Pierce Brosnan protects the whales

Continuing the Hollywood love-in with one final posting featuring a famous actory-type person, it seems Bond, James Bond, has now stepped forward to help save the whales.

It seems various US politicians more than met their match when Pierce and his wife went to the White House to discuss a new Whale Conservation and Protection Bill under consideration in the States.

Writing about the visit on his website, the passionate whale conservationist said the legislation would make a "critical difference in protecting whales worldwide".

"These magnificent and intelligent mammals are under continuous threat," said the star, who is Global Whale Ambassador for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

"There are few causes I feel more passionately about than protecting our planet's great whales and their ocean habitat because it directly affects us all.

"For if we cannot save such magnificent, intelligent, socially complex, gentle and sentient beings like the whales, how can we have any chance of saving the marine eco-systems that they live within? And ladies and gentlemen, if we cannot save the oceans, we will ultimately fail to save humanity for the simple ecological truth is, that if our oceans die, we will not survive as a species ourselves.

"It is up to each of us as individuals to lend a hand, and to do what we can to bring about the change we all believe in."



Well said, Brosser. Now if you wouldn't mind donning the tux and picking up the Walther PPK to do a number on the whaling boats like you did to Jonathan Pryce in Tomorrow Never Dies. There's a good fellow.

Amazing scuba diving entry

Just found this on YouTube while searching for some footage of scuba diving at Stoney Cove. Just watch the guy in the background. he'll win no prizes for a splash like that.



For any new divers out there - this is not the way to do it!

jessica Alba fights for great white sharks

First Elle MacPherson, now Jessica Alba.

You've got to hand it to Tinsletown's female elite, they are doing their bit for raising awareness of the plight of endangered underwater species.

The star of scuba diving movie Into the Blue was reported to have been photographed earlier this month putting up posters of great white sharks in Oklahoma, where she is shooting her new movie The Killer Inside Me, in an effort to draw attention to the species' dwindling numbers.

Following an outcry - over the posters not the slaughter of the sharks, heaven forbid there is any outcry to save Jaws - the 28-year-old "Fantastic Four" actress issued an apology for her actions and the owners of the properties on which Alba glued the posters said they didn't want to see her prosecuted.

In her apology released to EW.com, Alba said: “I got involved in something I should have had no part of. I realize that I should have used better judgment and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign.”

Hell, no Alba. Have the courage of your convictions. You were absolutely right to get involved. Without people in the public eye getting involved, these issues could be missed by the general public until it is too late.

Thanks to the Rad Report, the shark is actually called White Mike and he is the face of the campaign to protect Great Whites.

The posters have been appearing all over LA and Malibu.

In a message on his blog (go and visit, now) White Mike, he said: "Some have asked why these images of the Great White Shark were posted in Oklahoma, a place far away from the slaughtering waters off Ecuador’s Galapagos or the booming shark fin markets of Hong Kong.
"The reason is that illegal shark fin hunting affects the people of Oklahoma. It affects us all.
"There is a dire need for us as a human race to try and stop the devastation of the Great White Shark. International pressure is the only way to do it and that starts in Oklahoma, the heartland of America."

White Mike, if you are reading this, make the posters available for us to download in whatever size is possible, I'm sure there are a few of us in Blighty who will post them around our neck of the woods.

Elle's Bells

Far be it from me to miss an opportunity to get my childhood fantasy woman Elle MacPherson on these pages - but thanks to a facebook message from Bite-Back she is doing something for the welfare of our oceans.

'The Body' has joined a roll-call of stars, including Sienna Miller, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron and brainbox Stephen Fry, campaigning to stop endangered bluefin tuna being served in celebrity restaurant Nobu.


see, she even likes the sea

According to Tim Ecott's piece in the Daily Telegraph, they have written to the restaurant's owner, Nobu Matsuhisa,asking that the expensive bluefin be removed from the menu because it is "an extremely endangered animal".

Graham Buckingham, founder of the marine conservation movement 'Bite-Back' (www.bite-back.com) told the Telegraph: "It's great news that high profile media personalities are joining the campaign for bluefin tuna.

"Fine, stop a few branches of Nobu selling bluefin tuna, but when it comes to teaching consumers about the sustainability of fish stocks we need to get the message across at a more basic level.

"Consumers tend to assume that if the supermarkets sell something then it can't be morally questionable. Perhaps unwittingly, the supermarkets are endorsing underwater genocide. I want to change the way Britain goes shopping."

Carl Spencer: a tribute

Friends of renowned cannock scuba diver Carl Spencer, who died while leading national Geographic's Britannic expedition have posted a moving tribute to him on Divernet.

Technical diving trainer and computer developer Kevin Gurr submitted his personal thoughts with the help of writer, underwater photographer and Spencer's fellow expedition-member Leigh Bishop.

All divers should read the memorial to one of the world's scuba diving pioneers.