Asian Diver and Scuba Diver No. 1/2016 Volume 140 | Page 8

CONTENTS
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1,000 WORDS
WHAT’S BUBBLING?
WHAT BUBBLED
ADEX AMBASSADOR
DIVING BY NUMBERS
UW3SOME.COM
SCUBA360
NARKED

26 SEAFOOD GUIDE
Sustainable Seafood

By World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
What you put on your plate could determine the fate of
the oceans

28 MAN & SEA

All Eyes on Mantis Shrimps
By Aaron “Bertie” Gekoski/Scubazoo
Dazzlingly vibrant, with super-powered colour vision,
mantis shrimps are also targeted for the table

86 COURSES
Intro to Tek

Discover some of the courses that will help you start your
journey past those pesky NDLs

Aaron Gekoski

FEATURES

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32 21 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO
BE AT ASIA’S BIGGEST DIVE SHOW
As if you needed convincing…

38 DIVE PSYCHEDELIC
By Various Contributors
If you’re looking for those reefs where colour
has run riot, Nature’s paintbrush has gone
into overdrive, and life resembles some
kind of 1960s adventure in altered forms of
consciousness, look no further…

52 SENSORY OVERLOAD

Richard Smith

By Imran Ahmad
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the reefs
around these islands have been hitting
the steroids

68 SCIENCE

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Phenomenal Fish Eyes
Text by Chetana Purushotham
Images by Umeed Mistry
The real "fish-eye view" reveals a rather different impression of that
flamboyant world below the surface

58 A CORNUCOPIA OF
COLOURFUL CRITTERS
By Dr Richard Smith
Discover some of this marine biologist’s
favourite Technicolor creatures, and the
evolutionary reasons behind their gaudy garb

Imran Ahma