News Article: February/March 2011Local NewsJapanese Stop Whale Hunt1-03-2011Fisheries agency official Tatsuya Nakaoku said the whaling hunt was halted in the Antarctic following persistent 'violent' disruptions by anti-whaling protesters. More Underwater Cones Explored1-03-2011Five major submarine volcanoes in the Kermadec Arc, northeast of New Zealands Bay of Plenty will be probed using a free-diving robotic vehicle for mineral deposits and hydrothermal activity by a New Zealand-led group of international experts. More Sub-Antarctic Islands1-03-2011New Zealands Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson announced that a marine reserve will be created covering the entire 12-nautical mile territorial seas around Antipodes Island. More Pink Terraces Found1-03-2011Remains of the Pink Terraces were found at the bottom of Lake Rotomahana in the Rotorua region of New Zealand. The discovery was made during a joint New Zealand and American project to map the lake floor and investigate the geothermal system. More Rotoroa Island Open1-03-2011Philanthropists Neal and Annette Plowman funded a 99-year lease of Rotoroa Island from the Salvation Army, formed a trust to create a conservation park and have opened it to the public after 100 years. More Bluefin Tuna1-03-2011The southern bluefin tuna quota increase puts them on a fast track to extinction, says Greenpeace. The Ministry of Fisheries announced the quota for southern bluefin tuna will increase for the second year in a row. More International NewsBP Spill Remains Stuck on Bottom1-02-2011Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientists video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isnt degrading and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor. That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012. Bill to Stop Shark Finning1-02-2011The US Senate passed legislation in December to end the practice of shark finning in the United States. The author of the bill, Sen. John Kerry, said the Shark Conservation Act strengthens existing regulations and closes enforcement loopholes, making shark fin removal illegal. Microbial World in Deep Ocean Crust1-02-2011The first study to explore biological activity in the deepest layer of ocean crust found bacteria with a remarkable range of capabilities, including eating hydrocarbons and fixing carbon. Plastic Across Southern Atlantic1-02-2011Researchers with the 5 Gyres Institute completed a voyage from Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, to Cape Town, South Africa during which each of the 67
surface samples collected contained plastic pollution. Navy Settles With State1-02-2011The US Navy will pay $8.5 million to settle claims over the coral reef damage caused by the 5 February 2009 grounding of the warship USS Port Royal off Honolulu International Airport. More Nuclear Power Propulsion1-02-2011A research consortium was established to examine marine applications for small modular reactors (SMRs) which are believed to be technically feasible. More Groundwater Depletion Raises Sea Level1-02-2011The rate at which humans worldwide pump dry underground stores of water has doubled say scientists after conducting a global assessment. More Problem Jellyfish Tracking1-02-2011Reports of increasing problems in European salmon farming with jellyfish blooms instigated research into ways to measure the abundance of jellyfish in waters off the west coast of Scotland and methods to detect such blooms and potential impacts on aquaculture. More Aircraft Recovered in 3,300 metres1-02-2011Phoenix International Holdings Inc (USA) recovered the wreckage of a US Navy E-2C Hawkeye twin-turboprop airplane from 3,300m of seawater in the north Arabian Sea. More Sensors Hitch Ride on Arctic Whales1-02-2011Scientists using sensors attached to narwhals, a type of Arctic whale known for its unicorn-horn-like tooth, detected continued warming of the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland. More Ancient Medicine Secrets in Wreck1-02-2011The ship dates to about 130BC and went down in the Gulf of Baratti off the Tuscany coast. In the 1980s, divers retrieved several tin containers, 136 vials made of boxwood, a locker and medical tools. More Whaling Vessel Found1-02-2011Marine archeologists off Hawaii found the sunken remains of a 19th-century whaling vessel skippered by a captain whose ordeal from an earlier shipwreck inspired the Herman Melville classic 'Moby-Dick.' More SS Cambria Located?1-03-2011The Western Australia Museums maritime archaeology department has pinpointed the location of a Tasmanian-built timber steamship that sunk southwest of Garden Island in March 1900. More On-going Controversy ex-HMAS Adelaide1-03-2011Almost a year after ex-HMAS Adelaide was to be sunk off Avoca Beach, controversy continues over the scuttling. More Reef Damage Could Last for Years1-03-2011Recent flooding of Australias major Queensland rivers is of concern for the marine environment and the Great Barrier Reef. More Australian Diver Killed by Sharks1-03-2011An Australian diver was killed by sharks in south Australia in only the second fatal shark attack in Australian waters in more than two years. More |
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