Once you have mastered traditional underwater lighting techniques, you're ready to experiment with more advanced approaches to lighting that can add a creative look to your underwater images...
Part I of our coverage of the underwater photography products at DEMA 2009 focuses on SLRs and includes Nauticam, Subal, Watershot, Sea & Sea, Seacam, Epoque and Aquatica
The EOS-1D Mark IV Features a Completely Redesigned 45-Point Autofocus System, Fast 10 fps Continuous Shooting, 16-Megapixel Resolution, Outstanding ISO Sensitivity, and Full HD Video Recording at...
Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales — one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines — under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling
The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in...
Canon's release of the 7D takes direct aim at the Nikon D300s, which previously had a firm upper hand on mid-range DSLR quality. The EOS 7D has a vastly improved auto focus system from the 50D, a...
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas. Prior to the decision to ban all turtle harvesting, which will take effect on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, it was perfectly legal to...
Marine conservationist Carl Safina reports some good news amid all of the negative reports we are constantly bombarded with about marine health and species decline
Canon announced the development of Hybrid Image Stabilizer (IS), the world’s first* optical image stabilization technology that compensates for both angle camera shake and shift camera shake
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
Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is...
More than 100 fishing, conservation, science and faith-based organizations signed a letter sent Tuesday to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce calling for emergency action to protect river herring...
While we live in the digital photography era, for many of us it wasn't that long ago when we were shooting film. With the last run of Kodachrome expiring, we come to the official end of an era
A team of NOAA-supported scientists are forecasting that the "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record
A ‘spectacular’ series of cold-water coral reefs have been found off the west coast of Ireland, some rising 100 meters (330 feet) from the seabed, scientists said
Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup
Winners of the 2009 British Underwater Image festival have been announced. Congratulations to DPG's Keri Wilk for placing first in the Open category, and congrats to all the winners!
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
The US Department of State's Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science imposed a trade embargo on all Costa Rican shrimp exports to the US, effective as of May 1
NOAA released the preliminary 2009 updateof the Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishery. The report indicates both quotas as well as current reported catches to-date
South Korea would consider resuming whaling off its shores if the International Whaling Commission (IWC) approves a plan for neighbour Japan to conduct coastal whaling
Rumors have surfaced online about a commercial shoot in Croatia for a new entry level Nikon DSLR. It appears to be the first Nikon DSLR with a swivel out LCD. Folks are calling it the D5000. There...
A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be...
Marine scientists and conservationists say using rope that sinks will make the whales less prone to getting snagged as they lumber through the Gulf of Maine each spring and summer
Seeking an end to the continuing slaughter of false killer whales in the waters of Hawai‘i, Earthjustice, representing a coalition of conservation groups, filed suit in federal court in Honolulu...
"The vast majority of Europeans want the EU to enact a strong prohibition on seal products, which will end the suffering I witness on the Canadian ice floes each year."
The United States and five other nations have called on Iceland's new government to drop a plan to step up whale hunts that whalers say would create jobs in the shattered economy
Three major marine conservation groups, the International Game Fish Association, the National Coalition for Marine Conservation and the Billfish Foundation have teamed up to draw awareness to the...
The largest shark fishing country in Europe is in agreement with Oceana on three groundbreaking conservation matters. The upcoming EU Action Plan for Sharks should improve their conservation in Europe
The Symposium aims to foster interaction among all concerned academicians, practitioners, and researchers from different disciplines working on underwater science and research
The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society has just announced that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal marine...
It always saddens me to here these continual reports come through the news wires. Commercial fishing has to be one of the most wasteful practices on earth. So much is by-catch - and it is...
A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna weighing more than half a ton had the honor of being fitted with the 1000th electronic tracking tag placed on this threatened species when it was caught and released...
It's not often that new companies enter the underwater photography market with products that are very unique, so I gravitated immediately to the Ultima Digital booth
The Port of Umpqua offices were packed last week when the Ocean Policy Advisory Council met to consider evaluation criteria for 20 proposed marine reserve areas off the coast.
The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday.
Olympus Imaging Corporation and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced joint development of technologies and devices for the "Micro Four Thirds System standard,"
In the wake of environmental decline and man's impact on the earth, and the ocean, there are several marine mammal hunts, including international whaling, and the dolphin slaughter in Japan,that...
