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Chefs Grilled Over Fish Menus
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Some of Britain’s most acclaimed restaurants have been exposed for serving threatened varieties of fish
Obama Gives US First National Ocean Policy
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President Obama has given the U.S. it's first national policy on sustainably managing the countries oceans.
Help Us Educate Over 500,000 People About The Ocean This Week
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Your underwater images can help educate hundreds of thousands of people this week!
Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle 'Nereus' Reaches Deepest Part Of The Ocean
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Nereus is first vehicle to enable routine scientific investigation to the deepest ocean depths worldwide
Panasonic Developing First 3D Full HD Production System
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Panasonic Corporation, a world leader in High Definition technology, announced at NAB last week that it will start developing a professional 3D Full HD production system
Top 5 Things You Can Do To Help The Ocean This Earth Day
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Welcome to Earth Day 2009! Since the earth is comprised over 70% water, as divers and underwater photographers, we can consider this a day to pay tribute to our oceans as well. So the question I'd...
US Oceans Management Can Be Aided By Public Trust Doctrine
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Since Congress lifted a moratorium on offshore drilling last year, federal lawmakers have grappled with the issue of how best to regulate U.S. ocean waters to allow oil, wave and wind energy...
Algae Genes Help Manage Carbon In The Ocean
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Scientists from two-dozen research organizations have decoded genomes of two algal strains, highlighting the genes enabling them to capture carbon and maintain its delicate balance in the oceans
Are Fish Consumption Guidelines Environmentally Sustainable?
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Recommendations to increase fish consumption because of health benefits may not be environmentally sustainable
Tuna Partnership - Tuna Conservationists Team Up
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First Global Partnership of scientists, Environmental organizations, and seafood companies launched to promote tuna sustainability
PMA News: Olympus Declares 12 Megapixels Is Enough?
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"Twelve megapixels is, I think, enough for covering most applications most customers need," said Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging's SLR planning department
Bonaire Strives To Be First Caribbean Island Powered By 100% Sustainable Energy
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The island of Bonaire continues on its path toward becoming the first Caribbean island powered by 100% sustainable energy
Aquaculture is Growing
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Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025
First Portable System Enabling In Situ Detection Of Cetacean Hearing Loss
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A research project led by Michel Andre, director of the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics at the UPC (Universitat Politucnica de Catalunya) has developed the world's first portable system for...
Let The Big Ones Go!
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Research from the University of Toronto has determined that fisheries keeping the large catch leads to unsustainable fishing, after all a big fish is worth a net of two
Canadian Nabs National Freediving Dynamic Record
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Jana Strain, a Canadian Freediver and resident of Santa Monica, CA, set a new Canadian and North American Women's Freediving Record with a swim of 171 meters (560 feet) in two minutes and eighteen...
BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year Winners
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This year's BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year Competition was a boon for underwater photographers. Brian Skerry nabs the top prize in the Underwater World category
Filipino Mangrove Scientist Is Hero Of Environment
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A Filipino scientist studying how to harvest shrimp in mangroves sustainably has been honored as one of Time Magazines "Heroes of the Environment 2008"
Underwater Image Nabs First Place in Smithsonian Natural World
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Smithsonian Magazine announced the winners of their 5th annual photo contest, and we're proud to announce that the winner of the Natural World category was an underwater image by Thomas Vignaud
"Which Fish To Eat" List Published
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The Marine Conservation Society has published a list with advice on which seafood species can be sustainable consumed and which can not.
Film of fishermen dumping catch causes uproar
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A British trawler has sparked an international incident after being filmed taking a boatload of endangered fish caught in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and then dumping the majority...
Nigel Barker Shoots The Seal Hunt For The Humane Society
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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...
Many Countries 'Unable to Save Reefs'
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An international team of scientists has found coral reef conservation in key regions of the world faces serious risk of failure under climate change.
