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Seaspiracy: Netflix to tackle the global fishing industry

March 4, 2021 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Netflix is showing a trailer for their forthcoming seaspiracy, which looks at the need for sustainable fishing and how far we are from that. It’s another reminder that human greed is killing the planet.

In Pure Spirit has not had any advance sight of the documentary but can imagine of it will be unsettling.

Charities and causes in this area include the Marine Conservation Society, the Sea Watch Foundation and the Sea Life Trust.

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Is there anything we can do as individuals to help protect the seas, or is it now mainly down to big business? If it’s down to big business, how we do get governments to take action?

Steve Alten interview: Where is Megalodon hiding?

July 8, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Steve Alten is the author of the hugely popular Meg series. The fictional series starts when Navy deep-sea submersible pilot Jonas Taylor encounters a Carcharodon megalodon while exploring the infamous Mariana trench. He barely survives the encounter but then has to warn a sceptical world that the 70-foot shark is real.

The latest book in the series, Meg: Nightstalkers, deals with the nightmare scenario of escaped megalodons and other ancient monsters making their way free.

In Pure Spirit is really lucky. Steve’s made time to answer some of our Carcharodon megalodon questions. Buckle up and read on!

Q. Some folk like to hope that Carcharodon megalodon survives as a species. Why do you think that is? Isn’t a strange thing to hope for?

Not at all. Just as visitors would come to a Jurassic World, they’d love to witness the most vicious predator ever to have lived … albeit from a safe distance.

Q. Do you think the Mariana trench has any real surprises left for us?

It’s all new. This is a 40 mile wide, 1550 mile long unexplored realm. The latest exploration found hydrothermal vents (as I predicted 20 years ago) and an albino “ghost shark!”

Q. You must have been subjected to dozens of survival theories from fans since you started writing Meg. Which have been the most memorable ones?

I favor the rise of Orca as the most likely theory which resulted in the Megs disappearance. An orca is no match for a Meg, but killer whales hunt in pods, and a pack could easily kill a lone Meg. Orca hunt along shorelines and would have decimated Megalodon nurseries. The only escape for adults would have been to inhabit deeper waters where the whales could not access. Could Megalodon still be alive without us knowing it? Absolutely. We’ve only explored 5% of the oceans and less than 1% of the deep…

Q. How do you keep up with science and the real world mysteries of the deep oceans?

I research every novel thoroughly to flesh out the story. Plus I answer every email personally, which introduces me to experts far smarter than myself.

Q. Which other deep water stories are you tempted to explore?

The LOCH takes on Loch Ness, VOSTOK explores the subglacial lakes in Antarctica, and The OMEGA PROJECT takes us to our planet 12 million years in the future…so I’ve  been tempted and went there! Check it out at www.SteveAlten.com.

World’s largest Great White shark caught on camera

February 9, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The shark is known as Deep Blue she’s believed to about about 50 years old. How large is the world’s largest Great White shark? She’s at least 7 metres long. Wow.

Diver Michael Maier had previously released some footage of his encounter with Deep Blue but these clips contain new, not seen before, images.

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Would you go diving in the safety of a shark cage if you new a creature with the size and hunger of Deep Blue was around?

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