The Manta Gill Raker Trade

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Rising demand for the dried brachial filaments (gill rakers) of manta rays as an ingredient in chinese traditional medicine is increasing fishing pressure on them worldwide.

Sunday Night Blue Whale story

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Scubazoo were location managers and underwater shooters for an Australian channel 7 crew filming a story on Blue Whales in Sri Lanka. Read about the shoot here.

Malaysian PM opens Maliau Basin Studies Centre

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On Saturday 29th January Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak officially opened the Maliau Basin Studies Centre. Scubazoo produced two videos for the launching ceremony.

Human Planet: Oceans – Into the Blue

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Oceans: Into The Blue explores the extraordinary adaptability and ingenuity that enables humans to survive in the marine environment, combined with the profound effect living by the sea has had on our cultures.

Martin Clunes – Man to Manta

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Martin Clunes seeks to fulfil a burning ambition to swim with one of the sea’s most enormous and enigmatic creatures in ITV1’s new documentary ‘Man to Manta’.

2011 Bite-Back Calendar available to buy

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Twelve of the world’s most remarkable, award-winning, underwater photographers have joined forces in a unique collaboration and created a limited edition 2011 calendar to raise funds for the UK shark and marine conservation charity, Bite-Back.

Gregory Colbert’s ‘Ashes and Snow’ comes to Sabah

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In November 2010, Gregory Colbert and his Ashes and Snow team arrived to film and photograph freediving models amongst the swirling schools of barracuda and trevally found at the world famous Sipadan Island, on Sabah’s East coast.