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Kuta Visitors Could Attend Deep Indonesia 2010

People spending time in Kuta hotels next month may like to organise a trip to Jakarta for Deep Indonesia 2010. Now in its fourth year, this three-day event is an international exhibition the diving, adventure travel and water sports industries...

Great White Shark More Endangered Than Tigers Claims Scientist

According to a leading marine biologist, Ronald O'Dor, a senior scientist at the Census of Marine Life, great white sharks may be more endangered than tigers, with only a few thousand left in the world's oceans...

Local Social Dynamics Key to Success of Tropical Marine Conservation Areas

As biologists and ecologists propose ever-larger conservation areas in the tropics, ones that encompass multiple countries, social scientists say it's local people banding together with their community leaders who ultimately determine the success or failure of such efforts in many parts of the world...

Algae in Warm Indian Ocean Suggests Resilience to Future Global Warming

Penn State researchers and their international collaborators have discovered a diversity of corals harboring unusual species of symbiotic algae in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea in the northeastern Indian Ocean. "The existence of so many novel coral symbioses thriving in a place that is too warm for most corals gives us hope that coral reefs and the ecosystems they support may persist � at least in some places � in the face of global warming," said the team's leader, Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Todd LaJeunesse. According to LaJeunesse, the comprehensiveness of the team's survey, which also included analysis of the corals and symbiotic algae living in the cooler western Indian Ocean and Great Barrier Reef area of Australia, is unparalleled by any other study. The team's findings will be published during the week ending 20 February 2010 in an early online issue of the Journal of Biogeography...

World's Reefs and Marine Habitats Being Destroyed by Deep-sea Trawling

Jason Hall-Spencer (Plymouth University, UK), a leading marine biologist has warned that deep-sea trawling is devastating corals and pristine marine habitats that have gone untouched since the last ice age...

FWC Acts to Protect Lemon Sharks

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a rule Thursday to prohibit all recreational and commercial harvest of lemon sharks from Florida waters. The FWC took this action to protect lemon sharks, because they have a high potential to be overharvested...

Coral Loss Slowed, Reversed by Marine Protected Areas

A new worldwide study shows marine protected areas (MPAs), underwater parks where fishing and other potentially harmful activities are regulated, provide an added bonus � helping coral reef ecosystems ward off and recover from threats to their health...

U.K. Divers Find Ship Relics From the Bronze Age

A group of amateur divers, members of the South West Maritime Archaeological Group, presented their latest ground-breaking findings to an international conference. The divers discovered three shipwrecks off the Devon coast all of which are believed to be dated as belonging to the Bronze Age...

Great Lakes Underwater Event 2010

Kennard and Reolutionary War Shipwreck Keynote Great Lakes Underwater March 6th, 2010.

The discovery of the Great Lakes� oldest confirmed shipwreck - a British warship used in the American Revolution - is the keynote presentation for the March 6, 2010 Great Lakes Underwater conference at SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. Underwater explorer Jim Kennard, who might be called the �Great Lakes Seaway Trail�s Jacques Cousteau,� will share the exciting story of how he and diving partner Dan Scoville located the HMS Ontario, considered an underwater �Holy Grail.�...

New Release for Wii Endless Ocean: Blue World

Already released in Europe, Endless Ocean: Blue World is to be released in the US later this month, February 22nd. Endless Ocean, released in 2008, and caught attention from media and consumers because it was so different. A relaxing and enjoyable experience is was an untraditional go at your own pace diving title allowing players to explore different oceans and interact with all manners of ocean life...