Algae from Ocean- Sustainable Energy Source of the Future
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Research by two Kansas State University scientists could help with the large-scale cultivation and manufacturing of oil-rich algae in oceans for biofuel
VIDEO: Humans Threatening Galapagos
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People living permanently on the islands to serve tourists may represent an "invasive species" that could destroy the unique and iconic habitat.
Agency Commits US$63M To Preserve Asia's Coral Triangle
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An international fund that aids sustainable environment projects has committed US$63 million to help preserve Southeast Asia's Coral Triangle from overfishing and climate change.
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...
Our Tax Dollars To Support The Decimation of Sharks??
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Please join us in expressing outrage against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's request for federal disaster relief to help Florida's shark fishing industry
Norwegian Lobby Promotes Whale Meat?
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We are very disturbed at this story about the Norwegian lobby promotes whale meat as environmentally sustainable
LSU Researchers Challenge Analyses on Sustainability of Gulf Fisheries
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While some recent studies claim that the ecosystem is near collapse, researchers from LSU and the University of Washington say that fish populations in this area have actually fluctuated very...
New Guide to Reducing Bycatch Goes Online
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As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of...
Environmental Groups Call For Increased Protection of Coral Reefs
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s 17 countries and 30 organizations launch the International Year of the Reef today, three major environmental groups - World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International -...
The Stinky Fish of Poor Fishing Practice
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Destructive fishing has many critics, with the newest being an animated fish puppet emerging from an icebox to push the virtues of sustainably caught seafood
Russian salmon figures don't add up
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East Asian countries are importing between 50% and 90% more Russian sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught, according to a new report from WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring...
Mussels face extinction as oceans turn acidic
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By the end of the century many popular seafood dishes will disappear from our tables as shellfish become increasingly scarce, scientists warn.
They have found that the build up of carbon dioxide...
World's Oceans In Crisis, Marine Experts Warn
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An Intergovernmental Panel on the Oceans should be established to better inform policy-making, in much the same way as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does today, marine policy...
Canadian Company To Harvest Underwater Timber In Ghana
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A Ghanian conservation research center will assist a Canadian company in harvesting underwater trees in one of the world's largest tropical hardwood forests.
The process promises to leave a...
Namibia Limits Fish Catches
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New limits on catches of the endangered Patagonian toothfish, regarded as a culinary delicacy in Japan, have been imposed by a Namibia-based regional fishing organisation.
Hashali Hamukuaya,...
EC Unveils New EU Maritime Policy
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The European Commission has adopted an Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, which has the worldus largest maritime territory, marking the first time in its 50 years that it will have...
An SOS- Save Our Seas
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BRITAIN'S seas need urgent legal protection to stop the destruction of underwater habitats and preserve biodiversity, conservationists warn today.
WWF-UK says seahorses, basking sharks, turtles...
Mauritius Scientists Fear Tourism Impact On Coral
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Scientists in Mauritius are warning the Indian Ocean island's ambitious tourism targets will place too much strain on remaining coral.
Facing the threats of trade liberalization to its sugar and...
World Moves Into The Ecological Red
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The world moved into "ecological overdraft" on Saturday, the point at which human consumption exceeds the ability of the earth to sustain it in any year and goes into the red, the New...
'Ridge-to-Reef' Approach Conserves Dominican Republic Biodiversity
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Dominican Republic: On the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic, the Monte Cristi National Park has long enjoyed rich biodiversity and symbiotic natural balance. However, environmental studies...
Declawing Crabs- Not Sustainable
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It is a case of one law for vertebrates, and another for invertebrates. In Europe and the US fishermen are allowed to "declaw" edible crabs - remove one, or in the UK, both claws - and...
Global Seafood Industry Must Adapt To Demand For uA‹A“greeneru Fish, UN Official Says
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The $400-billion global seafood industry has no choice but to adapt to intensifying demand from retailers and consumers for environmentally friendly uA‹A“greeneru fish that are not taken from...
