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The Mystique of San Miguel
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Mike Bartick dives San Miguel, California to photograph unique penpoint gunnels, nudibranchs, kelp forests and more
Day 1 Of Photographing Elephant Seals In California
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Some thoughts after a successful day at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery in Northern California.
Jason Bradley's Elephant Seal Photo Workshop
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One spot is left for Jason Bradley's Elephant Seal Workshop in San Simeon, California
Going Nudi In California: Part X
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Mike Bartick closes out a year of Going Nudi in the Channel Islands
Diving Southern California's Oil Rigs
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Mike Bartick dives one of Southern California's oil rigs, the Eureka, to explore its unique underwater photography opportunities
Going Nudi In Scotland
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In this special edition of the Going Nudi series, Mike Bartick goes nudi in Scotland and finds that it is oddly similar to Going Nudi in California
Southern California’s "Queen Of The Kelp"
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Mike Bartick writes about Nancy Caruso, "Queen of the Kelp," and her efforts to preserve an important ecosystem-California's Kelp forests
Deep Sea Robot Monitors Climate Change
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A new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast
Going Nudi In California: Part VII
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Mike Bartick returns home to California after an excursion to the Philippines. His home coming is very rewarding with many nudibranchs to be found in the 7th installment of his "Going...
Ancient Whale Remains Found In California
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The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean five million years ago have been discovered on a California beach
45th Annual NCUPS SEA International Competition
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society Announces its 45th Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition and the Bob Commer Award of Excellence in Underwater Photography
Jason Bradley & Bill Stotzner Underwater Photography Workshops
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Underwater photographer Jason Bradley and Adobe’s Bill Stotzner will be conducting two digital workflow seminars for underwater photographers hile diving the lush California Channel Islands from...
Dozens of Jumbo Squid Beached After Quake--Coincidence?
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Residents near a San Diego-area beach awoke to find dozens of jumbo squid, also called Humboldt squid, flapping helplessly on the shore Saturday—about an hour after an earthquake had struck off the...
NOAA Bans Commercial Harvesting Of Krill
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington
Going Nudi In Anilao
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Mike Bartick takes a break from Going Nudi In California to go nudi in Anilao
Going Nudi In California: Part V
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Part five of Mike Barticks series Going Nudi In California called "Nudi Flu"
Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration Patterns
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Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the end of commercial whaling in 1965
Premiere of "A Sea Change"
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will host the Southern California premiere of the film, "A Sea Change," the first documentary about ocean acidification
Going Nudi in California: Part IV
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Part IV of Mike Bartick's ongoing series on Nudi diving and underwater photography in California
Going Nudi in California: Part III
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Part III of our series on Nudi diving and underwater photography in California...
Going Nudi in California: Part II
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Part II of Mike Bartick's ongoing series on Nudi diving and underwater photography in California
Going Nudi in California: Part I
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Did you know that there are over 100 identified species of nudibranchs in California? Neither did we. Mike Bartick takes on on an underwater photography journey to going Nudi in California
Monterey Bay Gets Added Protections
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Feds announce tightened regulations-and a national system of marine protected areas
Whales Battle, Navy Wins
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Yesterday the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the US Navy, allowing them to continue the use of long-range sonar training exercises off the coast of California, completely disregarding the harm...
NOAA Seeks Comments On Measures To Protect Marine Mammals
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NOAA Seeks Comments on Measures to Protect Marine Mammals as Navy Conducts Sonar Operations off the Coast of Southern California
A Marine Protected Area Proposed In California
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A group of Stakeholders and scientists are proposing a new set of MPAs in the Southern California Region.
Study Finds High Mortality of Endangered Loggerhead Turtles in Baja California
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Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats to...
California Tries To Help Seafood Crisis
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The Aquarium Of The Pacific brought togetherIt many agencies to discuss the current seafood crisis.
Why I Don't Eat Seafood
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A worm was recently found in the fish of a Sacramento resident - and it was not a health violation.
Gates Open House At New Digs
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Congratulations to Gates on their new offices! If you're an underwater videographer in California and , join Gates this Friday for an open house celebrating their new digs
44th Annual NCUPS SEA International Competition
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The Northern California Underwater Photo Society (NCUPS) have announced the 44th annual SEA International Underwater Photo Competition
Porpoise Deaths Remain Unexplained
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Numerous porpoise deaths in Northern California have confused researchers.