But a closer look unveils an ugly truth. The fur seal rookeries of St. Paul are an unintentional dumping ground for tonnes of debris, from plastic bottles and tires to netting and rope in which...
Almost half the coral reef ecosystems in United States territory are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures, according to a government report released recently.
Thank you to Shara Teter from the New York Underwater Photographic Society for heading up to Martha's Vineyard to cover the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament
The Yahoo owned photo site, which is popular among many of our readers, will now allow Getty to directly contact and offer licensing agreements to photographers with galleries on Flickr
The controversial move to shut out commercial and recreational fishers from vast areas of the Great Barrier Reef has led to a rapid increase in fish populations
In an era when we can track the lineage of humanity using DNA and monitor deforestation from space, you might think scientists would have come up with a more sophisticated way of counting whales...
Japan defended its practice of 'scientific' whale hunting at the annual International Whaling Commission meeting on Wednesday, insisting it had yielded important scientific results
NOAA's Fisheries Service today announced a new rule to lower significantly the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement...
Commercial fishing for large coastal sharks in Louisiana will remain closed until at least 2009. A sign of the health of the shark populations worldwide
The United States called on Tuesday for a review of international law to regulate the killing of whales for scientific research in an apparent attempt to plug a loophole exploited by Japan, which...
A new conservation short film, "Whale Wisdom - A Mother Humpback's View" has just been released by Shawn Heinrichs, an award winning independent filmmaker. The film has been produced in English and...
The United States on Tuesday urged Iceland and Norway to cease exporting whale meat to Japan, which they have resumed for the first time since the early 1990s despite a United Nations ban
A recent report published in Science magazine, entitled 'A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems', has shown that not only are more than 40 per cent of the world's waters 'heavily...
A new report from WWF encourages the switch from the unselective diamond-mesh nets currently used by bottom-trawlers in the Mediterranean to more selective square-mesh nets, sooner than the...
Today, representatives of The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International return to court to refute charges relating to technical violations of Canada's Fisheries Act...
Strategically timed to support retailer marketing efforts for the coming summer diving season, the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association will launch the Be A Diver national television...
The Whale Sharks of Djibouti have been made popular by Felipe Barrio's winning image in last year's Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Fast:Track, BBC World's weekly travel...
Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial fishing.
In celebration of International Year of the Reef 2008, Reef Check Australia and Project AWARE have formed a partnership to present the "What do coral reefs mean to you?" photography competition.
The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of the Interior, has appointed 13 new members to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. The agency has also...
The U.S. government announced it will conduct a detailed review of the loggerhead sea turtle population in the Atlantic Ocean to decide whether they should be declared "endangered" under the...
An Australian company said on Tuesday it had developed the first artificial breeding plan for the endangered southern bluefin tuna, in high demand for sashimi and sushi.
We lost one of the true pioneers in diving Ralph White. He was an innovator, very experienced and a leader. White combined his love for adventure and cinematography.
Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current - the mighty Gulf Stream - rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops. To...
Norway has set a commercial whaling quota of 1,052 minke whales in 2008, unchanged from last year, drawing criticism from environmental groups pressuring Oslo to join the international community...
THE EFFECT of seismic exploration on Australia's best-known blue whale feeding ground is set to intensify, just as signs emerge that the endangered ocean giants are increasingly sick
Using data provided by the United Nations, researchers found that commercial fishing has played an important, yet declining, role in removing man-made nitrogen from coastal waters.
Over the weekend the Costa Rican President Oscar Arias along with Environmental Minister Robert Dobles signed a decree that would protect whales and dolphins
Pacific leatherback sea turtles lived side by side with the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago, but now, largely due to human impacts, these ancient and majestic creatures are in serious trouble
Reflecting the global dive industry trend towards more environmentally aware dive practices, Asia Dive Expo 2008 (ADEX) will this year turn its focus squarely towards eco-friendly diving
NOAA Fisheries Service has filed with the Federal Register a proposed rule to list black abalone, a marine mollusk coveted by fishermen and gourmets alike, as endangered under the Endangered...
In December a New Zealand Department of Conservation ranger came across a gruesome find in the Marlborough Sounds: the bloodied carcasses of 30 sand sharks whose fins had been cut off by commercial...
People have long depended on healthy oceans for food, recreation and commerce. But this irreplaceable resource is in dire trouble, say marine scientists, largely because of human impacts-from...
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...