Local Communities Celebrate New Protected Areas In Papua New Guinea
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creation of three new wildlife management areas in Papua New Guinea will protect some of Asia-Pacificus most threatened and unique wildlife habitats.
The wildlife management areas will be managed...
Scientists Come Face To Face With Rare Deep-water Creatures Off Nova Scotia
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An endangered species of whale that can dive as deep as a kilometre to feed is helping scientists determine how to protect an unusual marine ecosystem off Canada's East Coast.
Observations of...
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....
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...
Tropical Crab Invades Georgia Oyster Reefs - But The Long-term Impact Can't Be Predicted
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A dime-sized tropical crab that has invaded coastal waters in the Southeast United States is having both positive and negative effects on oyster reefs, leaving researchers unable to predict what...
Panasonic Expands Lumix SLR Line
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Panasonic today introduced the newest member of its digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera line, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L10, the companyus first SLR with Face Detection. The DMC-L10 also offers...
Panasonic Expands Lumix SLR Line With First SLR Model Featuring Face Detector, Advanced Intuitive Features
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Panasonic today introduced the newest member of its digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera line, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L10, the company's first SLR with Face Detection. The DMC-L10 also...
Water Spider Spins Its Own 'Scuba Tank'
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Water spiders survive below the surface thanks to a rudimentary "scuba tank" they spin from their own silk, a new study says.
Scientists at the University of Bern, Switzerland,...
Solomons To Resume Export Of Live Dolphins For Animal Shows
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Up to 100 will be allowed to be exported every year, according to the Solomons' fisheries minister, Nollen Leni. The dolphins are likely to be sold to marine parks, where they will perform in...
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...
Wal-Mart Commits To Sustainable Seafood Procurement
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Editor's note: Let's hope that this is going to actually elicit change...As the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart buys and sells tens of thousands of consumer products originating from all corners...
TNC Top Ten Threats To Oceans And Coasts In South America
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The Nature Conservancy released an unprecedented study highlighting the top ten threats to marine conservation in South America. Citing over-fishing as the number one threat, compounded by intense...
South Africa: Outcry At Plan To Slaughter Sharks
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Top marine scientists have lashed out at a planned shark-fishing competition off Durban next weekend with one describing it as a return to the "dark days of revenge killing" of the...
Reef Corals: How To Structure A Complex Body Plan
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Phenotypic flexibility enables multicellular organisms to adjust morphologies to variable environmental challenges. Such plastic variations are also documented in reef corals. Coral colonies are...
Tax Electricity To Save Sea Turtles
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After surveying 3,680 respondents across the region, the study shows that people are willing to pay only $0.02 to save marine turtles, even though they believe conservation is important. In...
Researchers Plumb Mysteries Of Antarctic Mountains
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The 3,000-kilometer-long Transantarctic Mountains are a dominant feature of the Antarctic continent, yet up to now scientists have been unable to adequately explain how they formed. In a new study,...
Coolpix P1, P2 And S6 Upgrades: Caution
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Nikon has pushed out firmware updates for the P1/P2 and S6 Coolpix models. Members should exercise caution though; the P1 and P2 updates enable Wireless Utility support for Windows Vista at the...
International Scholarship Shores Up Coral Reefsu Future
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A new scholarship initiative at The University of Queensland's Australasian Centre of Excellence will help protect coral reefs around South-East Asia and the Pacific for future generations.
The...
How To Save The World's Oceans From Overfishing
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Global fishing stocks are in trouble. After expanding from 18 millions tons in 1950 to around 94 million tons in 2000, annual world fish catch has leveled off and may even be declining....
Tummy Bugs May Have Deep-sea Ancestors
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Some of the nastiest bacteria that thrive in the human gut and make us sick may have evolved from hardy ancestors living deep under the sea, a group of Japanese scientists found.
Writing in the...
Dubai - Hamour Danger
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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...
PENTAX Introduces The K100D Super - Housings On The Way?
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PENTAX U.K. launches the PENTAX K100D Super, a new standard-class digital SLR camera boasting advanced features to enable photographers of all levels to produce the highest quality images with...
