CONTENTS REGULARS 4 20 46 46 47
EDITOR’S LETTER EDA QUIZ FEATURED CREATURE EDA QUIZ ANSWERS UPCOMING EVENTS
EDA Event schedule Updates
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NEWS 5
SURVEY REVEALS OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Press Release
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INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER
Divers Swim with Whale Sharks in Fujairah
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ADRENALINE SPORTS LIVE!
To Host Several Adventure Firsts in the Middle East
10 INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE 10 OPEN WATER COURSE DURING RAMADAN 11 MASTERING FEAR EDA Member
11 KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 12 CLEAN UP ARABIA 2008 One With a Difference
CORAL NEWS 14 CORALS JOIN FROGS AND TOADS AS WORLD’S MOST ENDANGERED 15 CORAL REEFS:
Ten Questions – Ten Answers
Facts and Fiction
21 ROGER SWAINSTON’S ILLUSTRATED UNDERWATER WORLD 24 ORCA WHALES IN THE WILD
DIVING DESTINATIONS 26 WOOD BENEATH THE WATERS:
Wrecks in Seychelles
27 CELEBRATING A KEY WEST EXPERIENCE 28 THE MANTA DIVERS VILLAGE 31 DIVING SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT
Feel. Explore. Remember
34 MABUL ISLAND 35 MALAYSIA’S MARINE LIFE 39 LIVING AQUARIUMS
FAM Trip Diary
HEALTH 44 DIVING AND PREGNANCY
DAN Discusses The Risks of Diving While Pregnant
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