Scuba Show 2008 Coverage
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Keri Wilk reports for DPG from the floor of the 2008 Scuba Show in Long Beach California
Shoot The Channel Islands With Annie Crawley This September
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Our good friend and professional videographer Annie Crawley is running two back to back trips to California's Channel Islands this September
Rare Giant Squid Found Off Santa Cruz
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Rough seas on the Monterey Bay on Wednesday coughed up what few, even the most dedicated of marine researchers, have ever seen -- the fabled giant squid
Sea Lion Seizures May Result From Toxic Algae
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With algal blooms on the rise in their habitat, sea lions in California are developing seizures and abnormal behavior, a new study of lab rodents shows
Light & Motion Receives Small Buisness Award
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California State Assemblyman John Laird has named Light & Motion as the Small Business of the Year for the 27th Assembly District
American Tortoise Rescue Celebrates World Turtle Day May 23rd
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California Sanctuary Sponsors Day To Honor One of the World's Oldest Creatures
Partnership For Sustainable Oceans Supports Proposal To Protect California's Coastline
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Conserving marine resources while minimizing unnecessary closures to recreational fishing - ensuring that sustainable recreational activities will be available to the public now and into the future...
White Shark Reached Mexico In Record Time
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A young white shark returned to the wild by the Monterey Bay Aquarium six weeks ago has traveled past the southern tip of Baja California and is heading toward waters off the Mexican mainland
Annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition 2008
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On Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1, 2008, SCUBA divers from Seattle to San Diego will converge on Monterey, California to compete for top prizes in a unique underwater photo competition
Artificial Reef Off the SC Coastline?
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The California Coastal Commission approved a permit on Wednesday for Southern California Edison to build a 126.7-acre artificial reef from San Mateo Point to just north of the San Clemente Pier....
Scripps Scientists Peg Wind As The Force Behind Fish Booms And Busts
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Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have now shed light on the puzzling mid-20th century crash of the sardine fishery off California by proposing a plausible mechanism...
Floating Rubbish Dump 'Bigger Than US'
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It has been described as the world's largest rubbish dump, or the Pacific plastic soup, and it is starting to alarm scientists
Premiere of Island of The Great White Shark
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A precarious population of great white sharks and the ongoing scientific research intended to secure their survival is the subject of "Island of the Great White Shark", a just completed documentary...
Marine Military Sonar in California Limited
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A US federal judge on Thursday set limits for the use of marine sonar by the military in California, a practice environmentalists have long accused of putting sealife in danger
Ocean Waters off California and Oregon on Track for Protection
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Today the National Marine Fisheries Service, the federal agency in charge of ocean species management, announced that it would examine in detail whether waters off the California and Oregon coasts...
H2O Photo Pros Opens New Store
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H2O Photo Pros Underwater Photo & Video is proud to announce the opening of their new Underwater Imaging Superstore in Newport Beach, California
Scientists Shed Light on Monster Sea Waves
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Ocean waves as tall as an eight-story building, once dismissed as maritime folklore, can be studied using waves of light, offering hope of predicting where these monsters may appear, U.S....
Attention - Cameras & Housing Stolen from Gates
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We received a note from Gates about a shameful act of theft at their factory. Someone apparently broke into the Gates factory and stole two video cameras and a housing while the factory was...
Loggerhead Turtles Die By Thousands In Small Fishery
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Industrial fishing operations take most of the blame for collateral impacts to sea-turtle populations, but new research shows that small-scale fisheries--operated by hand from little open boats...
UCSC Researchers Helps Mexican Fishermen Save Endangered Sea Creature
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Marine Mammals Fewer Than Outdated Statistics Show
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Marine mammals are being managed based on outdated population figures that show more animals than actually exist. Conservationists warn that this failure to provide accurate counts puts shrinking...
California Sea Otters Key To Coastline Ecosystem: Scientists
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California's delicate marine environment could be threatened by the declining numbers of sea otters decimated by pollution, commercial fishing, and mysterious brain infections, scientists say....
Pumping Iron Into Ocean Gets Chilly Reception
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A global-warming solution or just more ocean pollution? A ship docked in Fort Lauderdale is at the center of a scientific and environmental controversy.The sturdy steel trawler spent the summer on...
Dead Humpback Washes Ashore In California
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Marine biologists are trying to determine the cause of death of a humpback whale calf that washed up Sunday on a beach in San Mateo County.
The 27-foot female baleen humpback whale calf,...
Arctic Melt Unnerves The Experts
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The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia....
Seaweed Forests Offer Marine Hope
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Scientists have discovered kelp forests in the tropics, raising hopes over the ability of marine life to survive global warming, according to a study.
Coral reefs were thought to be the only...
California Officials To Poison Lake To Kill Fish Predators
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California wildlife officials will risk the ire of many in a fishing community with plans to pour large amounts of poison into the Sierra reservoir to kill a species of predatory fish, according to...
Scientists Plan To Tow In Carcass Of 3rd Blue Whale
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Tow boat crews wrapped a huge nylon sling around the tail of a dead blue whale drifting in the Santa Barbara Channel on Friday and started hauling their grim cargo toward a beach at Point Mugu....
Blue Whale Carcass On California Beach
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A 70-foot blue whale carcass washed up on the shore on the Ventura County beach in California.
The Ventura County beach is about 50km northwest of Los Angeles and washed up on shore on Friday...
Tribe Apologizes For Whale Shooting
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Leaders of the Makah Tribe apologized to federal officials and members of Congress on Wednesday for the unauthorized killing of a gray whale off the coast of Washington state.
