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Hawaii Man Recalls the Day a Great White Shark Attacked Him
Kauai, Hawaii - Feb 16, 2006 19:48 EST
Kenny Doudt talks about the longest 15 seconds of his life. It happened 25 years ago in the split second moments when he found himself in the jaws of a great white shark. The attack happened in the chilly...
 
EPA Clears the Way to Sink USS Oriskany as an Artificial Reef off the Florida Panhandle
Atlanta, Georgia - Feb 16, 2006 18:27 EST
The EPA issued to the U.S. Navy and the state of Florida an Approval to Dispose of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) contained in electrical cable and other non-liquid materials and equipment onboard the decommissioned USS Oriskany. This approval allows the Navy...
 
UN Sea Turtle Recommendations Ignored by Fisheries; Extinctions or a Longlining Moratorium
Forest Knolls, California - Feb 15, 2006 19:22 EST
This week, the United Nations General Assembly will convene a high level working group to address the biological diversity crisis on the high seas. Despite the General Assembly's November 2005 resolution that calls for conservation measures and closures of fishing...
 
Paws or claws? Giant Corpse was Floating Mystery
Miami, Florida - Feb 15, 2006 18:14 EST
Something very dead was floating in an Olympia Heights canal in western Miami-Dade: A black bear was the word from Miami-Dade police. Their corpses turn up rarely and it's almost always gruesome when they do. They turn up skinless, headless...
 
Researchers: Thin tough skin, slow-growing gills protect larval Antarctic fish
Champaign, Illinois - Feb 14, 2006 19:43 EST
Very thin but hardy, unblemished skin and slow developing gills appear to be keys to survival for newly hatched Antarctic notothenioids, a group of fish whose adults thrive in icy waters because of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) in their blood. Such adaptations...
 
Fish skin shoes set to make a splash; 'Fish skin is another piece of leather'
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Feb 14, 2006 19:04 EST
This is not another “fishy” tale. Newly-opened shoe boutique Zendalia is introducing shoes, bags, wallets and key chains, made of tilapia fish skin. With the natural scale pattern in copious colours, these products are simply irresistible. “Fish skin is another piece of...
 
Expedition discovers marine treasures; New species of fish, seaweeds found on Caribbean's Saba Bank
Saba Island, Netherlands Antilles - Feb 14, 2006 18:58 EST
An underwater mountain that forms the world's third-largest atoll has some of the richest diversity of marine life ever found in the Caribbean, according to scientists who recently explored the area. The two-week expedition in January encountered new species of fish,...
 
Escapee Farmed Salmon Infiltrate Fitter Wild Populations
Quebec, Canada - Feb 13, 2006 18:50 EST
There is growing concern about the threats that farmed Atlantic salmon escapees constitute to wild salmon populations. Consumers and environmentalists are concerned about farmed salmon yet heritable changes that have accumulated in farmed strains at the genetic level are largely unknown. In...
 
Kiwis Call for Urgent Action on Bottom Trawling; 'Banning Trawling Out-Right is Not an Option'
Wellington, New Zealand - Feb 13, 2006 18:14 EST
New Zealand will push for urgent interim measures to address the effects of bottom trawling on the high seas, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton will tell parties to a future Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) meeting in Wellington today. "We recognise it...
 
The Man Who Scared Millions: 'Jaws' Author Peter Benchley Dead at 65
New York, NY - Feb 13, 2006 10:08 EST
Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday. Wendy Benchley, married to the author for 41 years,...
 
Aussies Search for 'Pyscho' in Brutal Killing of 'Sam,' Popular Seal; 'Where Does It Stop?'
Albany, Australia - Feb 12, 2006 19:26 EST
A cruise operator in Albany, Western Australia, says he is devastated by what appears to be the brutal killing of a New Zealand fur seal at the weekend. The seal's carcass was discovered at Oyster Harbour. Jonathan Jones has been running boat...
 
Sunken Treasure Looters Posing as Scuba Divers in Malaysia
Mersing, Malaysia - Feb 11, 2006 18:10 EST
Looters posing as scuba-divers are scouring the waters of Mersing looking for sunken treasure. They have managed to carry away artifacts from many shipwrecks in the area, University Kebangsaan Malaysia archaeologist Prof Nik Hassan Suhaimi told The New Straits Times. He said...
 
Diver Lost Off Puerto Rico Swims 10 Miles to Safety; 'Thank You God'
Isla Culebra, Puerto Rico - Feb 10, 2006 18:03 EST
A lost diver who was the subject of a U.S. Coast Guard search managed to swim 10 miles through heavy seas to safety, authorities said Thursday. Marcos Calzada Colon said that at one point he followed a pod of whales because...
 
