News Article: April/May 2008Local NewsAccidental catch of deepwater coral1-04-2008December 2007, a New Zealand commercial fishing vessel accidentally caught a large amount of deepwater coral while bottom trawling near the Chatham Islands. More Crayfish reduction1-04-2008The crayfish industry in the lower North Island of New Zealand More Paua theft1-04-2008An Auckland man and woman were convicted in the Auckland District Court More Three Gray’s beaked whales die1-04-2008Three rare whales died after becoming stranded on New Zealand’s far north east coast beach of Taupo Bay More Heart attack at six metres31-04-2008An English woman in Queensland was saved by a holidaymaking doctor and nurse after suffering a heart attack at six metres while scuba diving off the Whitsunday Islands. More International NewsAustrian tourist bitten by a shark dies1-04-2008Markus Groh, 49, a Vienna lawyer was cage-less shark diving when bitten by a shark 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. More Whale meat: less carbon foot print?1-04-2008Norwegian pro-whaling lobby says that harpooning a whale is less damaging to the climate that farming livestock. More Hammerhead on endangered list1-04-2008The scalloped hammerhead shark will be placed on the World Conservation Union’s Red List of threatened species under the heading ‘globally endangered’ in 2008 More Mediterranean shark and ray threatened1-04-2008The first complete World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List has revealed that 42% of the species in the Mediterranean are threatened with extinction. More Fish farms linked to wild salmon1-04-2008A new study suggests that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild pink salmon towards extinction. More Phoenix Islands protected area1-04-2008The Government of Kiribati has approved the final boundaries and associated regulations for the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). More Walking shark discovered3-04-2008The small Epaulette shark discovered off Indonesia in 2006 is relatively new. One of its unique features is its method of movement The ‘walking’ shark, More UK navy to end goat experiments3-04-2008UK’s Ministry of Defense has abandoned deep-diving experiments that involve inducing decompression sickness in live goats. More TV link to UK shipwreck1-04-2008Car swims underwater1-04-2008Three decades after Bond’s car hit the water in The Spy Who Loved Me, Swiss concept specialist Rinspeed says it has built a car that drives underwater. More Proposed scuba diving ban4-04-2008The South African government in an attempt to eradicate poaching of perlemoen (abalone) has announced plans to ban scuba diving along much of the Cape Coast More New UK freediver record1-04-2008The British Freediving Association has announced a new record in the Men’s Dynamic discipline. More Italian diver’s new ice freediving record1-04-2008On 24 February, 2008 Leonardo D’imporzano plunged into the icy waters of Lake Smaraldo More Vietnam’s largest underwater wedding1-04-2008Took place at Mun Island in the central coastal city of Nha Trang. After the festivities on Mun Island of champagne, wine toasts and cutting the cake the four couples dived into the water for the ceremony. More Low-tech divers salvage river’s artifacts1-04-2008The sunken valuables of some of South Asia’s largest rivers are being retrieved by a daring new breed of amateur diver in Bangladesh. More Japanese midget sub1-04-2008The heritage Office, NSW Department of Planning has released its preliminary 2007 archaeological survey findings on the Japanese More Shipwreck explorer medal1-04-2008Max Cramer who helped find the wrecks of the Batavia , Zuytdorp and Zeewyk in the 1960s More Tuna breakthrough to help aquaculture1-04-2008Clean Seas Tuna created a world-first by breeding southern bluefish tuna at its facility on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. More Women’s free immersion record1-04-2008The Australian Freediving Association announced their first Women’s Free Immersion National Record was set by Louise Dixon during the 2008 Andaman Freedive Challenge held in Ko Lanta, Thailand. More Search for HMAS Sydney1-04-2008The HMAS Sydney was sunk off West Australian’s coast by the German raider Kormoran in 1941. An international crew of 30 will search an area of 1,800 square nautical miles, More Dredging destroying scallops1-04-2008Sediment from Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay dredging is wiping out scallop grounds along the Mornington Peninsula. Scuba divers who dived one kilometre from where the dredge More |
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