Marin County Fair's 'Aquatic Adventures' Debuts Saturday
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The 62nd annual Marin County Fair Saturday through July 4 will enable fairgoers to explore ocean ecosystems, marine life and habitats of the bay.
The "Aquatic Adventures" theme will be...
New England's Deep Canyons Win Protection
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Score one for Oceana and the New England Fisheries Management Council. Actually, score them fifteen. The two groups recently announced they have laid the foundations for designating 15 deep-sea...
No More Tanks? Diving Like Aquaman?
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Do you think you are a good diver? Can you dive with no tanks? Well if the idea of breathing underwater without cumbersome compressed air tanks has been the dream of science fiction writers for...
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...
Need A Job Helping To Protect Central American Sharks?
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MarViva is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that works jointly with local authorities and communities in order to protect the coastal and marine resources of the Eastern Tropical Pacific...
CORAL Unveils Sustainable Marine Tourism Standards
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The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) today announced the release of their "Voluntary Standards for Marine Recreation in the Mesoamerican Reef System." This guide provides marine tourism businesses, bulk...
REALVIZ Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 Now Available
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REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce the availability of version 5.6 of their award-winning software, StitcherA‚A® Unlimited. Now firmly established as...
Nikon RAW Codec For Windows Vista
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The Nikon RAW Codec is a software module that enables you to handle RAW image files (*.NEF: Nikon Electronic Format) under MicrosoftA‚A® Windows VistaA‚A® with the same ease as JPEG or TIFF images....
Coral Reefs Help Us Understand Climate Change
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Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. The current concern is that human activity is changing our climate at a rate well above the natural...
Canon Europe And WWF Helps To Save The Polar Bear
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Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organisation, have announced increased collaboration to support the tagging and tracking of...
UK Basking Sharks Arrive Early
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Basking sharks made an earlier appearance in UK waters this year, with two sightings in Wales in March and rare April sightings in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. The Marine Conservation...
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...
National Association Of Broadcasters Show 2007
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Shawn Heinrichs covers the NAB Show 2007. This is one of the largest shows in the world for broadcast media professionals...
Beautiful Oceans Offers First Dive Vacations With Carbon Offsetting
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Beautiful Oceans, a progressive eco-dive tour operator and premier coral reef education organization, today announced that it will address the impact of global warming from all its eco-dive...
Deep Sea Fish Growing Slower Due To Global Warming
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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...
Study Finds Island Fishing Unsustainable Everywhere
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Most of the world's island countries overfish their coral reefs and many will likely see their sole source of protein disappear within a few decades, says a new report.
The study of 49 island...
Florida Oceans Day
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Florida legislators are joining scientists, researchers and maritime interests for Florida Oceans Day on April 18 to celebrate and promote awareness and stewardship of the state's ocean resources....
Coral Reef Collapse Spells Danger For Millions
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Island communities that depend on coral reef fisheries could face a hungry future, according to new research from the University of East Anglia, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries &...
Panasonic Releases Lumix Firmware
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Panasonic today released a new firmware (version 2.0) update for their Lumix DMC-L1K Digital SLR. This latest firmware update, which can be downloaded from the Panasonic website, adds a multiple...
Casio EWC-90 Underwater Housing For EX-Z1050
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This April, Casio will release the EWC-90 waterproof casing for the new EXILIM EX-Z1050 digital camera.
The fashionable, 10.1 megapixel Exilim Z1050 offers a host of high performance features...
Under The Spotlight - Alessandro Dodi
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Italian lawyer Alessandro Dodi became so passionate about his underwater photography that he hung up his speargun in 1980 and bought a Nikonos III, a camera that remains legendary for its ability...
Still Waters - The Global Fish Crisis
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[from this month's National Geographic Magazine] The Mediterranean may lose its wild bluefin tuna. High-tech harvesting and wasteful management have brought world fish stocks to dangerous lows....
