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Bizarre Sponges Discovered In Deep Hawaiin Waters
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Bizarre sponges were discovered earlier in the month in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. HD video and photographs were taken of the discoveries
New Discoveries In Deep Hawaiian Waters
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Deep-dive technology has revealed a world of firsts to scientists who visited the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument last month
An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Shooting Monk Seals In Niihau, Hawaii
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Jeremy Cuff photographs Hawaiian Monk Seals and more in Niihau, Hawaii's "Forbidden Island"
An Underwater Photographer Guide To Hawaii's Kona Coast
TRAVEL
Jeremy Cuff writes about the unique photographic opportunities at Hawaii's Kona Coast including the famous night manta dives
A Coral Reef Case Study: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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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...
Hawaii To Claim Damages for Grounding of Navy Warship
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The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources has formally notified the U.S. Navy that the State of Hawaii has identified substantial coral reef damage caused by the grounding of the guided...
Researchers Find 4,000-Year-Old Coral Species
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Deep-sea corals are the oldest living animals with a skeleton in the seas, claims new research that found a 4,265-year-old coral species off the coast of Hawaii
Conservation Groups Sues Hawaii's National Marine Fisheries Service
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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...
Divers Repair Hawaiian Reef Damaged By Navy
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State plans to bill Navy for expenses related to Port Royal grounding, which divers are now fixing
Clark Little Brings Underwater Surf Photography To Good Morning America
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Clark Little, an uber talented surf photographer from Hawaii's North Shore, who will soon be appearing in the DivePhotoGuide pro galleries, appeared on Good Morning America today
Grounded Navy Ship Damaged Coral Reef Off Hawaii
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The Navy warship that was grounded a half-mile off Honolulu for four days had been stuck in coral reef
Once-Abandoned Monk Seal Doing Well Back In The Wild
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A seven-month-old Hawaiian monk seal - rescued after his mother abandoned him less than one day after he was born on Kaua'i - is thriving as it adjusts to the wild
Killer Whale Beached On Kauai Will Be Euthanized
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A female adult killer whale beached itself at Brennecke's Beach in Poipu, Kauai last night, according to government officials.
Ocean Debris Likely To Increase
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A new report shows that ocean debris will likely worsen.
Trash Soils Bush Pledge To Protect Islands
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Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. It hasn't worked out that way.
NOAA Scientists Discover New Fish in Hawaiian Waters?
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In tonight's earth and sea project report, a team of Hawaii scientists may have discovered a new species of fish in the Northwest Hawaiian islands
Community Still Upset Over Turtle's Death
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A Hawaiian community is still shell-shocked after the brutal killing of a harmless turtle.
Monk Seal Pupping Season in Full Swing
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Two monk seal pups born earlier this week are creating some excitement among NOAA scientists
PapahA„A?naumokuA„A?kea Marine National Monument Designated A Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
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The fragile and unique marine ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands encompassed by the PapahA„A?naumokuA„A?kea Marine National Monument will receive additional protection under a new...
Kona Classic 7: May 2008
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All levels of underwater photo and video enthusiasts, from beginner to advanced are welcome to join the 2008 Kona Classic
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
Big Island Has Most Live Coral Of Main Hawaiian Islands
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New coral reef maps released by NOAA reveal that the Big Island of Hawaii has the highest percentage of live coral of the main Hawaiian islands.
10-Acre Artificial Reef Proposed for Hawaii
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The barren seafloor off the coast of 'Ewa could become home to coral and other marine life if an artificial reef project is approved
A Reef Villain's Archnemesis: The Super Sucker
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Hawaii's solution to seaweed that's smothering coral is a huge but gentle vacuum. The lowly urchin will take care of algae stragglers
Ferry Speed Called Key To Collisions With Whales
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As humpback whales arrive in greater numbers for their winter breeding season, concerns rise commensurately about collisions with boats, including the Hawaii Superferry
How Desert Dust Feeds the World's Oceans
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In mid-February, at the height of Austral summer, the sun in the Antarctic never sets. Nor did the work ever stop for University of Hawaii oceanography professor Chris Measures and his team of...