A WORLD expert on the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice, the Cambridge law faculty chair James Crawford, has been drafted by the Federal Government to tackle Japanese whale hunting
Ocean Optics, the London based specialists in underwater photography equipment, has announced a tie in with Action Underwater Studios, the Essex located movie tank
The new rules shouldn't be more than a minor inconvenience for the vast majority of underwater photographers or videographers. But make no mistake about it, this new rule affects just about each...
A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) discovered two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet, close to Abu Al Abyad Island
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lashed the "unacceptably cruel" whaling industry Friday, hours after Japan said it was dropping plans to hunt humpback whales
A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests - the profit motive - could persuade world fishers to endure the short-term pain of lower catches for the long-term gain of higher returns...
In a bid to protect the fast- diminishing perlemoen [abalone] stocks, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has imposed a ban on scuba diving and snorkelling in areas along the Cape coast....
Terri Irwin has granted the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society permission to rename its ship currently known as Robert Hunter in honor of her late husband, Steve Irwin. Captain Paul Watson, founder...
Although Chile's Administrative Fishery Law protects the Cetacean species in Chilean waters until 2025, environmentalist groups want all waterways in the country declared a whale sanctuary. The...
The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's laboratory at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research.
Driven by renewed investment as...
A multi-million pound plan to build the world's largest and "deepest" pressure test chamber has been revealed by Aberdeen's National Hyperbaric Centre.
The project, costing up to A‚A?10m, would...
US lawmakers urged Japan to limit its whale hunt and use other, non-lethal means to conduct scientific research on whales.
Democratic and Republican senators sent a letter Thursday to Japan's...
This is the fourth story in a continuing series on the Megafishes Project. Join National Geographic News on the trail with project leader Zeb Hogan as he tracks down the world's largest freshwater...
Fishermen caught nearly twice their legal quota of critically endangered bluefin tuna in European waters this year despite stocks being in a state of collapse, according to investigators
The 2007 DEMA show was a lot of fun this year. We got to see and play with the newest diving and underwater photography gear, we learned about new destinations and shooting opportunities, spent...
WWF Cymru is calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to include a full Marine Bill in the Queen's Speech to save wildlife in Wales for future generations.
The charity has made the plea ahead of...
As the federal government is set to finalize stricter limits on fishing the Gulf of Mexico's popular red snapper, fisheries regulators are under heightened pressure to rebuild at least four other...
Five defendants are set to stand trial in the Magdalen Islands Thursday, accused of violating their observation permits during the 2006 East Coast seal hunt. The defendants are representatives of...
It's still possible to find virtually undiscovered, entirely unspoiled reefs - with some effort. India's Andaman Islands offer this and more: pristine reefs, a smoking volcano, and a snorkelling...
Representatives from 15 Latin American non-governmental organizations specializing in cetacean research called last week upon Chileus parliament to protect whales against commercial and scientific...
More than 50 scientists of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies today declared the following statements unanimously:
uA‚A? We call on all societies and governments to immediately...
For some in Greenland these days, the grass is looking greener.
Rapid thawing brought on by global warming on the world's largest island has opened up new opportunities for agriculture,...
Underwater photography is comprised of many sub-segments, one of which being fashion and commercial photography. On top of this pile stands Howard Schatz.
H2O can be easily summed up in one...
Underwater photography is comprised of many sub-segments, one of which being fashion and commercial photography. On top of this pile stands Howard Schatz...
We're always on the lookout for new and interesting news from the field. Working with some of the top pros in the world would inevitably uncover some really unique stories, about the scientific,...
We're always on the lookout for new and interesting news from the field. Working with some of the top pros in the world would inevitably uncover some really unique stories, about the scientific,...
The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on video-sharing internet site YouTube.
In the video, which carries Japanese subtitles, Environment...
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....
Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron into the oceans in order to uA…aˆ?fertilizeuA‚A? the waters and...
After encouraging gains in the 1990s, populations of loggerhead sea turtles are now dropping, primarily because of commercial fishing, according to a federal review.
The report stops short of...
All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data available are declining according to a new study released yesterday by the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Tens of Thousands of Loggerheads Killed Annually By Destructive Fishing Gear
Washington (Sept 13, 2007) - All loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic with trend data...
The new 21.1-megapixel, full-frame Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Digital SLR* camera brings the power of Canon U.S.A., Inc.us professional imaging excellence and innovation into sharper focus than ever...