You Can Help - Petition Against Shark Finning!
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Alibaba.com is one of the largest online traders of seafood and other products, especially shark fin - without regards to source or sustainability. The practice of shark finning, where a shark is...
Light & Motion's Bluefin HC7
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The Bluefin HC7 housing will enable you to capture amazing high-definition video that you'll be proud to view and share. The Bluefin HC7 is designed for the Sony HDR-HC7 camcorder; with the perfect...
Canon EOS-1D Mark III Hands-On
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The big story with the Canon EOS 1D Mark III is that it's a better, more universally appealing professional camera for more types of professional photographers. I think a lot of intermediate...
WWF Launches Marine Protection Campaign In The Southern Ocean
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With the official launch of the International Polar Year today, WWF is looking to stop unsustainable fishing, marine pollution and climate change in the Southern Ocean.
In particular, the global...
Diver Impacts On The Reef
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Beautiful Oceans actively promotes the practice of eco-diving for the protection of coral reefs and encourages divers to increase their awareness of the fragile coral reef ecosystem. However,...
Call For Elimination Of Government Subsidies For Unsustainable High Seas Fisheries
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At a 9 am press conference at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (AAAS) on February 18th, an international team of leading fisheries economists, biologists, and...
Wildlife Organisation Urges Chinese To Avoid Endangered Seafood
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LOOKING for that sumptuous dining experience as Chinese New Year approaches? TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, says that by avoiding or carefully sourcing certain foods, such as...
Lexar Expands Flash Memory Line-Up
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Lexar, a leader in advanced digital media and accessories, today expanded its professional product line with the introduction of a 133x speed-rated Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC(tm)) flash...
Sea&Sea DX-S5Pro Housing For Fujifilm S5 Pro
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Sea&Sea has released details of the DX-S5Pro housing for the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro digital SLR.
The DX-S5Pro is a corrosion resistant aluminum alloy housing, capable of handling the...
MediaSub BlueboxX Housing
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The BlueboxX housing series was specifically developed for Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Minolta cameras. The various housings offer the beginning underwater photographer or the seasoned pro an array of...
Adobe Lightroom 1.0 To Make Its Debut
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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that Adobe Photoshop� Lightroom� 1.0 software is now available for pre-order and is expected to ship in mid-February...
Governments Fail To Stop Tuna Plunder
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Government members of the world's five tuna regional management organizations, meeting this week in Japan, have failed to agree on an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and to...
Iceland Leaves Slaughtered Whales To Rot
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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...
Microsoft Photo Info Tool
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Microsoft has today released a new 'Photo Info' tool designed specifically for digital photographers. After installation this tool provides a new option of 'Photo Info' on the Explorer context...
Something Seems Fishy
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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...
JVC Unveils Everio GZ-HD7 Prosumer HD Camcorder
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The lines between prosumer and consumer HD camcorders have become even more blurry.
JVC announces that it has expanded its award-winning Everio hard drive camcorder family with the addition of...
NY Dolphins No Longer Bottled Up
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Battling cold, wind and choppy water, a boat rescue team herded at least eight stranded dolphins out of a shallow East Hampton creek Tuesday and into Northwest Harbor.
"We're beyond...
Coral Responses To Global Warming
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Over the past quarter-century many corals around the world periodically experienced the significant - and sometimes deadly - stress associated with episodes of unseasonably high temperatures that...
Dolphins In New York Waters
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Despite the burst of colder weather on Wednesday, in the Hamptons it was the day of the dolphin.
Unseasonable conditions, namely warm water and an abundance of bait fish in the bays, have lured...
President Signs Major Oceans Legislation Into Law
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President Bush today is planning to sign the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act into law. This act, which passed in the waning hours of the 109th Congress,...
Amazon.com Pulls Shark Fin Products From Inventory
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Victory! Today, Amazon has pulled all shark fin related products from their offering. No official statement has yet been made by the company; however it appears that they have chosen the...
