World Oceans Day - Celebrate by not eating fish

Ocean Alliance: Past, Present and Future

Well, this is a provocative title, but I couldn't pass this day without saying something about how we can contribute to Preserve Our Oceans just by eating less fish, or better, by quit eating them for good, for two big reasons:

1. Increasing levels of toxic waste are getting higher on seafood like heavy metals such as mercury*
2. Overfishing and other human activities are causing a boom on jellyfish**

So meditate about it, what do you want your future to be?

1. Lying in bed with some neuro-disease and watching tv reports on giant jellyfish taking over the world?
   or
2. Enjoying a dive on cristal blue ocean water?

Well, probably the future will be in between the two scenarios above, but we can take a step further if we want to live and dive on a better world.

Healthy Home: Mercury in Fish

A Guide for Seafood Eaters

* - U.S. Geological Survey and Harvard University
** - CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research

My Dear Sweet "Seabubble"

Underwater we find each other
Dissolving in silence
In harmony with the ocean

Freediving Moments all over the world

This snapshot was taken from ClustrMaps and shows the visitors of this blog all over the world.

Most of the visitors come from Europe, but the country with most views is the United States.

Video from the 1st Apnea Indoor in Madeira Island

(Filmed by: Cláudio Vieira)

I produced this video three years ago, while organizing the 1st Apnea Indoor in Madeira Island, with my girlfriend Susana Freitas and fellow Cláudio Vieira.

It starts with a relaxing moment of exhale breathing to the bottom of the pool, then shows the apnea disciplines of dynamic no fins, dynamic with fins (monofin) and finishes with a small static apnea with an "I am ok" sign.

Things to remember from the competition:

1. Don't try new breathing techniques before your performance, you might blackout.
2. Take all your time in preparing yourself, you only have one shoot, don't waste it.
3. Go for what you have trainned for, breath afterwards.
4. Have a nice time out during the competition, go for a walk in the country.
5. At the end, just relax and have a good night sleep with your sweetie.

Freediving on a Underwater Video Festival

(Filmed by: Cláudio Vieira)

I produced this video last year, while tranning for the freediving event Conquista Azul 2007. It was totaly filmed in apnea by Cláudio Vieira.

This year, my mermaid, convinced me to present the movie in "VideoDigiSub - Portimão 2008", an underwater video festival dedicated to wrecks in Portugal.

Well, I didn't win any awards, but it was a great experience and I learn a lot more about filmaking while underwater.