Pacific 'rubbish superhighway' going unnoticed
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A vast rubbish dump, which covers an area bigger than Australia, is floating in the Pacific Ocean and research shows it is growing bigger.
The rubbish collects in one area because of a clockwise...
Feds Pay Polyp Service To Coral
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A grant will fund a study of deep-water reefs in isle waters A team of Hawaii-based scientists will use a $1.4 million federal grant to study deep-water corals in the Auau Channel between Maui and...
Ancient Cataclysm Rearranged Pacific Map, Study says
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A cataclysm 50 million years ago changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, according to new research. The collapse of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean...
Coral Health Depends On Ecosystem Management
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Coral reefs suffer when the lands above them are disturbed, finds new research by scientists from Hawaii to Australia. Clearcut logging, farming and development lead to erosion and runoff that...
Hawaii Superferry Risk To Whales
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Two federal agencies raised concerns in 2005 about the Hawaii Superferry's potential impact on humpback whales and other marine mammals and recommended a "consultation" to examine the...
Algae Bloom Along Kona
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Smelly, brown waters along the Big Island's Kona coast recently alarmed residents concerned that their shores had been polluted.
Tests of the waters over the last two months by the state haven't...
Navy Sonar Study Focuses On Beaked Whale
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Robin Baird's research team members stare at the horizon for hours, searching for rarely seen beaked whales.
The small, gray marine mammals have been at the center of the dispute over the Navy's...
Hawaii Seals, Reefs To Get Help From Above
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A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine...
UH Tests Sonar On Sea Mammals
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Wearing suction cups that pick up brain waves, Boris the dolphin obeys orders to put his head in a small ring underwater.
A waterproof speaker dips into the water, sending out intermittent...
Critter Rises From Sea Depths
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A small sharklike creature with a flat head and green eyes is the latest denizen of the deep sucked up to the surface at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii on the Big Island.
The newest...
Feds Nab Longline Fisherman For Entering Monument Waters
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The federal government has charged a vessel owner and operator with illegally fishing in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
It's the first time federal authorities have taken such...
Hawaiian Monk Seal Decline 'unacceptable'
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To help boost the declining population of Hawaiian monk seals, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service implemented a new recovery plan yesterday for this critically...
Group Petitions States To Block Ocean Acidification
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A conservation organization has requested that Alaska and six other states _ including New Jersey _ add bodies of water to their list of impaired waterways: the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
The...
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...
Seaweed, Injection Wells Suspects In Reef Decline
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A recent study shows that the proportion of the seafloor covered with coral is declining rapidly in some parts of Maui.
Invasive alien seaweeds are blamed in part, but there could be other...
"Super Suckers" Slurp Invasive Algae
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In the battle against an exotic seaweed, biologists are employing a rather unusual solution: underwater vacuum cleaners.
The cleanersu"called Super Suckersu"suck up tons of gorilla ogo,...
Global Warming Threatens Hawaii's Coral Reefs
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The combined stress of global warming and ocean acidification has many coral reef biologists very concerned.
Ocean acidification is a buzz word for marine biologist these days. The term refers...
Underwater Photographer Jim Watt Passes Away
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Underwater photographer and dear friend Jim Watt passed away yesterday, July 19, 2007. In addition to being an incredible underwater shooter, Jim was a wonderful mentor for many of us in the...
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...
Octosquid Found Off Hawaii
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Is it a new species? The so-called octosquid is certainly unusual and might be new, according to local scientists.
Caught in the filter of a deep water intake pipe, the animal has 8...
Study: El Nino Boosts Marine Debris Risks For Monk Seals
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A scientific study showed that endangered Hawaiian monk seals get trapped in marine debris more frequently during El Nino years than other years.
El Nino refers to a warming of the tropical...
Bush Declares National Oceans Month
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Our Nation benefits from the oceans that contain precious natural treasures, carry much of our trade, and provide us with food and recreational opportunities. During National Oceans Month, we...
Invasive Algae Blooms, Hurts Hawaiian Reefs
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When state aquatics biologist Russell Sparks goes diving in Maalaea he sees a slippery, slimy invasive algae growing on the reef that was once healthy coral.
