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Diver Joel Gonzaga of the Philippine fishing boat 'Vergene' works in and around a skipjack tuna fishing net using just a single plastic air hose connected to a rusty compressor onboard the fishing boat at surface, 12 November 2012. Perhaps the most dangerous fishing method of all, compressor diving is known in the Philippines as 'Pa-aling' diving. According to Gonzaga, who spends months at a time on board the 'Vergene', fatal injuries and deaths occur regularly. The most common cause of death from 'Pa-aling' diving is due to decompression illness, otherwise known as 'the bends'. Dangerous fishing methods such as 'Pa-aling' are a major contributor to the overfishing crisis in and around the Philippines.

Arts & Culture Conversations, Arts & Entertainment News & Reviews, Environment, Events, Movies, Natural Environment, Science & TechnologySeptember 5, 2017

BLUE: The Day The Sea Changed – Become an Ocean Guardian Now

By Carolyn McDowall

BLUE, the film about a crisis in our oceans, reveals the reasons we need to become guardians of the oceans, to deliver a legacy future generations can live with

Arts & Culture Conversations, Community Events, Cultural Development, Humanities, Natural Environment, Social HistoryJanuary 17, 2011

Brisbane – in the aftermath of nature’s fury

By Carolyn McDowall

It goes without saying the city of Brisbane in Queensland has a huge task ahead in the aftermath of the devastation from floods that infiltrated the city, surrounding suburbs and the CBD. While chaotic in nature they did have a day or two to prepare, although many it seems suspended belief in what would happen.