The new 21.1-megapixel, full-frame Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Digital SLR* camera brings the power of Canon U.S.A., Inc.'s professional imaging excellence and innovation into sharper focus than...
Atlantic bluefin tuna swim inside floating tanks that tow wild fish from the waters off Libya to tuna ranches off Sicily, Italy.
The environmental group Greenpeace released this image on May 30,...
High-tech electronic tags are unveiling new insights into the migration and spawning secrets of Atlantic bluefin tuna, according to a pair of new studies.
The work could lead to better...
Scientists are hunting this summer for one of the most precariously positioned animals on the planet _ Pacific right whales.
The whales, once prized by commercial whalers, have been teetering on...
Federal fisheries officials are taking additional steps to protect sandbar sharks.
A new rule would ban the recreational harvest of sandbar sharks - recognizable by their long pectoral fins -...
One of our concerned members, Edward Dorson, brought this issue to my attention this week, after he responded to an appeal recently made by underwater photographer Walt Stearns. Somehow the...
From May 18 to June 1 we invested two weeks between Malpelo (off Colombia) and Cocos islands (Off Costa Rica) both are about 250 miles west off the coast of Central America on board the superb...
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...
NOAA Fisheries Service is proposing that commercial and recreational fishing for sandbar sharks be significantly reduced and limited to only those commercial vessels that take part in a shark...
One of the first ever detailed studies on deep water lantern sharks, so named for their ability to glow in the dark, has found they are in danger of extinction.
Recent studies have linked...
In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and others have found that the...
A legal settlement announced Tuesday will let Maine lobstermen know early this fall whether they will be forced to spend thousands of dollars for new whale-safe gear and change their traditional...
An initiated global correspondence toward issue recognition, situational awareness and public information regarding biological destruction of sharks and related or associated species and systems....
Final submissions are expected to be heard today in a court case aimed at protecting grey nurse sharks.
The Nature Conservation Council's Megan Kessler says the main threat to the sharks is...
Fans of UAE diet staple the Hamour fish could be left feeling hungry if action is not taken to protect it from over-fishing, according to Dubai environmentalists. EWS-WWF has categorised the...
sea turtle nesting season up and down the east coast of Florida, and once again, the baby sea turtle population is at risk. Baby sea turtles are drawn into harm's way because they are attracted to...
Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine.
It is not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon, but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate...
The Hague, The Netherlands - Trade restrictions have been approved for critically endangered sawfish, large rays related to sharks.
Delegates attending a meeting of the Convention on...
fragment of a weapon used by commercial whalers in the 1800s was found in a massive bowhead whale caught off Alaska last month, suggesting it may be more than a century old, officials said Tuesday....
The fate of the great whales hung in the balance on Monday as officials from 75 nations opened talks amid pressure, notably from Japan, to reverse a ban on commercial hunting of the mammals.
As...
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will open in Alaska later with a new spirit of conciliation in the air.
Pro and anti-whaling countries, including Japan, say...
Mexico's NOM-0-29 seems positive on the surface, but some question whether it sufficiently protects fish such as marlin, sailfish and dorado that have been off-limits to commercial fishermen....
On the 2nd September 2006 the famous first class luxury liner Stella Polaris sank off the coast of Kushimoto, Japan. The ship sank to a depth of 72 meters, and has never been dived by commercial or...
On the strength of its Aqualtus Washing Machine "Underwater World" spot, Leo Burnett Italia, Milan, won the Grand Clio in the TV/cinema competition at the 48th annual International Clio...
Threatened coral reefs could be given a helping hand by establishing marine reserves, according to a research team led by the University of Exeter. Marine reserves have already proved to be a...
Dominica has rejected criticism that its vote on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was up for sale, after the prime minister returned from Japan and renewed his support for commercial...
The same glow sticks that lighten up raves and Halloween may be tempting thousands of sea turtles to their deaths, a new study says.
Used to attract fish to hooks on miles-long lines, the...
Changes in ocean temperature have altered the growth rates of commercially harvested fish over the past century, according to a new study published in this week's early online edition of the...
The goblin shark (shown here) and the frill shark are two of the rarest and deepest dwelling of sharks. Only two of each species have been taken in North America EVER. That's why researcher Jose...
Commercial fishing is being carried out within five of South Africa's declared marine protected areas (MPAs), the department of environmental affairs conceded.
"Commercial fishing is...