At separate...
Ancient Whale Fall From California's AA??’A‚A±o Nuevo Island One Of Youngest, Most Complete Known
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11 million to 15 million-year-old fossil whale puts limit on origin of oily, buoyant bones in whales
Berkeley -- A fossilized whale skeleton excavated 20 years ago amid the stench and noise of a...
Manta Rays Spotted Off The Coast Of California
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An unusual sighting occurred on the coast this week when three large manta rays were spotted about eight miles off Dana Point.
Brian Woolley, captain of the Sum Fun boat out of Dana Wharf...
Moray Eels Grab Prey With "Alien" Jaws
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Much like the fearsome star of the Alien movies, moray eels have a second set of toothed jaws that drag prey into their throats, a new study has found.
In a series of experiments, scientists at...
Worldus First Sustainable Tuna Fishery Certified In US
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The worldus first certified sustainable tuna fishery was announced today, a move that could help save one of the worldus most valuable fish u" and the fishing industry that relies on it u" from...
Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins, Researchers Argue
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Behind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase and catch...
California Judge Helps Declining Fish
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A federal judge on Friday imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps sending water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta to users around the state, saying the pumps were drawing in...
Court Ends Ban On Navy Sonar Tests
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United States appeals court has put on hold a lower court injunction blocking the US Navy from using a type of sonar that wildlife supporters say harms whales in exercises off the California coast....
Woods Hole Partners Awarded Ocean Observing Contract
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The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) has awarded a $97.7 million contract to an academic partnership led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), to support the development,...
Academy Of Sciences Previews Aquatic Display
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It's not a land shark, but how about a chance to see a shark on land? The California Academy of Sciences today is offering a preview of a brand new exhibit of rare aquatic life from the depths of...
Tiny Delta Fish At Center Of Huge Water War
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Environmentalists have an ambitious plan to protect the tiny Delta smelt, but the controversial idea will require time, money and well over 1 million acre-feet of water that Central Valley farmers...
Underwater Journal Issue #4 Available For Download
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Inside Issue #4: Pacificus Giant Octopus, Destin Jetties u" A simple shore dive that can offer plenty of fun, Jupiterus Hole-in-the-Wall u" Deep water, big thrills, Flower Garden Banks National...
U.S. Doubles Protection For California's Channel Islands
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Federal officials today added 145 square miles to a network of marine protected areas surrounding the Channel Islands off Southern California, doubling the range of protected underwater habitat and...
Judge Issues Injunction Barring Navy From Using Sonar Off California
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper has issued a preliminary injunction that bars the US Navy from using high-powered sonar off the coast of Southern California saying that such exercises...
Fishing Restraints Save Species
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California Fish and Game Commission recently voted to close approximately 200 square miles of coastal waters and declared them off-limits for fishing this summer.
This ocean protection plan...
California Squid Invasion Threatening "Fish Stick" Species
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species of 100-pound (45-kilogram) predatory squid previously confined to more tropical climates has taken up residence in coastal California waters, scientists say.
And the invasion of...
Plan To Dump Iron In Ocean As Climate Fix Attracts Debate
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Global warming is heating up opportunities for companies that can find ways to pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and sell "carbon credits" on emerging markets.
But one...
NCUPS Presents A Free Seminar With The Creator Of 'Whales In Public Spaces'
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with Bay Area artist and marine mammal conservationist Bryant Austin, creator of...
Southern Ocean's Climate Effects Studied
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Florida State University has received a $2.6 million grant through the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the Southern Ocean's climate effects.
The project involving the ocean that...
Endangered Status Sought For Imperiled Sea Turtles
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Conservation groups filed a formal petition today to increase protections for critically imperiled loggerhead sea turtles that occur off the U.S. West Coast and are caught and killed in industrial...
Loggerhead Turtles Might Be Deemed Endangered
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North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles should be listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, say two conservation groups.The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island...
New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About The Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Images of areas below the Eastern Ross Sea, next to West Antarctica, provide evidence that the subcontinent was involved in the general growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet as it formed many millions...
Predator Is Prey: Sharks Killed For Fins
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Sharks get a bad rap in the media, often portrayed as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters. But there's a profound change going on in the world's oceans, as sharks go from predator to prey.
It's...
Annie Crawley Featured on Chicago TV News Program
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Our good friend Annie Crawley, an underwater photographer and film maker from California, was featured on WGN News in Chicago last week. She was interviewed about her new book and DVD series and...
Study: Icebergs Create Ocean 'hot Spots'
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A U.S. study suggests Antarctic icebergs created by global climate change are having a major ecological impact.
The study, led by oceanographer Ken Smith of California's Monterey Bay Aquarium...
SCUBA Show 2007 Report: New Equipment And More
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SCUBA Show celebrated its 20th year in 2007. The dive industry was greeted by thousands of California divers (and plenty of unerwater photographers nd videographers!) on June 2nd and 3rd at the...