New Bibble Adds Support For 12 New Cameras
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Bibble Labs, Inc. announces the first RAW Workflow update of 2007, adding support for the latest RAW enabled camera formats, and including - for the first time - several of the most popular 3rd...
Nikon to Preview Capture NX Beta for Intel Based Macs at Mac World
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Nikon's (www.nikondigital.com) highly acclaimed Capture NX software will be updated and boast several new improvements, including full support for Intel-based Mac OS X computers. A demonstration of...
Two New US Static National Records Set At AIDA Team Freediving World Championships
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The United States Apnea Association (USAA) is pleased to announce that Deron Verbeck, a USAA member, set a new national record in the freediving discipline of static apnea with a breath hold of...
Freediver Earns Spot In The 2006 Darwin Awards
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You might recall the man, freediving off the Florida Keys in September, who shot a Goliath grouper with his speargun. Understandably, the giant fish freaked when it was pierced and headed for...
Squid-inspired Design Could Mean Better Handling Of Underwater Vehicles
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Inspired by the sleek and efficient propulsion of squid, jellyfish and other cephalopods, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher has designed a new generation of compact vortex generators...
South African SMS Service To Help With Choice Of Fish
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South African seafood lovers have been offered a cool new tool to make the right choice on what fishes to eat - or avoid.
By sending a cellphone SMS, they can check whether the fish species they...
Malaysian Islands Of Plenty
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About 40km off the coast of Kalimantan and south of Sipadan lies the islands of Sangalaki, Derawan, Kakaban, Maratua, Nabucco and Sanama. These islands have plenty to offer - manta rays, pelagics,...
Byron Underwater - New Documentary - Launch On Dec 10th
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The launch of the new documentary "BYRON UNDERWATER - where tropical and temperate waters merge" is being held at the Byron Bay Community Centre this Sunday 10th December 2006 at 8pm....
2007 Bimini Shark Encounter Ready For Applications
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Wildeye has confirmed the date for the 2007 Bimini Shark Encounter as March 4-13, 2007, and is currently accepting applications for the trip.
The course is based at the renowned Bimini...
TUSA's SAV-7 Underwater Vehicle
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TUSA's new SAV-7 Underwater Vehicle is a hands-free DPV. Rather than pulling a rider behind it, the SAV-7 features a "scooter saddle" that fits between a diver's legs and pushes him or...
Call To Get Tough With Ocean Bandits
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While writing an article for the newsletter about the recent study published in Science magazine predicting collapse of the world's fisheries by 2048, I came across this press release. Unless...
Wireless Updatedable Digital Frame
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File this under - "you can live without it, but it's pretty cool". This year, eStarling is offering the perfect holiday gift to help you stay better connected to your loved ones. The...
Fifty Foot Fin Whale Washed Ashore
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A giant 50ft fin whale was washed up on the beach at Camber Sands, east Sussex, today.
Volunteers from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue were on the scene within 25 minutes of being notified,...
Watch Underwater Videos On Your Flight - Airlines To Offer IPod Integration
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iPod maker Apple Computer today announced an series of agreements which will enable Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM, and United airlines to offer their passengers seamless iPod...
Philippine Conservation Policy To Protect Asia's Coral Triangle
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President Gloria Arroyo has enacted a new national conservation policy for the Philippines to protect the archipelagic country's unique and rich nature, with initial focus on the heart of Southeast...
A Megalithic Temple Under The Sea
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A highly innovative marine tourist attraction out at sea is being proposed by a group of investors who include an operator in the fish farming industry, a hotelier and members of the diving...
Rising Ocean Temperatures, Pollution Have Oysters In Hot Water
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Oysters exposed to high water temperatures and a common heavy metal are unable to obtain sufficient oxygen and convert it to cellular energy, according to a new study presented at The American...
Skates And Ray Group Welcomes Greenpeace Recommendations
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A CONSERVATION group's views on skate has won a warm welcome.
