Surface Interval #7 - Komodo Boat Sinking, a Bahamas Resort Fight and Antarctic Talks Stall

Surface Interval is our weekly round-up: five stories from the diving world, in ninety seconds. Scuba, freediving, dive travel and ocean advocacy, every Sunday.

This week:

• A dive boat, the KM Feronia, sank in Komodo National Park on 13 October with 30 people aboard; 29 were rescued, an Indonesian divemaster is missing, and rescuers have called off the search.
• Campaigners are asking King Charles to step in over a US$200 million resort on Sampson Cay in the Bahamas, warning that dredging could destroy reef and seagrass; the developer says it held months of public consultation, and a Supreme Court ruling is due early next year.
• UN negotiators are weighing a proposal to end bottom trawling on high-seas seamounts by the end of 2027; about 1.5% of known seamounts are protected today.
• Antarctic talks in Hobart ended without a deal on a new reserve of 456,000km² (176,000 sq mi) off the Antarctic Peninsula, according to the campaign group ASOC; no new reserve has been created since 2016.
• DEMA Show, the dive industry's trade show, opens in New Orleans on 3 November; DeeperBlue is its live coverage media partner and will report the 2027 gear, destination and agency launches as they land.

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