Volunteer Efforts Pay Off For Sea Turtles
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Earthwatch volunteers who joined the Black Sea Turtles of Baja expeditions in the late 90s can look back at all those long days of hauling uncooperative sea turtles aboard small boats to weigh and...
Domestic Farmed Fish Go Under The Microscope
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It's been in the news quite a bit in recent weeks: Much of imported farmed seafood is unsafe. And, the skyrocketing demand for fresh seafood has pushed many wild fisheries into crisis mode. And...
Pacific Fishery Expansion Denied
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Responding to concerns by scientists and conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) affirmed protections for critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in California...
Reminder: UNDER THE BLUE Winners
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Just a reminder in case you haven't check out the winnng images from the 2007 UNDER THE BLUE competition, co-hosted by DPG, Wetpixel and SCUBA Show 2007 in Long Beach California. The images are...
SCUBA Show 2007 A Massive Success
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11,021 attended SCUBA Show 2007, the highest show attendance since 1999. An average of over 10,000 have attended each year since the show's inception bringing the annual show's total attendance to...
Inky Humboldt Squid Make Unpredictable Appearance
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The inky and unpredictable Humboldt Squid is back in big numbers in the coastal waters of Orange County.
The sizable cephalopods, which can weigh 30 pounds or more, appear and disappear off the...
Under The Blue Competition Winners Announced
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Popular underwater imagery websites DivePhotoGuide & Wetpixel have teamed up with the SCUBA Show in Long Beach, California, to develop another annual international competition, this time only...
SCUBA Show 2007 Makes a Splash in Long Beach
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SCUBA Show celebrated its 20th year in 2007. The dive industry was greeted by thousands of California divers on June 2nd and 3rd at the Long Beach convention center, just steps from the Aquarium of...
California- Whales On Course
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Two mixed-up humpback whales, milling around for days in an unfamiliar river delta, kept wildlife workers guessing Monday and seemed in no rush to return to the sea.
After entertaining hundreds of...
DPG Heading To SCUBA Show 2007 This Weekend
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If you're in California, you will most likely be making the annual pilgrimage to the SCUBA Show in Long Beach. Come meet the DPG team and see the exhibit of the winners from the UNDER THE BLUE...
NCUPS Free Seminar: California Artificial Reef Enhancement Program
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with George Steinbach, executive director of the California Artificial Reef...
Anatomy Of A Big Wave -- Mavericks Revealed
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Scientists at California State University at Monterey Bay have discovered why the state's most famous big wave -- Mavericks, off the coast south of San Francisco -- is so big.
The wave, which...
New Creature Found Living In Dead Whale
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A new species of sea anemone has been found in the carcass of a whale that sunk to the ocean floor off the coast of Monterey, California, marking the first discovery of one of these filter-feeding...
UC San Diego To Build Cyberinfrastructure For Ocean Observatories
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What we know about the world's oceans comes largely from ship-based scientists taking samples and making measurements at periodic intervals. Now researchers led by Scripps Institution of...
Under The Blue Competition Deadline Today
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Due to some technical problems we had experienced last week, we extended the deadline to May 16th midnight(Pacific time). You have the rest of the day to enter for your chance at glory and over...
"Under The Blue" Deadline Extended To May 16th!
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Due to some technical issues with the webse upload feature, we are extending the deadline to Wed. May 16th (midnight Pacific time) to give everyone the opportunity to enter. Good luck!
Under The Blue Competition Deadline Is May 12th!
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One more day before the looming deadline for the next UnderwaterCompetition.com international underwater photo & video competition, hosted by DPG and Wetpixel and in association with SCUBA Show...
NCUPS 2007 California Beach Dive Photo Competition
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly announces the 2007 California Beach Dive Photo Competition, Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and...
Under The Blue Competition Deadline May 12th
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Reminder -- more than $20,000 in prizes up for grabs, and less than a week before the deadline. Get your entries in now...
Video: Mystery Of The Sea Otter Plague
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What is causing many California sea otters to become weak, disoriented, and even unable to eat properly? The answer may hint at trouble for humans too.
For several years the mystery illness has...
UNDER THE BLUE Competition Deadline Approaching
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With less than two weeks to go, entries are flooding in for the UNDER THE BLUE international underwater photo & video competition, hosted by DPG, Wetpixel and SCUBA Show 2007 in Long Beach,...
Sharks: Stewards Of The Reef At NCUPS
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society, proudly presents a very special seminar with environmental documentary filmmaker, David McGuire of Trillium Films, Friday, May 11, 2007. Mr....
Algae Killing Sealife In California
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A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.
Birds and animals have been washing up...
NCUPS Presents Filmmaker David McGuire Of Trillium Films
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with environmental documentary filmmaker, David McGuire of Trillium Films, Friday,...
Greencode: Media With No Impact
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The world is zooming into an extreme close-up with ecological disaster. But we still have a chance and a choice. A recent UCLA study of the environmental footprint left by Hollywood states that...
