Open AccessSnorkelling and breath-hold diving fatalities in New Zealand, 2007 to 2016
Author(s) -
John Lippmann,
Christopher Lawrence,
Michael Davis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diving and hyperbaric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2209-1491
pISSN - 1833-3516
DOI - 10.28920/dhm51.1.25-33
Subject(s) - medicine , christian ministry , occupational safety and health , environmental health , medical emergency , demography , pathology , philosophy , theology , sociology
New Zealand's (NZ) long coastline offers a diverse underwater environment with abundant opportunities for harvesting seafood and for recreation. Fatalities from snorkelling/breath-hold diving have been reported from the 1960s through to 2006. Those from 2007 to 2016 are reported here.