News Article: October/November 2006Local NewsMore Fish in the Water1-10-2006New Zealanders are concerned about the pressure on coastal fisheries, marine resources, and the lack of knowledge and understanding of fisheries law. More Smugglers Can Expect a Paua Cut1-10-2006A new breed of detector dog is being trained to help combat illegal export of paua from New Zealand. More The Department of Conservation1-10-2006(DoC) is reviewing the level of protection for some species of New Zealand wildlife including the possibility of giving protection to Queensland grouper, whale sharks, manta and devil rays, deepwater nurse sharks and some coral species. More Greenpeace Activists1-10-2006Recently four activists boarded the high seas bottom trawler, Chang Xing, and locked themselves to the mast to prevent it from leaving Port Nelson. More Fisheries Officers1-10-2006Will be Asking Coastal Dwellers to help watch for poachers who steal tens of millions of dollars worth of seafood each year. More Children Save Seal Pup1-10-2006A group of children who saved a seal pup from an agonising death received a pat on the back from the Department of Conservation and a warning that they risked a nasty bite. More Questions Over Whale1-10-2006The Department of Conservation staff is making investigations into how a young female sperm whale was caught in commercial fishing gear, and who took its teeth, after it was found washed up dead at Port Waikato south of Auckland. More The Frigate Canterbury to be Sunk at Deep Water1-10-2006The Frigate Canterbury to be Sunk at Deep Water Cove-Te Rawhiti, Northland New Zealand’s last Leander Class Frigate, the former HMNZS Canterbury, is soon to join her retired sister ships, HMNZS Waikato (F55) and HMNZS Wellington (F69), as a major world-class diver attraction and artificial reef. More International NewsWounded Veterans Experience Scuba Diving1-10-2006The Diving Equipment & Marketing Association’s (DEMA) 2006 Scuba Tour made a special stop in Rockaway Point, New York at the Disabled Sports USA 2006 Adaptive Water Sports Festival. More Spanish Firm Claims to Make Oil From Plankton1-10-2006Bio Fuel Systems claims to have developed a method of breeding plankton and turning the marine plants into oil, providing a potentially inexhaustible source of clean fuel. More Inquest Warning on Diving Courses1-10-2006‘Short diving courses are madness’ Dr Philip Bryson, head of the Diving Diseases Research Centre, said at inquests held into the deaths of four divers, in the South West of England. More Midgets and Giants in the Deep Sea1-10-2006Biologists have long observed that when animals colonize and evolve on isolated islands, small animals tend to become larger while large animals tend to become smaller. More WHOI Deep-Sea Hybrid Vehicle Gets a Mythical Name1-10-2006Nereus, a mythical god with the torso of a man and the tail of a fish, was recently chosen as the name of a new deep-sea vehicle under construction at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHO). More Faster Tsunami Warnings Possible with GPS Software1-10-2006Scientists demonstrated that the global positioning system (GPS), using newly developed data processing software, can determine within minutes whether an earthquake is powerful enough to generate an ocean-wide tsunami. More Rockfish Thrive with Offshore Platform as Home1-10-2006While some observers consider offshore oil and gas platforms an eyesore, new data shows that offshore oil and gas platforms are an integral function for marine life. More Divers Rescued After Drifting at Sea1-10-2006For 13 hours The Japan Coast Guard rescued four divers who drifted for 13 hours in the East China Sea off the Uji islands in Minami-Satsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. More Brit Diver Breaks Ironing Underwater Record1-10-2006An Islington scuba diver broke the extreme ironing underwater world record for the second time. More Discovery of the Graf Zeppelin1-10-2006Polish divers discovered the wreckage of Nazi Germany’s only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin. More New York Man Grows Coral in his Basement1-10-2006Steve Lowes, a 41-year-old Englishman, is raising dozens of coral species for his web-based coral business, Reef Encounters, and is one of a growing breed of coral farmers who have found a niche supporting the booming hobby of keeping aquariums. More Divers Discover World War One Sub Off Lothian Coast, Scotland1-10-2006An intact First World War submarine has been discovered in deep waters off Eyemouth. More First Voluntary Closures to Deepwater Trawling Announced1-10-2006Four major fishing companies recently announced a voluntary halt to trawling in 11 deep-sea areas of the southern Indian Ocean. More Ancient Marine Reptiles Discovered1-10-2006Scientists recently identified two ancient reptiles in ice-cold waters off Australia from 115 million years ago and are among the first of their kind found from the period soon after the Jurassic era. More Great Barrier Reef1-10-2006Recovery rates of fish in the Great Barrier Reef have increased significantly as a result of marine protected areas. More Fast-living Fish Swims into Record Books1-10-2006Queensland marine researchers say there are good reasons for the frantic lifestyle of the world’s shortest-living fish. More Australian Teenager Charged With Seal Slaughter1-10-2006A Victorian teenager has been charged with shooting more than 40 protected fur seals. More Ship’s Scuttling Brings in Tourism Dollars1-10-2006The Queensland Tourism Minister has reported that the scuttling of HMAS Brisbane off the Sunshine Coast has raked in a million dollars in tourism revenue. More Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Killed by Stingray On Monday 4 September 20061-10-2006Crocodile Hunter and environmentalist Steve Irwin was killed in an accident in north Queensland. More |
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