Undersea Map Reveals Mavericks' Secret
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An unprecedented effort to map the ocean depths just off California's shoreline has turned up hidden reefs, canyons and shipwrecks - and one explanation for why the Mavericks surf spot has such...
States Seek Permission To Kill Salmon-gobbling Sea Lions
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For three years, the California sea lions dining on endangered salmon below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River have been blasted with rubber buckshot, chased by boats, harassed by firecrackers...
'Landmark' Marine Life Plan Passes In California
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One of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life was approved Friday when a state panel voted to ban or restrict fishing across more than 200 square miles of water off Central...
Marin County Fair Underwater Photography Competition
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Celebrating this year's theme of "Aquatic Adventures," the 2007 Marin County Fair (located in San Rafael, CA) has announced an underwater photography competition. Only images taken along the...
Long Lines Return To California Coast
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A recommendation that a single longline swordfishing boat be allowed to operate off the California and Oregon coasts next fall has drawn criticism from a conservation group that believes longline...
VIDEO: Sperm Whale Washes Up On Santa Barbara Shores
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A sperm whale washes up on a Santa Barbara beach, creating a rare scene for interested Californians. The cause of death is still unknown...
Deadly Longline Fishing Can Return To California
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For 30 years, California has had a ban on longline swordfish fishing because of the risks to other marine animals, including the endangered leatherback sea turtle.
On Friday, that ban will be in...
Sea Turtle Advocates Appeal To The Vatican
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Did you ever want to write a letter to the Pope, but you didn't know what to say? Well, here's your chance to write that letter. Sea turtle advocates did all the work for you, and they vastly...
VIDEO: Gray Whale Lingering Near Santa Barbara Shore
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A gray whale has been hanging out in a shallow bay near Santa Barbara Californiafor nearly a week...
UNDER THE BLUE 2007: Call For Entries
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Next in the series of UnderwaterCompetition.com underwater imagery events, and on the heels of the popular Our World Underwater & DEEP Indonesia competitions, Wetpixel, DivePhotoGuide and the...
Anglers Prepare For End Of Bottomfishing In Hawaii
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In a marine area nearly the size of California, stretching northwest from the main Hawaiian islands, a handful of anglers still ply the waters, hooking seabass and snappers during trips that last...
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth
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Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
The discovery marks the first...
Annie Crawley Featured On Chicago TV News Program
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Our good friend Annie Crawley, an underwater photographer and film maker from California, was featured on WGN News in Chicago last week. She was interviewed about her new book and DVD series and...
Jack And Sue Drafahl To Hold Digital Workshop At NCUPS
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) will be hosting Jack and Sue Drafahl for an underwater digital photography workshop on March 10, 2007.
There will be both morning...
Navy Rejects California Sonar Limits
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The Navy says it won't comply with sonar training restrictions that aim to protect marine mammals off the California coast, arguing that the commission that imposed the rules does not have the...
Oceanic Worldwide Announces Voluntary Recall Of ATOM 2.0
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oceanic Worldwide of San Leandro, California, is voluntarily recalling Oceanic ATOM 2.0 Wrist Watch Dive Computers. Oceanic...
US Navy May Deploy Anti-terrorism Dolphins
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Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, US Navy said Monday. In a notice published in this...
Model Shows Big Body Of Water In Earth's Mantle
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A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping - diminishing - deep in the Earth's mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground...
Seals, Sea Lions, Satellites Help Map Ocean
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Don't let the sleepy gaze fool you. This elephant seal (top) is one of the hardest working oceanographers on NASA's team.
Seals, sea lions, sharks, and other marine predators are taking part in...
The Effects Whaling On Ocean Ecosystems
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Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little...
U.S. Pastor Gets Prison For Shark Smuggling
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A San Francisco-area pastor who pleaded guilty to helping smuggle young leopard sharks from California to aquariums in Europe and the United States has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison,...
Animals Win: Navy To Cut Sonar Use
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State coastal regulators voted Wednesday to impose restrictions on the U.S. Navy's use of sonar, which has been linked to harmful effects on whales and other marine mammals.
The Navy has...
What Is The Most Endangered Marine Mammal In The World?
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According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the North Pacific Right Whale -- once ranging from Baja California to Alaska -- is the most endangered large whale in the world, with perhaps as...
NCUPS.org To Present February 9 Seminar By Kawika Chetron
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with underwater photographer and artist Kawika Chetron of Coldwaterimages.com. An...
California Park Project A Look At What Lies Offshore
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The fireball-orange garibaldi, the lurking leopard shark and the spotted black sea bass: The waters off La Jolla Shores teem with these fish.
But people picnicking across the sea wall at...
NCUPS Announces Two-Day Underwater Imaging Weekend Seminar
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS.org), in conjunction with Backscatter Underwater Video and Photo of Monterey, and Wallin's Dive Center of San Carlos, proudly presents...
