TimesofMalta reports on a successful underwater cleanup organised by RE/MAX & Friends Foundation who recently joined environmental conservation organisation Coast is Clear, led by Mark Galea Pace, in an event to help tackle marine and coastal pollution in Malta.
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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
Transport Malta announced through its notices to mariners that works are starting at two key boat dive pickup points, North Quay at Cirkewwa and at Sirens, St. Paul’s Bay. Sirens is also a popular training spot so the works may affect visibility at this site as well.Notices may be seen below. TM Notice 180/2022 – Read More
The Government announced through a press release by the DOI that Sea Urchin harvesting is now subject to a two-year moratorium. As of today, Friday 7th July, a two-year moratorium on sea urchin collection will come into effect The Government has launched two joint initiatives in an effort to replenish the sea urchin’s population. Sea Read More
Seen on University of Malta Newspoint: Around 12 Malta-based stakeholders were brought together for a focus group on sustainable tourism on Thursday 26 January 2023. The focus group followed another one held at the University of Split in Croatia, on the same topic in September. The two meetings are part of the data being collected Read More
Discern group are organising an international workshop in Underwater Photography in Malta between July 7 and 12, 2024. This is their description of this workshop: Together with the Malta Photographic Society (MPS), we are organising an International WORKSHOP Underwater Photography in Malta between July 07-12, 2024. We created this workshop with the intention of reaching as many underwater Read More
Lovinmalta reports that A dive off Malta’s southern coast quickly turned extra adventurous when two divers stumbled upon a number of anti-aircraft shells. After a bit of an adventure with retrieving one of the shells, the dIvers contacted the Armed Forces of Malta who visited the site, and retrieved several other shells. You may read Read More