News Article: June/July 2011Local NewsHMAS Adelaide Scuttled1-06-2011The decomissioned Australian warship was finally scuttled off Australia's New South Wales coast at Avoca Beach, near.... More Don't Steal the Penguins1-06-2011Vandals regularly climb two metre high security fences at Granite Island (Adelaide (Aust.) to steal penguins. The centre coordinator... More Australia's Marine Park Threatened1-06-2011Famed for abundant marine life, particularly the whale sharks, Ningaloo is being considered for World Heritage listing. Shell wants.... More Shark Attack1-06-2011Lisa Mondy, 24, was wake boarding at Nelson Bay (Australia) when she came off and was attacked. She was bitten... More Shark Tagging Resumes1-06-2011A team comprising the Department of Conservation, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research and Auckland University visited... More Diver Pleads Guilty1-06-2011A Wellington man who faked his disappearance on a diving trip pleaded guilty to wasting police time. Colin Smithies, 49, prompted a search when he was... More Paua Thieves and Poachers Caught (NZ)1-06-2011Tairua: Three offenders were charged and their vehicle seized for taking 129 paua, all under the legal size of 125mm. Port Jackson: Three men face fines... More Jailed for Marine Reserve Offences1-06-2011Bec Eden Gray and Dwayne Rangi Lloyd received prison sentences for illegally taking crayfish, kina and paua from the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve north of... More International NewsDrifting Fish Larvae1-06-2011Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and 'reseed' fish stocks more than 160 kilometres away. The findings add... More Diver Finds Wife After Tsunami1-06-2011After days of waiting for help, a Japanese man donned scuba gear to search for his wife and mother. Hideaki Akaiwa returned to his town of Ishinomaki to find... More Baby Dolphin Rescued1-06-2011A baby dolphin was rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on 11 March. Taira found the dolphin struggling in the shallow seawater and waded in... More Experts to Identify Shipwreck1-06-2011Marine park rangers will travel to Hinchinbrook Island, off Cardwell, north of Townsville (Australia), to investigate a shipwreck revealed by Cyclone Yasi. Two boaties found the outline of a large wooden boat and a... More Fish Wary of Spearfishermen1-06-2011To assess the effectiveness of marine protected areas and fish behaviour, scientists measured 'flight distance' in a range of coral reef fishes in Papua New Guinea. 'We were studying the effect of customary reef closures which many groups in the Pacific use... More Sacred Turtle Off to Hospital1-06-2011An ailing giant turtle, considered sacred by many Vietnamese was captured in a central Hanoi lake. It was transported by boat to a small island that was recently expanded and equipped with a pond.... More Intact Nazi Warplane Off Kent Coast1-06-2011An aeroplane linked to an iconic event in British history has been found off the Kent coast. Known as 'the flying pencil,' the Dornier 17 was designed as a passenger plane in 1934.... More Hammerhead Goes Long Distance1-06-2011A great hammerhead shark was tracked over 1199 km up the western Atlantic. The work was carried out by the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami... More James Eagan Layne Record1-06-2011An all-encompassing record of the WW2 US Liberty ship will mark the 70th anniversary of the ship's sinking off Plymouth, Devon in 1945.... More Divers Apprehended at Protected Site1-06-2011Ministry of Defence Police intercepted divers at a protected wreck site off South Devon (UK) and confiscated artefacts... More Captain Morgan's Cannons Found1-06-2011What may be the first artefacts from legendary pirate Henry Morgan's shipwrecked vessels near Panama were discovered. The cannons, if Morgan's, would be the first artefacts of his found near... More Moko in 'Top 10 Heroic Animals'1-06-2011Moko, New Zealand’s cheeky bottlenose dolphin was named by Time magazine as one of history's most heroic animals. Moko was recognised for preventing a mother pygmy sperm whale and calf from beaching themselves and was famous for... More Crossing the English Channel1-06-2011Scuba divers from North Yorkshire will cross the English Channel on submerged sea scooters five metres below the water's surface. Guinness World Records confirmed... More Prehistoric Shark Teeth for Auction1-06-2011A collection of 182 prehistoric shark teeth, assembled on gaping jaws will be auctioned in Texas in June. The teeth of the ancient Megalodon were collected by amateur... More Robotic Octopus1-06-2011Reading University researchers are taking part in an effort to develop a robotic octopus. The biomimetic cephalopod is being designed to match a real octopus for speed, dexterity and.... More Shipwreck Exhibit Stirs Up Storm1-06-2011A 2012 exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, featuring 9th century Chinese artifacts salvaged in 1998 is at the centre of the row. The Arab dhow was a treasure trove... More Scientists Call for Cull of 73,000 Seals1-06-2011The study by the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, says this experiment would determine if... More Solmar V Rescues a Dolphin1-06-2011A group of divers reported on Wetpixel.com that when diving at San Benedicto Island, south of Mexico, they came across a dolphin tangled... More Cocos Islands Marine Park1-06-2011The Costa Rican president signed into creation the Seamounts Marine Management Area, a new marine park that increases five-fold the area of protected waters surrounding Cocos Island, home to some of the... More 2010 Ties for Warmest Year1-06-2011According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, which dates back to... More Oxygen-Free Early Oceans1-06-2011Geologists at the University of California found chemical evidence in 2.6 billion year old rocks indicating oceans were oxygen-free and contained abundant hydrogen sulfide in some areas. This adds to growing evidence... More |
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