Climate Change Impact On Species Goes Beyond Latitude
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According to a recent study in Ecological Monographs, predicting the impact of climate change on organisms is much more complicated than simply looking at species northern and southern range...
California Caught Off Guard By Tsunami
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When the tsunami hit California's Crescent City, harbour-master Richard Young was sitting in his office, gazing out the window at the 200-boat harbour. He wasn't surprised when the first surge...
Endangered Whales And Sea Turtles Off California And Oregon Remain Protected
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Environmental groups this week successfully fought off a Bush Administration proposal to allow drift-gillnet fishing into protected areas off the Northern California and Southern Oregon coasts in...
Sea Urchin Genome Reveals Striking Similarities To Humans
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Scientists already knew that the creatures, which resemble underwater hedgehogs, are the only invertebrates (animals without backbones) on the human branch of the evolutionary tree. But a new...
DEMA 2006: Wetpixel Arrives
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After approximately 90 hours of travel from Papua New Guinea (including an 18-hour layover at "home" in California), I have finally arrived in Orlando for this year's DEMA Show. Wetpixel video...
Fish Eavesdrop To Avoid Becoming Dinner
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Fish can eavesdrop on the calls of dolphins to avoid getting eaten, a new study suggests.
"Probably a lot of fish can do this," said lead researcher Luke Remage-Healey, a behavioral...
Scientist Says Large Coral Disappearing
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Large species of coral that form underwater reefs and create rich habitat for marine life are disappearing from around the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean, a leading...
Special Adobe PhotoShop Presentation At NCUPS
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The Northern California
Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS.org) proudly presents a very
special speaking engagement by Daniel Brown from
AdobeEvangelists.com, on Friday, November 10, 2006,...
Tiny 'Housekeeper' Crabs Help Prevent Coral Death In South Pacific
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Tiny crabs that live in South Pacific coral help to prevent the coral from dying by providing regular cleaning "services" that may be critical to the life of coral reefs around the world,...
Long-term Ocean Data Confirm Fishing Puts Species In 'double Jeopardy'
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For the first time, research has shown that fishing can promote boom and bust swings in supplies of targeted fish stocks.
The results, published in the October 19 issue of the journal Nature,...
Agency Considers Allowing Gill Nets In Turtle Sanctuary
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The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering whether to allow gill net fishing until Nov. 15 in the leatherback sea turtle conservation area off the California and Oregon coasts.
The...
Leatherbacks Visit The San Francisco Bay
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Sea turtles the size of sports cars are swimming off the Marin County coast, chowing down on jellyfish and thrilling boaters lucky enough to spot them.
Leatherback turtles typically visit the...
NASA Study Finds World Warmth Edging Ancient Levels
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A new study by NASA climatologists finds that the world's temperature is reaching a level that has not been seen in thousands of years.
The study appears in the current issue of the Proceedings...
Jay Bradley To Speak At NCUPS
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he Northern California Underwater Photographic Society proudly presents a very special speaking engagement by professional photographer, Jason Bradley, Friday, October 13, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
Jason...
Balinese Sea Turtle Conservationist To Receive 2006 Seacology Prize
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Seacology is pleased to announce that Ketut Sarjana Putra has been selected to receive the 2006 Seacology Prize for his efforts to protect endangered sea turtles in his native Indonesia. The Prize...
Prevent California Leatherbacks From Choking On Plastic Bags
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California retailers distribute more than 19 billion plastic grocery bags annually, less than 5% of which are currently recycled. Assembly Bill 2449 will provide California consumers with the...
Rare Fur Seals Reclaim Place On Farallon Islands
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A marine mammal that disappeared from California's North Coast more than 170 years ago has returned in force to the Farallon Islands.
The Farallones once supported hundreds of thousands of...
Is Tide Turning For Turtle Protection?
NEWS
Endangered sea turtles have long fascinated people. For years, the United States has played a lead role globally in the protection of these graceful creatures.
But the tide could be turning. The...
For Hawaiian Sea Turtles, A Last Resort?
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On the Big Island of Hawaii, the black sand beach at Punalu'u in the rural district of Kau is renowned as much for its dramatic beauty as it is for the giant sea turtles that return each year to...
AUDIO: Government Weighs Turtles' Habitat Vs. Fishing
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AUDIO: Federal fisheries managers are considering whether to allow gill-netting in the habitat of Pacific leatherback turtles. The endangered turtles live off the coasts of Northern Californian and...
Dam Broken To Restore Calif. Wetlands
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People watch as the last barrier of sand from a large berm is washed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006, allowing seawater to flood the Bolsa Chica wetlands for the first time in a century. The tidal...
CaliDivers.org Announces Their 2006 Photo Competition
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CaliDivers.org, the non-profit, internet-based Northern California Scuba Diver Networking and Dive Trip organization, is proud to announce the 2006 Underwater Photo Competition. The grand...