Gone is the coral ecosystem that is...
NOAA Eyes Shark Kill To Rescue Monk Seals
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Federal scientists desperate to save the endangered Hawaiian monk seal from extinction want permission to kill Galapagos sharks that have been attacking and killing young seals in the Northwestern...
CNMI Works To Protect Prolific Coral Reefs
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The Northern Marianas continues to implement plans for coral reef protection as it marks the third year of carrying out local action strategies, according to one of the Commonwealth of the Northern...
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...
National Marine Fisheries Service Has The Power To Save Turtles, But Will They?
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These Leatherback Turtles continue to be slaughtered by the Asian Long Line Fishing Fleets every hour of every day. NO one has any control on the operations of these boats. Here in U.S.A. The...
Sharkwater Grabs Top Honors At Palm Springs Fest
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Rob Stewart's critically acclaimed, award-winning film Sharkwater, had viewers captivated at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film was named a Best of the Fest.
Sharkwater has...
2007 Kona Classic
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The Kona Classic is a week long video/photo festival hosted here on the Kona Coast of the "Big Island" of Hawaii. This is the sixth annual event and the dates are May 5-12, 2007. The dive package...
Sea Turtles Bobbing Back From Brink
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In the life of nearly every Hawaiian green sea turtle hatched at Sea Life Park, a day like yesterday arrives. It's the day they are set free to roam the ocean.
One by one, 16 turtles flippered...
Hawaii: Artificial Reef Could Raise Fish Population
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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...
Adopt-a-shark? Conservationists Seek Sympathy For Predator
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Rows of razor sharp teeth, a carnivorous appetite and a bad reputation as a "man-eater" have made sharks a tough public relations challenge for conservationists striving to rally support...
Underwater Images Photo/Video Competition
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This is a reminder that the tenth annual Underwater Images Photo/Video competition is accepting entries until Feb. 1, 2007. This is a not-for-profit competition with all proceeds going to marine...
Hawaii's Alternative To Dumping Pet Fish In The Ocean
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Hawaii is participating in a national campaign to encourage pet owners to turn in unwanted aquarium fish and plants instead of dumping them in streams or the ocean.
The goal of the...
Unlikely Ocean Life Helps Keep Hawaii's Beaches Beautiful
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Hawaii's beaches are famous throughout the world. A new research shows parrot fish could play a big role in our sandy shores.
Parrot fish are named because their teeth are packed tightly to...
Seals' Meals Revealed
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New information about what Hawaiian monk seals eat could help wildlife managers in their quest to save the species from extinction, federal scientists said yesterday.
Tiny blubber samples taken...
25 Tiger Sharks Maul Injured Whale In Hawaii
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At least 25 tiger sharks ate a young humpback whale alive Monday off the Big Island's Kailua-Kona Coast, an eyewitness reported yesterday.
But wildlife managers say they are more worried about...
Plastic Trash Vortex Menaces Pacific Sealife
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Old toothbrushes, beach toys and used condoms are part of a vast vortex of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, threatening sea creatures that get tangled in it, eat it or ride on it,...
Invasion Of The Snowflake Coral
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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...
13+ Tons Of Fishing Gear Removed From Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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If you thought Cousteau wandering among heaps of garbage in the middle-of-nowhere-Hawaii was a put-on for ratings, I'm here to burst your bubble. Recently, a 13-person marine debris team working in...
Endangered Monk Seals Star In National Geo Special
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Critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals will star in their own National Geographic special tomorrow night on public television.
"Hawaiian Monk Seals: Surviving Paradise" is a chance...
Hawaii Atoll Trip IDs 100 New Species
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Federal researchers have discovered what appears to be more than 100 new species of marine animals on a three-week voyage to French Frigate Shoals, officials said yesterday.
Crabs, corals, sea...
World's First Heated Wetsuit???
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Although late October typically conjures thoughts about the upcoming ski season, Rip Curl is hoping to please those So Cal / Hawaiian residents by giving you one less reason to ditch the waves this...
