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Florida Bans Sales of Shark Fins
The Governor of Florida has signed into law Bill SB 860 aka the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act, which makes it illegal to import, export and sell most shark fins in Florida from October 1. There is a loophole however that allows existing holders of shark fishing permits and seafood dealers that h0ld a “valid federal Atlantic shark dealer permit” to continue to engage in the import and export of fin through into January 2025.
Wetpixel Live: Vacuum Housing Systems
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon and regular contributor Alex Mustard discuss the pros and cons of vacuum housing leak detection systems, along with some ideas about how to use and maintain them in the field.
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Wetpixel Live: RIP Jerry Greenberg
Wetpixel Live strikes a more somber note today as Adam and Alex celebrate the photographic career of Jerry Greenberg, who passed away earlier this month in Florida. He had a career shooting underwater images for all the major magazines that spanned technologies from 2 1/4” film through to digital, and invented many of the techniques that we all now take for granted. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Wetpixel Live: EMWL Unboxing
Christmas has arrived early at the Mustard household with today’s delivery of a Nauticam EMWL lens system. Join Alex and Adam as they check out its components and discuss their plans for shooting it.
Issue 100 of X-Ray Magazine is available to download
Issue 100 of X-Ray Magazine is now available to download. Included in the landmark issue are articles about California’s Channel Islands, Lembeh, the Banda Sea, and Miyakojima in Japan. John Lautermilch’s paintings are featured and the subject of retouching underwater images is covered.
Adobe updates Premiere Pro and After Effects
Adobe has updated both Premiere Pro and After Effects. Try former now supports broadcast-quality HDR, detects edits in scenes automatically, and allows for low res proxy exports. After Effects gets GPU acceleration with Channel Combiner and Channel Effects and allows Roto Brush effects to be imported.
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