The tragic death of a 45 year old diver at the Cirkewwa Marine Park on Tuesday 26 March 2024, which could have been worse had another 17 divers not been rescued or assisted in the rough seas at Cirkewwa has triggered plenty of discussions. Whilst initially some (including us) would have thought things just went Read More
The infamous U-turn within 2 weeks — Conservation areas become fishing zones AGAIN has inspired our administrator and local diver Daniel Xerri to pen this opinion piece which was published on the last Sunday’s edition of MaltaToday. The online version of the opinion piece may be found here: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/comment/blogs/127205/shillyshallying_on_conservation_areas_endangers_divers_and_damages_industry__agius_and_xerri The diving community is irate at Read More
Whilst we were recently checking up on some parliamentary questions that we’re expecting a local MP to raise with regard to issues related to diving around our islands… we could not help but see the following parliamentary question answered in June 2023… and its definitely incorrect answer! The actual wording of the PQ is in Read More
Occasionally we receive contacts in our mailbox which leave a lot of room for thinking.. this is one of them received very recently and whose message should not be ignored. Any further comment is superfluous. Please share this opinion with any authority that might want to listen… and act! If you want to send us Read More
For our first article of the year, apart from wishing the diving community all the best, we are also collating a few new year’s resolutions that we would love to see some action on… Ċirkewwa Marine Park This year we expect the long awaited legislative actions to officially declare the Ċirkewwa Marine Park as an Read More
We reproduce below an opinion piece by Daniel Xerri which has been published on today’s Times of Malta. We think the sector needs a bit more work on the sustainability bit – for various reasons dependent on both related operators as well as authorities, but access for the young at heart (any age really as Read More
Open letter to Authorities by local divers and activists Mark Gatt and Raniero Borg Published on The Shift News on the 22/09/2023 Note: an earlier version of this article stated the wrong surname for the co-author Mark Gatt. Apologies for any inconvenience caused!
Reader’s contribution The 2022 document was heralded as a way forward for the dive industry on the Islands, with hopefully, lots of action taken. It was, in effect, a reprint of a document ‘The Master Plan’ many years ago and during those many years virtually nothing has been done to improve the offering that Gozo Read More
In Maltese we have a saying that in a rough translation equates to: “The baby that does not cry, does not eat”. Our baby is our diving environment and all that affects us. The below is a cry we sent a week ago to persons high up in the goverment circles… Over the last years, Read More