Some legal action to push the Australian government to do more about the conservation of Grey Nurse Sharks than just announcing the fact is is now critically endangered is underway at the moment....
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...
MK2 has obtained the 10 year rights to most of the film catalog of Jacques-Yves Cousteau from Europe Images International. The cinematic collection of one of the pioneers of underwater photography...
Last year, the hunt left more than 350,000 seals dead -- almost all of them were babies as young as 12 days of age. One of our most effective weapons against the hunt is a boycott of Canadian...
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...
Around 30 boats are licensed to take part in the hunt which can kill more than a thousand minke whales during a five month season starting on 1st April. Despite an international ban on commercial...
Tourism based on ecological ideals like whale watching and economical perspectives like whaling, as in the killing of whales, do not mix.
The largest animals to have ever lived on planet earth,...
China's hunger for turtle meat, which has sparked a conservation crisis across Asia since the 1980s, is increasingly being met by farm-raised animals.
But the rapid expansion of commercial...
The first comprehensive assessment of the world's 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper management or...
Step through the rustic doors of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton's Red Reef Park, and you find a world seemingly far removed from the temporal and commercial concerns symbolized by A1A just...
In the cold, dark abyss of the Pacific lurk thousands of aptly named jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas), aggressive carnivores up to six feet long and 100 pounds nicknamed "red devils" by...
Just months after the discovery of a colorful new aquarium fish in Southeast Asia, worldwide demand and intense exportation are already causing concern about the survival of the species.
The...
One hundred and ninety billion pounds of fish; 190,000,000,000 pounds a number so large as to be virtually incomprehensible yet, according to recent statistics, one hundred and ninety billion...
In a surprising move, the Mexican government has recently published sweeping new regulations and protections for sharks, including a shark finning ban, an extension of the moratorium on new...
Wildlife protection and ocean conservation groups yesterday sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect three endangered whale species North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks,...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, one of the first technologies to be featured on Adobe Labs, is now shipping and available for immediate purchase on Adobe.com. In conjunction with its commercial...
Many commercially prized fish from the depths of the world's oceans are severely threatened by over-fishing and the species' ability to recover is constrained by the fishes' long lifespans and low...
Japan opened an international whaling conference Tuesday by blasting a boycott by dozens of anti-whaling nations, saying their absence would block much-needed reforms of the commission that sets...
The state wants to bring more fish to Oahu, but first it has to hook the community with its plan.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources' fifth shallow-water artificial reef would be...
Wildlife campaigners are calling for measures to protect sea turtles, cahows and other creatures potentially at risk from long-line fishing vessels.
The Ministry of Environment is currently...
Japan today agreed to cut its catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna by almost a quarter over the next four years in the latest attempt to save the fish from commercial extinction.
Environmental groups...
Lucky us -- we got to try Lightroom 1.0 just before its official debut. This milestone for Adobe radically rearranges key Photoshop functions within a super-streamlined virtual workspace designed...
Greenpeace has uncovered more than 170 tons of rotting whale meat in an Icelandic dump site, just months after Iceland reopened commercial whaling and killed seven endangered fin whales. Another...
The words "Japan" and "conservation" are being used in the same sentence. Tuna conservation talks began today in Japan to find ways to avoid commercial extinction of tuna species that have been...
Tuna are fast disappearing, with important stocks at high risk of commercial extinction due to weak management, warns a WWF briefing ahead of the first meeting of government members of the world's...
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...
BITE BACK 30 / 12 / 06
BITE BACK - Commercial Whaling
By John Nightingale
Iceland's announcement of its intention to resume commercial whaling, immediately followed by the slaughter of...
Scientists can predict how the distance marine larvae travel varies with ocean temperature - a key component in conservation and management of fish, shellfish and other marine species - according...
To many coastal residents, a flowering plant growing in long, open meadows underwater is nothing more than that gross, slimy thing their feet trample when wading or fishing.
Fishermen and...
President Bush said Saturday the country is committed to ensuring strong commercial and recreational fishing, praising legislation that overhauls management of marine fisheries and strengthens...
The environmental group WWF urged the global body in charge of tuna conservation to take drastic measures to prevent the extinction of the Mediterranean's bluefin tuna.
"Drastic measures are...
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)* and its parent, Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba), today announced the global launch of the latest addition to its new series of high-capacity SDHC Memory...
I and other Plankton Forum members got this form letter in response to an action letter sent through the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society website. What this letter says to me is that...