Landmark Ocean Protections Put In Place In California
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After years of delay and controversy, a wide swath of waters off the Central Coast became marine reserves Tuesday, the first stage of a pioneering plan expected to serve as a model for the rest of...
Picking A Plan To Protect Sea Life
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After six years of political debate and scientific study, California is poised Tuesday to become the first state in the nation to create a broad network of ``no fishing'' zones off its coast with...
NCUPS Announces SEA 2006 Competition
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society announces the 42nd Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition and the Bob Commer Award of Excellence in Underwater Photography...
Industry Mourns Bill Meistrell, Co-founder Of Body Glove
NEWS
Industry legend started Body Glove with his twin brother in addition to starting Dive N'Surf in Southern California.
Bill Meistrell was a pioneering waterman and lifeguard whose inventions,...
Dead Whales Washed Up On Beaches In Mexico
NEWS
Eleven beaked whales have died after being washed up on beaches near Mexico's sparsely populated Baja California peninsula.
The whales, which were found earlier this week mostly on islands in...
Stop The Killing Of Sea Turtles In Gillnets
NEWS
Pacific Leatherbacks are the most endangered of the world's sea turtle species. The primary threat to the species is drowning in gillnet and longline fisheries. In 2000 the federal government...
Sunken Barge Found In Monterey Bay Teems With Marine Life
NEWS
A sunken barge recently found in Monterey Bay teems with marine life, underscoring the effectiveness of artificial reefs in creating fish habitat, its discoverers say.
The 235-foot Art Riedel...
NCUPS Presents: "Creating Artificial Reefs From Decommissioned Warships In Northern California."
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS.org) proudly presents a very special seminar Friday, August 11, 2006: "Creating Artificial Reefs from Decommissioned Warships in...
Gas Escaping from Ocean Floor May Drive Global Warming; 'Methane Blowout'
NEWS
Gas escaping from the ocean floor may provide some answers to understanding historical global warming cycles and provide information on current climate changes, according to a team of scientists at...
Rare Whales Can Live To Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
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Scientists have looked into the eyes of rare bowhead whales and learned that some of them can outlive humans by generations-with at least one male pushing 200 years old.
"About 5 percent...
Brad And Susan Brown To Give Seminar At NCUPS
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) next July 14 will host a seminar with award-winning underwater photographers and NCUPS members, Brad and Susan Brown of...
World's First 100+ Million Pixel CCD
NEWS
Not quite underwater, but...DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, announced today that it has...
Eric Cheng Digital Photography Seminar During Scuba InTenCity Tour
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On May 6, 2006, Eric Cheng gave two talks at Dolphin Scuba in Sacramento, California. Mike Johnson, the owner of Dolphin Scuba, was a wonderful host, and his store was all but mobbed with people...
Pelagic Shark Research Foundation Seminar Scheduled For June 16, 2006 At NCUPS
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar presented by Sean R. Van Sommeran, Executive Director/CEO, of the Pelagic Shark...
New Dates For The 25th California Beach Dive Photo Competition (June 10-11)
NEWS
The 25th annual California Beach Dive Photo Comp will take place in Monterey on new dates, June 10 & 11, 2006. All contestants must dive from the beach, no boats allowed! There will be separate...
Documentary Film Production Company, Friday's Films, Offers Free Film Making Seminar
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar, "Turn your best underwater footage and passion into a film," presented by...
Important Recall Information On VersaPro Computer Distributed By Oceanic
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oceanic Worldwide of San Leandro, California, is voluntarily recalling Oceanic Versa Pro revision 2A Digital Dive Computers....
Underwater Photographers Explore California's Kelp Forests
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The anticipation is palpable as the last of 38 divers wheel their bags full of gear up the ramp to the 88-foot Vision, which is moored at the pier in front of Truth Aquatics in Santa Barbara,...
California's Green Sturgeon Listed As Threatened Species
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The federal government said Friday it will give protected status to California's green sturgeon, an ancient fish species that can grow to more than 7 feet long and weigh up to 350 pounds...
Deep-Sea Fish Populations Boom Over The Last 15 Years
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The largest habitats on Earth are located in the vast, dark plains at the bottom of the ocean. Yet because of their remoteness, many aspects of this mostly unexplored world remain mysterious.
New...
Relax Rules Protecting Sea Turtles From Nets?
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Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision. The changes,...
Environmentalists: Oil Companies Hiding Behind Fish
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Marine biologist Milton Love drives a hybrid car, displays a banner of leftist icon Che Guevara on his laboratory wall -- and has backing from big oil.
The reason is his finding that long-maligned...
DAN America Insurance Dumped At 10 Popular Dive Destinations; Cozumel, Belize, Bahamas, Galapagos
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In a news release dated March 9, 2006, hyperbaric chamber operators from some of the world's most popular dive destinations have announced they will no longer accept DAN America insurance. The...
Study Of 2004 Tsunami Disaster Forces Rethinking Of Theory Of Massive Earthquakes
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The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004, was one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory, mostly due to the devastating tsunami that followed it. A group of geologists,...