For the Skate and Ray Producers' Association today welcomed the recommendations made by Greenpeace regarding the future management...
Costa Rica Defends Regional Sea Turtle Conservation Plan At International Meeting
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In a show of environmental leadership, Costa Rica led an international effort that secured the inclusion of fishery guidelines that directly favor the regional conservation of leatherback sea...
Hasselblad H3D (Not Underwater, But Cool!)
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Hasselblad is ready to introduce the world's first 48mm, full frame DSLR camera system; the Hasselblad H3D. The Hasselblad H3D represents an entirely new approach to integrated digital cameras....
The Whale Under Dad's Boat
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A SOUTH coast man has told how two whales toyed with his tiny runabout as they played an extraordinary game of peek-a-boo with his young daughter.
The humpbacks cavorted around Jon Poyner's...
Tomorrow Is Japan Dolphin Day - Let's Abolish The Annual Dolphin Slaughter!
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Every year from October through April fishermen in some remote Japanese villages eradicate about 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the largest massacre of...
Argraph's New Zigview S2 Enables SLR Real-Time LCD Viewing
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Argraph Corporation, the international supplier of photographic / imaging products, is introducing the Zigview S2, which adds innovative features to the world's first real-time digital angle...
Advertising Ecosystem
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DivePhotoGuide.com's Jason Heller is featured together with Al Gore in September's issue of Media Magazine. Environmental campaigns offer an actionable model for cause marketing...
Methods Enable Longline Swordfish Fishery To Minimize Sea Turtle Interactions
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Action is urgently needed to prevent the loss of leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles from the Pacific Ocean. Reducing bycatch of sea turtles in pelagic longline fisheries, in parallel with...
Call To Protect Qatar's Fragile Marine Ecosystem
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The ongoing industrial and construction boom is worrying environmentalists in Qatar. The boom, they say, could upset the country's fragile ecosystem. The private sector must ensure that the...
DNA Testing Now Used To Nab Illegal Shark Fin Traders
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Federal enforcement agents spotted the suspicious bag while touring the building of a New York seafood dealer on a routine visit. Amid a half-ton of shark fins destined for Asia and the delicacy of...
Health Check For Malaysia's Coral Reefs
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THE UK Government is providing A‚A?18,000 to support the establishment of a sustainable Reef Check Centre in Malaysia.
Announcing the funding during his visit to Malaysia, UK Biodiversity...
Firmware Updates For Olympus E-330 And E-300
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Olympus has released firmware updates for two of its digital SLR E-System cameras, the E-330 and E-300. For the E-330 the latest firmware enables autofocusing even in the Macro Live Preview mode....
Leica M Lenses Now Optimized For Digital Use
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Leica Camera AG, Solms will be giving the lenses of the Leica rangefinder system a new code on the bayonet ring in future to enable the planned digital Leica M camera to recognize the lens type....
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
NEWS
Less than 1 month after the UN General Assembly BINDING vote, the resolution was frustrated (ignored) by Japan and other Asian based industrial long line fishing boats during a December 12 to 17,...
Flash Video Made Easy
NEWS
Flash Player is the world's most pervasive software platform, used in over 98% of Internet-enabled PC's worldwide as well as a wide range of other devices. Flash has become the ideal platform to...
Leatherback Sea Turtle Slaughter Continues Unabated
NEWS
The United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/31, enacted on November 29, 2005, REQUIRES all Member Nations to close or suspend fishing activities along documented Leatherback Turtle...
Review Of The Sony A1 And L&M Bluefin In Wetpixel Forums
NEWS
After following the discussions on this board for months trying to make up my mind, I finally ended up with the Sony A1 in an L&M Bluefin housing. The decision to get the A1 instead of the HC1...
Panasonic Develops New 4 GB SDHC Card
NEWS
Panasonic today announced that it is developing a 4 GB SDHC (SD High-Capacity) Memory Card based on the new SD Specifications Version 2.00. The new specifications were established to meet the...
