sea Zone, where CDWS
members will be sharing their knowledge and best holiday deals
centred on Red Sea diving. Don’t forget to take your free copy of BLUE
magazine with you.
contributors
A big topic for debate across many of these shows has been the
Tom Osborn
environment and what role CDWS is playing in protecting the fragile
Underwater videographer, Tom
eco-system of the Red Sea. I am pleased to announce that following a
fi nancial agreement with the Ministry of Tourism, we are in a position
Osborn, learned to dive in the
to recruit a division to specifi cally work in this area and help us to more
waters of Sharm el Sheikh at the
easily identify and tackle problems.
age of 16 while on a family holiday.
The Red Sea just got a whole lot better!
A few years later he completed his
One of the biggest environmental problems is clearly identifi ed as
instructor course and was teaching
illegal fi shing, particularly in marine zones, which are supposed to be
others in the Camel Dive Club pool,
Exclusive Itinerary: Exploring the Sudanese famous dive sites up to
protected. This is an issue the CDWS continues to be heavily involved
where he himself took his fi rst scuba
in highlighting. In December 2008 the CDWS organised the fi rst-
breaths. For the past two years, he
Eritrean borders from Port Ghalib - Egypt and back in a two week trip.
ever illegal fi shing conference, which was also the fi rst time we saw
has focused on videography; from
the Governor of South Sinai, the Minister of Tourism, the Minister of
Agriculture, Egyptian Fisheries Agency, the Deputy Minister of the
shooting tourist videos to providing
Environment, the head of South Sinai Parks, HEPCA, SSDM, Fisherman
footage for media such as National
Association and the Oceanographic Institute together to discuss this
Geographic Digital Motion and Night
problem and bring the facts to the table. Another conference was
and Day Production Audiovisual. Although only 24 years of age,
then held in May 2009 in Hurghada. CDWS also invited 18 Egyptian
the British diver has dived in a range of places including Scotland,
journalists to the Red Sea in an eff ort to raise awareness across the
The Cayman Islands, Thailand and Sipidan, Malaysia. He has also
country.
trained to be a technical diver. In Red Sea Careers, we get the low-
down from Tom on life as an underwater videographer and what
However, there is yet to be any signifi cant changes to the law to deal
it takes to be successful in such a challenging and unpredictable
with illegal fi shing. We need to keep this issue at the forefront of the
career, page 28-30.
government’s mind, which is why we will be announcing a campaign
asking for visitors to Egypt to bring to our attention any violations of the
Maria Munn
fi shing laws. We want visitors to take pictures, record the time place and
location and send this evidence to us. The CDWS will then send these
Maria Munn, 38, has established
violation reports to the relevant ministers to show this is a widespread
herself as one of the leading teachers
problem and must be stopped to prevent destruction to fi sh stocks and
of underwater compact camera
coral reefs.
photography, particularly in the
UK, where she is based. She off ers
Once launched, we hope each and every one of you who feels as
her skills and tips on wide-angle
passionately about the incredible and beautiful marine environment of
photography with compacts on
the Red Sea as we do, will join us in the campaign to bring illegal fi shing
pages 42 - 43. This year BLUE’s Class
to the attention of the political decision makers.
Shot columnist has seen many of her
The CDWS and all its members continue to strive to make the former students pick up prestigious
watersports and diving industry in the Red Sea one of the safest and awards, including three Sport Diver
most environmentally responsible. I would like to thank all those who
magazine ‘photo of the month’ wins and the ‘best beginner
support these on-going eff orts.
award’ from the British Society of Underwater Photographers.
Two others have had their work published in magazines – a great
endorsement for her new book Underwater Photography for
Hesham Gabr
Beginners. However, in 2010, she says she would like to devote
Chairman of the Chamber of Diving and Watersports
more time to her other passions: conservation and charity work
and plans to travel to Latin America to volunteer on various
projects.
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