NAUI to sponsor spearfishing show "Spear Life"

[Johnoly]

NAUI is proud to sign on as the title sponsor for a new Scuba Diving and Spear Fishing show called “Spear Life,” which will air on the Outdoor Channel and the World Fishing Network.

Full article link = NAUI Announces Title Sponsorship of Spear Life on the Outdoor Channel and World Fishing Network - DiveNewswire

It's great to see a national certification agency promote spearfishing !!

 

[mmerriman]

ironic - Mission

 

[Nemrod]

I see no contradiction.

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[Angelo Farina]

Exactly, there is no contradiction.
The oldest and wider scuba organization in Italy is FIPSAS, which stands for Federazione Italiana Pesca Sportiva e Attività Subacquee.
"Pesca" means fishing, this is the organization dealing with any form of sport fishing.
Underwater activities were born as spearfishing, and only later evolved in other activities, more environmental friendly.
But it would be wrong to negate our origins, and sport fishing can be an activity perfectly sustainable, if practised with proper rules.
For example, here spearfishing can be done only in freediving, it is forbidden to spearfish using any kind of underwater breathing system, either tethered or autonomous.