A new United Nations report says the fishing practice known as bottom trawling is destroying irreplaceable coral and underwater mountains, and it says the damage cannot be repaired.
Some...
This is a great numeric illustration of the 2048 article from yesterday's blog post about the impact of marine species loss.
2048: The estimated date at which stocks of commercial fishing...
There are lots of things divers DON'T want to see while underwater. For example, I would be less than thrilled about finding a pipe bomb; commercial-grade explosives; or random dive gear on an oil...
For more than a year, conservation workers have been quietly battling one of Hawaii's most serious aquatic invasive species -- snowflake coral -- under the only commercial pier in Kauai's Port...
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allows commercial fishermen to kill almost 10,000 sea turtles annually and injure 334,000 more, according to a report released last week by Oceana, an...
Japan has caught 35 whales off the coast of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, officials say, under a research program that critics say is disguised commercial whaling.
The 42-day...
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will auction "rights" to a whale's life on the online site.
WSPA wants to raise $180,000 (A‚A?95,000), the value of meat from a...
It used to be a novelty for Mike Oden to stick a thumbtack into the map on his office wall. Each tack meant the recruiter at Houston's Ocean Corp., one of the nation's biggest commercial diving...
DONALD TIPTON began his professional photographic career in 1982 and has worked in commercial and advertising photography ever since. His underwater work is a celebration of color, texture, and...
Canada's commercial seal "hunt" is the largest mass slaughter of marine mammals in the world.
Canada's 2006 quota for killing seals: 325,000 for the regular commercial...
Icelandic whalers have killed their first fin whale since the country announced last week it was resuming commercial whaling despite an international ban. Icelandic daily Morgunbladid said a...
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of professional LCD and PDP display products, today introduced the SyncMaster 305T, an ultra-wide, high-resolution 30-inch TFT-LCD...
I'm told that Paul Strand printed on platinum for as long as possible, holding out against silver and even having the folks who were producing his paper double-coat it so it was more platinum than...
If people were not allowed to own chickens and if chicken eggs and meat could not be legally sold, how many chickens would there be? The reason chickens, cattle, catfish, and goldfish are not...
This week's gallery is from Chris Ross.
He shoots for commercial clients such as Mercury Marine, O'neill, Indian Motorcycles, Sports Illustrated, and Outside Magazine. The oceans are where his...
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...
On Thursday, state officials started installing marking buoys around the preserve in Martin County, home to a 4.7-mile limestone-based reef.
Boaters will be able to tether to six mooring buoys,...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published proposals to stop new fisheries targeting tope - a large coastal shark - after receiving reports last year that a commercial...
The Ocean Conservancy posted a gallery of images and video clips in light of President Bush's action of protecting one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the world, one that is home to sharks,...
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, announced it is expanding its line of CompactFlash Elite Pro cards with the addition of a new 8-GB card. The card...
The world's top sea turtle experts are calling on both the United States and Mexico to provide more protection for the Kemp's ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. A resolution passed in Crete...
Following a meeting of the Marine Conservation Board (MCB) on 31 March, two more watersports businesses were granted commercial licenses to dive in the Marine Park off the coast of Little Cayman....
Around the world, seagrass beds - shallow-water ecosystems that are important habitats, food sources, and sediment stabilizers - are in decline, says Frederick Short, research professor of natural...
State of Alaska officials opened new ocean waters off the remote Aleutian Islands for commercial fishing this week, only to immediately shut them down because they learned they are home to rare...
The slow but steady comeback of the blue whale - the biggest creature to have lived on Earth that was driven nearly to extinction by commercial whalers - is continuing, the latest whale research...
Commercial fisheries in the U.S. kill a pound of fish for every four pounds intentionally caught, jeopardizing efforts to restore some struggling stocks, scientists said Wednesday...
Oceana's research catamaran, Ranger,
filming and photographing illegal driftnet fishing off southern Italy, was chased in the high seas and narrowly escaped a ramming attempt by angry
Sicilian...
The annual American PHOTO Images of the Year event is an international competition that is a definitive showcase of the very best of contemporary photography. This juried photo contest offers...
The annual American PHOTO Images of the Year event is an international competition that is a definitive showcase of the very best of contemporary photography. This juried photo contest offers...
Everything You Need To Know About Underwater Photography DivePhotoGuide.com is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about underwater photography. Underwater...
