John Hocevar is a trained marine biologist and an accomplished campaigner, explorer, and diver. John has helped win several major victories for marine conservation since becoming...
The Great White Shark has survived an array of disasters during the last few million years, including several ice ages, which saw the extinction of many...
Often called a ‘sea-slug’, these beautiful and colourful creatures are my absolute favourite thing in the world. What is a nudibranch you ask? Well, a nudibranch...
Photos by Chris Fallows I couldn’t believe my ears as I heard my crew mate Owen whisper to the skipper in his quiet South African accent...
I well remember the Marine Conservation Society starting up in the late 1970s. It coincided with the early days of my TV filming career when marine...
Since I was a child and watched images on TV of millions of fish being crushed and suffocated in giant nets and then dumped unceremoniously onto...
For this occasion I’ll limit my comments to Roatan since I have something of a history with the place – my first visit being about nine...
Last summer I was sat on the cliffs at Pendeen in Cornwall watching the sea swell gently rise and fall over the rocks below. It was...
MAYA PLASS – Marine Biologist – TV Presenter – Conservationist Born Maya Plass in Kent in 1978, her early childhood was often spent in and around...
Think scuba diving, think polar-regions… Maybe not the first thought for most divers when it comes to exploring the underwater world. But, put the chainsaws and...
Shark and Ray conservation is high on the agenda of many scientists and is a subject written about by even more conservationists. I am getting quite...
Between May and September ever year the world’s second biggest fish arrives into Scottish waters around the Hebridean islands. These gentle giants come to gorge themselves...
