News Article: December/January 2003Local NewsSonar Trials Aim To Ping Maverick Fishing Boats-12-2003The net could soon tighten around foreign and unauthorised boats fishing in restricted areas or without a licence around New Zealand and the South Pacific. More Mayor Island Made a Maori Reserve-12-2003On 3 November, Mayor Island became the first island to receive Maori conservation area status. More Diver Rises Too Quickly at Tui Wreck-12-2003The Timaru man, Mr Raymond Rathgen, died on 3 October after diving near the sunken naval boat Tui in about 32 metres of water off the Tutukaka coast. More Shy Ross Seal Not Seen This Far North Before-12-2003A rare Ross seal has been spotted on Paekakariki Beach recently, the least common of the Antarctic’s four seal species. More New Safety Sticker for Power Boats-12-2003The Boating Industry Association (BIA) of New Zealand Inc, in cooperation with the Maritime Safety Authority, Water Safety New Zealand and Coastguard, has produced a new ‘Safe Boating’ sticker, specially designed for trailered powerboats. More Submissions Requested for Te Paepae Aotea (Volkner Rocks) Marine Reserve Application-12-2003Public submissions are now being requested for Volkner Rocks Marine Reserve Application. More Fishers’ Help Protect Coral-12-2003The lace coral beds on the seafloor at Separation Point in Golden Bay – Tasman Bay are thriving - and commercial fishers can take the credit. More International NewsNew Diagnosis for the Bends-12-2003A medical breakthrough by Dr Michael Bennett from the University of New South Wales, Australia, may allow doctors to cheaply, easily and accurately diagnose whether a scuba diver has decompression illness. More Royal Navy UK to Blow up 400m Pounds-12-2003The Royal Navy is to sink two of its frigates, said to be worth 400 million Pounds, for target practise. More Audrey Mestre Dies During Free-Diving Record Attempt-12-2003Audrey Mestre, one of a handful of world record breaking free-divers, died on Saturday 12 October in the Dominican Republic while attempting a 561 ft (171m) breath hold dive. More Diving Pioneer Philippe Taillez Dies, Age 97-12-2003Philippe Taillez, a founding member of Cousteau’s original ‘Three Musketeers’ team, died early in the morning of Thursday 26 September. More Toxic Drift Threat to Arctic-12-2003Manmade toxins such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are threatening Arctic inhabitants. More US Navy Sonar System Blocked by Federal Court-12-2003A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the US Navy from deployment of a new high intensity sonar system that could hurt or kill whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles with its loud signals. More Walls of Water Really do Exist-12-2003For years, scientists and marine experts have dismissed stories of 30m walls of water as superstition. More Supreme Court Rejects Titanic Salvage Firm’s Appeal-12-2003The US Supreme Court recently rejected an appeal by a salvage company against a ruling that prohibited it from selling artifacts recovered from the Titanic. More Rodale’s Scuba Diving Magazine Purchases Subscriber List and Trademark Skin Diver Magazine-12-2003Rodale Inc. More Divers Win Sanctuary For Grey Nurse Shark-12-2003Divers campaigning for 10 new marine sanctuaries in New South Wales, Australia to protect endangered grey nurse sharks, have won a partial victory. More Sea Horses Given Protected Status by UN Body-12-2003The tiny sea horse briefly stole the spotlight at a UN meeting in Chile when delegates agreed to protect all 32 species of the sea creature from a lucrative global trade that threatens to drive them to extinction. More Japan Whaling Fleet Sets off for Five-Month Expedition to Kill 400 Whales-12-2003Japanese whaling ships began a five-month expedition to kill about 400 minke whales in Antarctic waters. More Dive Agencies Giving Student Records to the FBI-12-2003Executives of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) and the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) have agreed to give the FBI names of scuba students from the past three years. More $17.5 Million Settlement for Executive Paralyzed in Diving Accident-12-2003An insurance executive has reached a US$17.5 million settlement with the Ritz-Carlton’s Jamaican resort over a botched scuba dive that left him paralyzed from the chest down. More Australia’s GBR a Magic Pudding?-12-2003Australians are still having trouble agreeing how to use the Great Barrier Reef. More Australian scientists examine giant squid-12-2003A giant squid washed up on a Tasmanian beach could be a newly discovered species, say scientists. More ‘Lost city’ found beneath Cuban waters-12-2003A team of explorers working off the western coast of Cuba say they have discovered what they think are the ruins of a submerged city built thousands of years ago. More Bye-bye barnacles?-12-2003Dolphin skin inspires research aimed at keeping hulls clear of marine freeloaders. Surprising new lessons in dolphin anatomy and polymer chemistry may be teaching researchers a thing or two about how to keep ship hulls free of tubeworms, barnacles and other aquatic freeloaders. More Seals learn killers’ clicks-12-2003Seals can distinguish between the sounds of friends and foes. More |
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