Canon 30D Announced
NEWS
Canon announced their latest 30D DLSR today. The camera is a mild update of the popular 20D camera, with one of the most notable features being a new large 2.5 LCD screen. This large screen is...
Oceans May Soon Be More Corrosive Than When The Dinosaurs Died
NEWS
Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly making the world's oceans more acidic and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life similar to one that occurred 65 million years ago...
Mass Nesting Of Olive Ridleys Commence At Rushikulya Beach
NEWS
The ''Arribada'' or mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles commenced at Rushikulya nesting beach at Gokharkuda village in Orissa's Ganjam district.
According to preliminary...
Kodak And Bibble Join Forces
NEWS
Kodak and Bibble Labs today announced an agreement which covers both an exchange of technology and cross-licensing / co-marketing opportunities. Out of this agreement Bibble will get access to...
Bibble Labs To License Noise Ninja From PictureCode
NEWS
Bibble Labs Inc has reached an agreement with PictureCode LLC, developer of the best-of-breed Noise Ninja image noise reduction software application. Forthcoming versions of Bibble Labs'...
METRO Group To Co-operate With WWF Over Sustainable Fishery
NEWS
The METRO Group has announced that it has removed nearly all shark products from the assortment offered in its home country of Germany.
It says this move is sending yet another clear signal for a...
Winter Storm Kills Hundreds Of Grey Seal Pups
NEWS
Hundreds of grey seal pups nursing on Pictou Island, N.S. were killed Wednesday when a tidal surge washed them out to sea.
Newborn pups are unable to swim and despite their mothers' desperate...
DivePhotoGuide.com Featured On Scubaradio At The New York Boat Show
NEWS
The New York boat show has been going on since 1905. The guys at Scubaradio.com were in town broadcasting live from New York's jam packed Javitz Center, so they invited me to come on the show and...
WWF Condemns Outcome Of EU Fisheries Council Talks
NEWS
WWF, the global environmental organisation, has condemned the outcome of the annual Fisheries Council decision on fishing quotas in EU waters for the coming year as "totally...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Review
NEWS
It is rare in this business to come across a product that defines a new class of camera. While the individual components of the Sony CyberShot DSC-R1 have similar counterparts in other cameras,...
Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
NEWS
The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A...
Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
NEWS
The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A...
Fantasea To Ship Housing For Nikon P1 & P2 Wi-fi Cameras
NEWS
The Nikon P1 and P2 will be the first ever compact digital camera with built-in WiFi communication.The Coolpix P1 and P2 (eight and five megapixels respectively) have a built-in 802.11b/g WiFi...
Sea And Sea Housing For The HDR-HC1 Video Camera
NEWS
Main features of the VX-HC1 housing
Supports the Sony HDR-HC1 and HVR-A1J
Incorporates the most functional attributes of the VX-950 PRO housing
Equipped with an ultra wide 0.66x optical...
Navy Crew Saves Diver Off Guam
NEWS
Navy personnel, including a dive medical officer from the USS Frank Cable, saved a Japanese man Tuesday who fell ill while scuba diving, Navy officials reported.
Navy personnel were called in to...
Nikon Rolls Out First Wi-fi Enabled Cameras
NEWS
Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce an exciting new technology that realizes new picture-taking potential. Providing versatility beyond any previous compact camera, the new COOLPIX P1 and...
Olympus E-system Gets 8mm Fisheye Lens
NEWS
Oympus has announced that owners of its E-System cameras will be able to get a new view of the world next year with the introduction of the Zuiko Digital ED 8mm 1:3.5 Fisheye Lens. E-1 and E-300...
Shooting In Auto Mode
GETTING STARTED
If you don't want to learn about manual exposure just yet, put your camera on auto mode – usually indicated by an Auto or a “P”(for program) on your camera’s mode...
Selecting Your First Underwater Camera
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Selecting an underwater camera is not a simple task. There is no one best or right underwater camera to buy, but rather the best or right camera for your specific needs and budget. Fortunately,...
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