Excess whale meat being fed to school children in Japan; 'whale meat tastes horrible'
Tokyo, Japan - Feb 9, 2006 18:58 EST
Japan has enticed children with whale burger school lunches, sung the praises of the red meat in colorful pamphlets, and declared whale hunting "a national heritage." The result is an unprecedented glut of whale meat. Prices — once about $15 a...
 
World First? Diving Instructor Captures Images of Divers Interacting with Killer Whales
Argentina - Feb 9, 2006 18:44 EST
A diving instructor has recorded what may be the first ever images of killer whales interacting with humans in Argentina. Gabriel Hermida was on a boat taking new divers out for their first ever dive off the Argentinean coast when a...
 
Survivor: Canadian shipwreck deserves respect; 'It's deep water and it's dangerous'
Brockville, Ontario - Feb 9, 2006 18:18 EST
The sole living survivor of the J.B. King explosion believes that while divers should still be llowed access to the wreck, the site should be protected and recognized as a gravesite. Now 94, Captain Ev Snider was one of 11 people...
 
Vet Attacked by Lionfish While Cleaning Aquarium; 'I was Having Seizures and Convulsions'
Getzville, New York - Feb 9, 2006 10:19 EST
Kevin Freels has been a vet for three years. He has seen his share of injuries, but he never thought he'd be on the receiving end of a potentially deadly attack from his own pet. “I was just doing the routine...
 
Six Indicted in Scheme to Poach and Smuggle Protected California Leopard Sharks
Oakland, California - Feb 9, 2006 09:47 EST
United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that a federal grand jury indicted six individuals on charges of criminally catching and selling thousands of undersized juvenile leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata). The indictment, which was returned on January 24, 2006, and...
 
Brit Scientists Warn: Chinese Crab Menace Must Be Controlled
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Feb 8, 2006 17:15 EST
An exotic type of crab is spreading at an alarming rate throughout Britain's coast and rivers, a study by the University's School of Marine Science and Technology has found. The Chinese mitten crab, brought to Britain during the last century in...
 
New Sonar Method Offers Way to Assess Health of Squid Fisheries
Monterey, California - Feb 8, 2006 16:44 EST
California’s $30-million-a-year squid fishery has quadrupled in the past decade, but until now there has been no way to assess the continuing viability of squid stocks. A multi-institutional team of scientists this month reported a new sonar technique to locate...
 
Researcher: 'Two-Mouthed' Trout Caused by Injury, Not Genetics
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Feb 8, 2006 16:24 EST
Clarence Olberding of Lincoln thought he had the catch of the day when he hooked a trout with two mouths. But a Harvard University researcher who examined the severed fish head said the unusual deformity was caused by an...
 
Study: Fish the Primary Source of Mercury Contamination in Women
Ashville, North Carolina - Feb 8, 2006 16:11 EST
Interim results of the nation’s largest mercury hair sampling project were released today by the Environmental Quality Institute (EQI) at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The report found mercury levels exceeding the EPA’s recommended limit of one microgram of mercury...
 
Scientists: 'Inadvertant' Cannibalism Part of the Giant Squid's Bizarre Sex Life
Hobart, Tasmania - Feb 7, 2006 19:57 EST
The bizarre sex life of the giant squid is one of the topics at an international cephalopod conference in Hobart this week. Marine biologists are continuing to unlock the secrets of the giant squid, saying the deep-sea monster may not be...
 
Galapagos Tour Operator Banned for Two Months Following Illegal Shark Fishing
Galapagos, Ecuador - Feb 7, 2006 19:20 EST
The regulatory authority of the Galapagos National Park suspended Celebrity Xpeditions from operating tours in the Galapagos Islands for two months as a consequence of an illegal shark-fishing incident. The authority also ordered Celebrity to pay a fine equivalent to the...
 
Research: Up to 10 Years for Seafloor to Recover from Bottom Trawling; 'No good habitat, hardly any fish'
Gulf of Maine - Feb 7, 2006 19:05 EST
Based on the gradual increases in complexity and diversity of seafloor communities that have been protected from bottom trawling for two, four, and six years, Watling estimates that it will take roughly a decade for the surface-dwelling organisms to reestablish...
 
Researcher: Barge Scheme Could Help Down-Welling Currents, Save Europe from Deep Freeze
Edmonton, Canada - Feb 7, 2006 18:51 EST
Dr. Peter Flynn, the Poole Chair in Management for Engineers in the U of A Department of Mechanical Engineering, has studied whether down-welling ocean currents can carry more dissolved carbon into the deep ocean. He learned they can't, but in...
 