Ship Searches Out Ocean Changes
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A former spy chaser is now on the prowl for marine polluters and changes in ocean conditions.
Built in 1989, and formerly based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the former Navy submarine hunter USNS...
Hawaiian Monk Seal Pup Found Dead In Fisherman's Nets
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There were such high hopes for a monk seal pup born five months ago on an Oahu beach. Volunteers immediately moved in to protect the baby and give the endangered creature the greatest possible...
Coral Reef Biodiversity Census Begins
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A team of scientists has embarked on a 23-day U.S. expedition to explore coral reef biodiversity in the largest fully protected marine area in the world.
The expedition aboard the U.S. National...
Hawaii. Coral Species Could Become Extinct Due To Global Warming
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Coral species protected by the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge may become extinct over the next century due to the effects of global warming, according to a new report released by...
US Free Diving Nationals Results Reported
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Kona, Hawaii seemed to be the perfect site for the 2006 US National FreedivingCompetition organized by USAA President, Grant Graves. The event took place over three days; Friday-Sunday, September...
Researcher Studies Impact Of Humans
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Enric Sala waited 36 years to see the ocean of his dreams. The day came last fall during an expedition to the remote Line Islands 1,000 miles south of Hawaii.
Sala, a marine ecologist at 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...
Race On To Stem Decline Of Seals
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In a brightly lit room tucked among the rambling old buildings of the Bishop Museum, Ken Longenecker is sifting through a pile of tiny fish bones.
The zoologist's task is tedious and the smell...
Tide Pooling
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My girlfriends and I were determined to take naps the day we ended up tide-pooling in Jakalof Bay over Fourth of July weekend. A hot sun baked the rocky beach, and after we laid down enough towels,...
Speaker Warns Of Climate Risk
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Most predictions of global warming and resulting sea-level rise are underestimates, the keynote speaker at the Hawaii Conservation Conference said yesterday.
Based on prehistoric records, when...
Underwater Images Of Marine Sanctuaries And Other Ocean Treasures Now Available For Purchase Through Online Site
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Just weeks after the U.S. established the largest area of conservation on earth in creating the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, Marine Sanctuaries Media announces that art...
Isles' Reef Fish Need Protection From Bad Harvesting Methods
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WE ARE very concerned about Hawaii's dwindling near-shore resources. The total biomass of reef fishes in the main Hawaiian Islands is less than a quarter of what it was a century ago. While...
Ban "lay Nets" To Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs
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The Hawaiian Islands have 84 percent of all coral reef area under U.S. jurisdiction. The main Hawaiian Islands have 15 percent and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 69 percent.
Reefs are the...
Greens Win Order Limiting Navy Sonar In Training To Help Whales
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Whales and other marine mammals will be better protected during military training exercises using sonar now that the U.S. Navy has agreed to increased safety measures in Hawaiian waters, an...
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Images
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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,...
Bush To Designate World's Largest Marine Sanctuary
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President Bush is expected to announce Thursday the establishment of the world's largest marine protected area.
The submerged islands west of Hawaii contain an expanse of untouched coral reefs...
Experts Tracking Coral Reef Killers
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When death strikes a coral reef, whether from an oil spill off Mexico or sediment unleashed by a dam bursting in Hawaii, marine biologists know what to look for, but not how to document and...
Northwestern Sea Life Differs
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Advertiser science writer Jan TenBruggencate has been accompanying the scientific expedition of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Hi'ialakai into the Northwest Hawaiian...
Scuba Diving Victim's Survivors Receive 1.4 Million Settlement
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Three companies have agreed to pay 1.4 million to the family of a West Virginia woman who died while scuba diving in Hawaii.
Susann Lovejoy, 42, of Huntington, W.Va., drowned during a scuba...
Experts Set Up 'CSI: Coral Reef'
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When death strikes a coral reef, whether from an oil spill off Mexico or sediment unleashed by a dam bursting in Hawaii, marine biologists at the scene know what to look for but not how to report...
Turtle Bycatch Causes Fishery Closure
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A Hawaii-based swordfish fishery faces closure for a second time following an unacceptable level of bycatch of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, it has been announced. The Western Pacific...
