Under the Sea update

I just checked and the Under The Sea with Al Giddings is showing on Montana PBS on Sunday, August 17 at 6:50 pm. It should be an interesting program.

http://www.montanapbs.org/Schedule/Programs_AtoZ/

Get out the popcorn and enjoy!

Under the Sea with Al Giddings

The Michelangelo of the Deep Sea," the "American Cousteau," pioneer, innovator and record-breaker, are just some of the words used to describe Al Giddings, four-time Emmy Award winner and one of the world’s most accomplished and renowned underwater director-producer-cinematographers. Drawing from more than 30 years of deep sea diving experience—and quite possibly the most hours underwater of any human being—Giddings shares stories and scenes from a lifetime of undersea film adventures. With unprecedented access to his one-of-a-kind library of underwater footage, featuring countless television specials, documentaries, groundbreaking IMAX undersea films, and Hollywood movies like Titanic, The Abyss and The Deep, WLIW New York President and General Manager Terrel Cass speaks one-on-one with the legend to discover the fearless genius behind his breathtaking aquatic images. UNDER THE SEA WITH AL GIDDINGS premieres nationwide June 2008 on PBS

Watch for Under the Sea, Tuesday, August 12, 12:00am
CHANNEL 9 (KUSM)Montana PBS

Just as a side note, Mr. Giddings lives in the Livingston MT area. For more information click here.

Interested in Underwater Videography? The PADI Underwater Videography Specialty is available through Adventure Scuba.

More on the Lionfish

I found some additional information on the Lionfish that you will find interesting.

Lionfish Letters from the Field

NEWS FROM REEF
By Lad Akins, Director of Special Projects
Nassau, Bahamas - July 30, 2008 -- Up early this morning and readying for another big day on the lionfish front. As part of an Associated Press story on the lionfish, I am joined by Andy Dehart and Lisa Mitchell here in Nassau to shoot footage of our lionfish work and do interviews for an AP television segment. We'll be live collecting fish, tagging a few and talking about the current research being conducted by REEF, NOAA, Simon Fraser University and Oregon State University - research showing that the lionfish appear to be having severe impacts on our native fish populations. To summarize, stomach contents show over 50 species of prey items including fish and invertebrates; lionfish are eating the prey faster than they can naturally recover and they can reduce recruitment of juveniles to reefs by 80%! It is a scary picture.

Click here to read the entire article.