Research: Over 15,000 Shipwrecks Lie Buried on the Irish Seabed
Dublin, Ireland - Feb 7, 2006 18:35 EST
Lustiania, the Cunard Line steamer sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Cork in 1915 drowning all 1,200 on board, is one of the most famous shipwrecks in Irish waters. But a new study has discovered that the...
 
Researchers: Parachuting Allows Krill to Eat and Run
Cambridge, United Kingdom - Feb 6, 2006 19:18 EST
Antarctic researchers have recorded a novel behavior in krill that may help regulate greenhouse gases. Antarctic krill, one of the largest animal resources on Earth, parachute into the deeper layers of the ocean many times a night and sequester large...
 
Scientists Trace Origin Of Shark's Electric Sense; 'Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it'
Gainsville, Florida - Feb 6, 2006 18:53 EST
Sharks are known for their almost uncanny ability to detect electrical signals while hunting and navigating. Now researchers have traced the origin of those electrosensory powers to the same type of embryonic cells that gives rise to many head and facial...
 
First as Brit Pair's Carp Conquers Japanese Koi Show; 'Our Fish is Superb'
Sheffield, U.K. - Feb 4, 2006 17:41 EST
Property developer Mark, of Lodge Moor, and his London-based partner in fish Martin Plows have become the first westerners ever to win the All Japan Koi Show, the equal of the football World Cup in carp circles. Mark, who has kept...
 
Woman Who Caught Shark While Ice Fishing Lacked Proper Shark Fishing Permit, Faces Fine
Ste-Rose-Du-Nord, Quebec - Feb 4, 2006 17:30 EST
The woman who caught a shark the size of a small car while ice fishing earlier this week could be fined because she didn't have the proper fishing permits. Diane Guillemette was fishing with her partner in the Saguenay fiord -...
 
Deaths Push Rare Asia DolphinsNearer to Extinction; 'This is Terrible News'
Gland, Switzerland - Feb 3, 2006 19:16 EST
The death of ten Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River in Cambodia is raising serious concerns about the survival of this already critically endangered population, warns WWF. The global conservation organization estimates that there are only 80–100 Irrawaddy dolphins left in...
 
Whale soul for sale -- one tragic owner
London, England - Feb 3, 2006 19:08 EST
It used to be a practice confined to pacts with the devil, but now an anonymous vendor in America is offering to sell the soul of the London whale. The Northern Bottlenosed Whale died two weeks ago after swimming up the...
 
One fish, two fish: New sensor improves fish counts
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Feb 2, 2006 18:38 EST
Researchers at MIT have found a new way of looking beneath the ocean surface that could help definitively determine whether fish populations are shrinking. A remote sensor system developed by Associate Professor Nicholas Makris of mechanical engineering, along with others at...
 
Shark kills US Peace Corps worker in Tonga
Tu’anuku Village, Tonga - Feb 2, 2006 18:31 EST
Reports from Tonga say a US Peace Corps Volunteer died in Vava’u on Wednesday after losing a leg in a shark attack in the water off the village of Tu’anuku. Tessa Horan was 24 years old and from New Mexico, and...
 
Tropical Fish Found with 'Allah' and 'Mohammed' Markings on Its Side
Rossendale, UK - Feb 1, 2006 20:01 EST
A pet shop owner was stunned to find markings spelling out Allah in Arabic on the body of a tropical fish. A customer spotted the markings on the side of an Oscar fish in a tank at Walker Aquatics in Waterfoot,...
 
Quebec woman lands shark while ice fishing; 'It’s not something we see often'
Sainte-Rose du Nord, Quebec - Feb 1, 2006 19:36 EST
A shark the size of a car has been reeled in by a woman out for a day of ice fishing. The whopper — a Greenland shark, which isn’t dangerous — is so big it had to be pulled from the...
 
Aussie inventor claims creation of electronic shark barrier; 'It's just like a rope'
Queensland, Australia - Feb 1, 2006 19:29 EST
An inventor on Queensland's Gold Coast says he has come up with a way to protect swimmers and surfers from sharks. Bill Morrison says he approached the State Government to trial the 'beach barrier', but never received a response. Last month, 21-year-old...
 
Aussie Croc Killed After Jumping on Passing SUV; 'No Time to React'
Jabiru, Australia - Feb 1, 2006 19:12 EST
A saltwater crocodile has launched itself at a vehicle in Kakadu National Park, sparking an unusual warning from rangers. Croc expert Garry Lindner said the episode – on the Kakadu Highway near Jabiru last week – followed a swag of reports...
 
Water Can Used on London Whale Sold on eBay for £2,050
London, England - Feb 1, 2006 00:00 EST
The watering can used to hydrate the whale stranded in the Thames has been sold on online auction site eBay for £2,050. All proceeds will go to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue which led the operation to save the creature. The...
 


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