Jean-Michell Cousteau Carries On Family Tradition In 'Ocean Adventures'
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Offering an island tour with a sobering twist, PBS' new series "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures" kicks off with exploration of the remote but imperiled Northwest Hawaiian Islands...
X-Ray #10 Now Available For Download
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NORWAY Special: From NordKapp to Skagerak. "Delta Club": Ukrainian childrens amazing underwater photography. Ordinskaya: Russias longest underwater cave. DIVE FASHION 2006. New Britain in...
Hawaiian Swordfish Fishery To Close Over High Sea Turtle Catch
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In an unprecedented but legally mandated action, the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council requested the Secretary of Commerce to shut down the swordfish fishery before it exceeds its...
Saving The Reefs On Remote Islands Northwest Of Hawaii
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The remote 1,400-mile long string of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are blanketed with the 14 million seabirds that nest there. Beneath the surface of the surrounding waters, fish crowd into...
Crews Disentangle Whale
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Emergency crews were able to disentangle an adult female humpback whale Sunday after it had been in Hawai'i waters for more than a month with loops of 1-inch line cutting into the flesh of its tail...
Bid To Reinstate Longline Fishing Ban Rejected
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An environmental group waited too long to seek a ban on fishermen who sometimes catch birds and turtles with swordfish lines, a federal appeals court said yesterday in dismissing the case...
Census Targets Reef Life
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Hawai'i scientists are joining a worldwide effort to tally everything living on the reefs - a part of the Census of Marine Life, which is trying to count life throughout the oceans...
Tangled Whale Freed Off Hawaiian Island
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A 40-foot humpback whale wiggled off into the deep without a look back after ocean researchers and volunteers freed it from a tangle of abandoned fishing lines and other debris, possibly saving its...
Kayakers Are Followed By White Shark Off Kihei
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Two people kayaking about a mile off Maui's Kihei coast reported an encounter with a large white shark at midday yesterday, according to state officials.
The shark, which was estimated at 18...
UH Scientist Is Awarded $150,000 For Reef Work
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Bob Richmond, research professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa's Kewalo Marine Laboratory, has received the premier international award in marine conservation for working to preserve Pacific...
Ocean Thrill Seekers Snap Catch Of The Day
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Forty-five minutes into Wednesday's tour three miles off Haleiwa, four people in a shark cage started screaming with excitement.
The crew looked to see what all the commotion was about and saw a...
Hawaii Scientists To Study Palmyra Atoll
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Dozens of scientists from Hawaii and the mainland are launching a cooperative research project at Palmyra Atoll to study the remote area's pristine coral ecosystem.
The National Wildlife Refuge...
Aquarium Hopes To Breed Whale Sharks
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Georgia Aquarium officials say they want to breed whale sharks - the biggest fish on earth - at the Atlanta fish tank, a never-attempted feat that would push the bounds of known aquatic science....
Hawaii Researchers: Carbon Dioxide Slows Growth Of Coral
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University of Hawaii researchers have found higher levels of carbon dioxide in the ocean could significantly slow the growth of coral.
Scientists at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at...
Tropical Fish Falling Prey To Light Rules
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Collectors can gather all the swimming gems they want for $50, threatening environment and tourism...
After 21/2 hours out on the ocean, most of that 50 feet below the surface, Randy Fernley...
Hawaii creates state marine refuge in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, bans fishing
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Hawaii has banned fishing around the tiny islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, home to endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles.
Gov. Linda Lingle signed the new rules...
Thriving Coral Reef Thrills Marine Research Group
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Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Hawaii's Manta Rays Are Vulnerable
To Extinction, And Advocates Are
Looking For Action
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Koie was in trouble. The female manta ray, a regular visitor along the Kona Coast, showed up in July with fishing line wrapped tightly around her right wing. Divers from several local tour...
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Every year, budding underwater photographers descend upon the Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii for one of diving's top underwater photography competitions. I don't say this because...
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Every year, budding underwater photographers descend upon the Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii for one of diving's top underwater photography competitions. I don't say this because...
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