Artists United for Sharks

The Ocean Artists Society has released a video - Saving Sharks. Please pass it on.

Thanks to Charlie Fasano.

Appearing on Dive Rite's website

My underwater image "Pirouette" has been selected to appear on Dive Rite's website. 

Thanks to Team Dive Rite.

World's Largest Shark Sanctuary Declared

Marshall Islands declares an end to commercial fishing of sharks in area four times the size of California.

The Marshall Islands now join Palau and several other countries in protecting sharks from being killed for fins.

Inducted into Wyland's Ocean Artists Society

Just received news that I have been inducted into Wyland's Ocean Artists Society - a group of distinguished painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, and writers coming together to use ocean art to inspire people around the world to a greater awareness of our need to protect and preserve our natural world.

A big thank you to all OAS founding members, and to Jennifer Small - Wyland Foundation.

Stop this Looting Now !!!

Shipwrecks in Thailand are being looted by a number of foreign dive operators based in Koh Tao.

Read this article "Into murky waters" in the Bangkok Post.

Among the many ships being stripped of artifacts is the H.T.M.S. Pa-ngan, a Thai Naval vessel that sunk while transporting explosives recovered from Chao Phraya River. She has been systematically looted with portholes and china being removed.

Dive trips to these wrecks are being promoted on websites:

"Got a load of lovely officers’ Royal Thai Navy chinaware from deep inside the HTMS Pangan. It’s white, navy blue lines with gold leaf line and crest. Only got about 50 pieces so far and the room is still full."

This shows great disrespect to your host country.

Chagos Archipelago - World’s Largest Marine Reserve

This declaration will make it the largest marine protected area in the world, totaling more than 210,000 square miles (544,000 square kilometres), an area twice the size of the U.K. The combination of tropical islands, unspoiled coral reefs and adjacent oceanic abyss makes this area comparable in global importance to the Great Barrier Reef or Galapagos Islands.

Appearing in UDT/SEAL Journal

Portfolio of underwater images and a short story has been published in the July/August 2010 edition of Sea Air Land, the Journal of the UDT/SEAL Association, Royal Thai Navy.

Thanks to Adm. Nakorn Aranyanark.