Giant Squid Ecotourism Trips Draw NCUPS Divers To Mexico's Sea Of Cortez
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS), is proud to present a very special seminar, "Dancing with the Demons," a 90-minute presentation about scuba diving with the Giant...
New Sonar Method Offers Way To Assess Health Of Squid Fisheries
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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...
Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming
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Sediment cores collected from the seafloor off Southern California reveal that plankton populations in the Northeastern Pacific changed significantly in response to a general warming trend that...
Catching Up With Gray Whales On Their Way To Mexican Waters
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The California gray whales are on a 6,000-mile journey - and for some reason, they love to hang in Orange County.
More specifically, they pick a spot in Dana Point, where a massive cliff stands...
Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes, Scripps-led Study Reveals
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Scientists use deep ocean historical records to find an abrupt ocean circulation reversal caused by greenhouse gas warming.
New research produced by scientists at Scripps Institution of...
Abalones May Owe Their Huge Size To Otters
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Abalone divers, who typically despise the California sea otter because of its voracious appetite for the largest and tastiest of the shellfish, may actually have otters to thank for the...
Scripps Oceanography Marine Ecologist To Receive Prestigious Diving Award
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Paul Dayton, professor of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been selected as winner of the 2004 NOGI Award, science category, by the...
New Underwater Digital Video Book
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Underwater Digital Video Made Easy is the latest book from Hammerhead Press of Ventura, California. Whether you've always wanted to be a motion picture director, or just want to make home videos of...
Great White Photo Hot Spot Isla Guadalupe Granted Bio-preserve Status
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For those of you not familiar with Isla Guadalupe, it is a relatively new hot spot for cage time with Great White Sharks off the Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico.
Diving The Big Blue - Lake Tahoe
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Outdoor sports enthusiasts may think of Lake Tahoe as a mecca of skiing, camping, fishing, mountain biking, boating or more.
But what many might not realize is that scuba diving is another sport...
San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition
EVENTS
This is the 9th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition, scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings, August 22nd & 23rd, 2008, at the beautiful Qualcomm Hall in San Diego, California.
Here...
California Beach Dive Photo Competition 2008
EVENTS
On Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1, 2008, SCUBA divers from Seattle to San Diego will converge on Monterey, California to compete for top prizes in one of the most unique underwater photo...
SEA 2005 International Underwater Photographic Competition
EVENTS
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society announces the
41st Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition.
SEA 2005 is a "mail-in" underwater photography and...
CALIFORNIA BEACH DIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
EVENTS
The 25th annual California Beach Dive Photo Comp will take place in Monterey on new dates, June 10 & 11, 2006. All contestants must dive from the beach, no boats allowed!
There will be...
SEA 2005 International Underwater Photographic Competition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society announces the
41st Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition.
SEA 2005 is a "mail-in" underwater photography and...
CaliDivers.org 2006 Photo Competition
EVENTS
CaliDivers.org, the non-profit, internet-based Northern California Scuba Diver Networking and Dive Trip organization, is proud to announce the 2006 Underwater Photo Competition. The grand...
28th Annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition
EVENTS
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society announces the 28th Annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition, May 16-17, 2009. Compete for prizes diving the Monterey, CA coastline May...
SCUBA Show 2010
EVENTS
SCUBA Show 2010 will take place in Long Beach, California on May 15th and 16th. SCUBA Show 2009 had an attendance of 10,202 and the SCUBA Show has consistently had attendance of over 10,000 for...
California Beach & Boat Dive Photo & Video Competition
EVENTS
This is a 24-hour competition open to all underwater photographers and videographers of all experience levels. All photos and videos must be taken in Monterey Bay the evening of August 6 and all...
San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
This is the 9th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition, scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings, August 22nd & 23rd, 2008, at the beautiful Qualcomm Hall in San Diego, California.
Here...
California Beach Dive Photo Competition 2008
MONTHLY CONTESTS
On Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1, 2008, SCUBA divers from Seattle to San Diego will converge on Monterey, California to compete for top prizes in one of the most unique underwater photo...
CALIFORNIA BEACH DIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
MONTHLY CONTESTS
The 25th annual California Beach Dive Photo Comp will take place in Monterey on new dates, June 10 & 11, 2006. All contestants must dive from the beach, no boats allowed!
There will be...
Sea 2008 International Underwater Photo Competition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
The SEA competition is a A?a‚¬A“mail-inA?a‚¬A? underwater photography and videography competition open to amateur photographers and videographers around the world, hosted by the Northern California...
CaliDivers.org 2006 Photo Competition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
CaliDivers.org, the non-profit, internet-based Northern California Scuba Diver Networking and Dive Trip organization, is proud to announce the 2006 Underwater Photo Competition. The grand...
28th Annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society announces the 28th Annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition, May 16-17, 2009. Compete for prizes diving the Monterey, CA coastline May...
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