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NUPG July Meeting Report
The July NUPG meeting came just a couple weeks after the centenary of Scapa Flow scuttling, so we had Oli Van Overbeek and our very own Alex Tasker come in to talk to us and show us pictures from their recent trips.
Oli was in Scapa Flow back in April of this year where he was lucky enough to get in with his new camera housing for the first time, he talked us through all the wrecks they dived during their week-long trip, focusing on their history and features. He spoke about how he started of rather nervous about bringing his large camera on the more challenging dives, but that he got more comfortable throughout the week and now already has shots set up for next year’s trips.
Alex has been visiting Scapa Flow every year since 2014, so he had lots of interesting photos and videos to show us of all the wrecks, he also made an effort to point out that whilst Scapa is all about the wrecks it is also fantastic for its wildlife, showing photos of wreckage covered in brittle stars, seals, shoals of fish and Guillemot.
This month’s competition theme was “Crustaceans”. The Winner was Nick Robertson-Brown with his shot of a Spider crab. Michelle Gillian came joint runner-up with her shot of a hermit crab and its friend from Loch Fyne along with Caroline Robertson-Brown with her photograph of Sawblade Shrimp from Dauin in the Philippines.
The next NUPG meeting will be on Monday the 12th August where we will be having our print competition and the voting for our splash in competition which will be taking place on Saturday the 3rd August.
For more information visit the NUPG website by clicking here.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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