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PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009 Coverage
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Coverage of the annual PhotoPlus Expo in New York City
Amos Nachoum To Present At Pan Aqua Diving In New York City
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Amos Nachoum To Present At Pan Aqua Diving in New York City
NY Underwater Photo Society Special Event - Oct 30th
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NYUPS is proud to present “20,000 Bytes Under The Sea”, a special presentation by legendary National Geographic photographer and IMAX filmmaker, Emory Kristof
"Back From the Brink"- New York Times Editorial On Fisheries
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The New York Times recently published this editorial on some recent hope in the fishery crisis.
Connection Between Whales and Man?
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A New York Times article that discusses the possible communication between whales and humans
NYC Risks Being Flooded?
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Besides shaking skyscrapers, a major hurricane could send the Atlantic Ocean surging into the nation's largest city, flooding Wall Street, subways and densely packed neighborhoods
Didymo Found In New York Stream
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The Esopus Creek, a legendary Catskill Mountain fly fishing stream that is an integral part of New York City’s vast upstate drinking water system, is one of the latest bodies of water to be...
Blue Whales Off Coast Of New York
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Experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have for the first time positively identified the voice of a singing blue whale about 70 miles off the Long Island...
Interior Secretory Will Keep Bush's Polar Bear Protection Rule
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Here is a New York Times article relating to the recent decision to not overturn Bush's controversial polar bear rules
Humpback Whale Visits New York Harbor
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After just returning from Socorro where we were in the water with Humpbacks, I was amazed to turn on the evening news last night and see a large Humpback in New York harbor. These instances...
New York Times Article On Right Whale Conservation
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Cornelia Dean writes an article about the Rise and Fall of Right Whales.
William Tan: Hanging With DPG in New York
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We frequently travel to Southeast Asia to dive and shoot the beautiful reefs, but it's not often that underwater photographers visits New York. We were happy to hear that our friend William Tan...
Interesting Blog: Fish Shares And Sharing Fish
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A marine ecology teaches blogs for the New York Times
New York Governor Proposes More Fishing Fees
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Fishing off New York's coast would no longer be free and casting your line for trout and salmon would cost more if lawmakers back Gov. David Paterson's plan for new conservation fees next year
Sea Bass Fishery Thrives After Crash
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An interesting read about the sea bass fishery by James Prosek of the New York Times.
Florida Fish Expert Tries To Save the Last Sawfish
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Sawfish once swam in bays, lagoons and rivers from New York to the Rio Grande, Burgess said. Today, the species' U.S. range has shrunk to the waters off south Florida.
Hanging Out in NYC on Halloween With John Thet, Scuba Diver AustralAsia
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Our good friend John Thet, publisher of Scuba Diver AustralAsia and Asian Geographic magazines happened to be in NYC for Halloween, so we hit the Greenwich Village Halloween parade
Underwater Photography Exhibit at The United Nations
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NYUPS member Cagatay Erciyes, a career Turkish diplomat and a hobbyist underwater photographer featured an underwater photo exhibition entitled "Colors of Oceans through a diplomat's lens" at the...
Oceanblue Divers Anniversary Event Featuring Stan Waterman
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Our good friends at OceanBlue Divers, New York's premiere dive club, are hosting a special event celebrating their two year anniversary on October 11th. The all day event includes a seminar series,...
Microsoft Includes Shark Diving In New "I'm a PC" Campaign
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Diver in a shark cage featured larger than life in Times Square, New York City
DPG's Matt Weiss Gallery Exhibit, NYC
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Our very own Matt Weiss was recently part of an interesting gallery opening in New York for the 7ELEVEN Gallery
One Small Step For Man, One Large Step For Cameras-The New Sigma DP-1
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After reading David Pogue's review of the Sigma DP-1 in the New York Times, I pondered over its under water potential.
Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament, Martha's Vineyard
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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
Help Ban Shark Fin Products In Westchester County - Act Now
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Westchester County in New York may potentially be the first county in the entire US to enact a ban on shark fins and shark products. It is vital that we show support for this cause. Help set a...
Explorers Club 104th Annual Dinner
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We had the honor and privilege of being invited by David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes to attend the 104th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. The prestigious event is held each year at the Waldorf Astoria...
2008 Beneath The Sea Photo & Video Competition Winners
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Beneath The Sea is proud to announce the winners of the 2008 competition
Special NYUPS David Doubilet Event - March 24th
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The New York Underwater Photographic Society will be hosting a not-to-be-missed event with legendary underwater photographer David Doubilet
Clues to Waterproof Glue Found in Antarctic Creature
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For 20 years, Sam Bowser, a scientist at the New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center, has dived the frigid, yet surprisingly, biologically rich-waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica,...
Yeang Chng in American Photo 2007 Images of the Year
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A photograph taken by Wetpixel member Yeang Chng (Ychng) was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Nature Category of the American Photo 2007 Images of the Year Competition. The gallery event to...
Howard Schatz H2O Exhibit in NYC
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New York City has seen a few underwater photography exhibits over the past several weeks. However, when Howard Schatz is involved, you can expect something very special and unique.
Todd Essick Gallery Exhibit in New York
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Our good friend Todd Essick is making his New York debut in association with the Global Art Force in an exhibition together with three other artists titled Civilization vs. Nature
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...
PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo 2007
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The massive Jacob Javitz Center in New York was host to the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo 2007 this week, as tens of thousands of photo pros attended the three day event. This is...
Coverage Of PhotoPlus International Expo 2007
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The massive Jacob Javitz Center in New York was host to the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo 2007 this week, as tens of thousands of photo pros attended the three day event. This is...
Paul Watson Speaks At Ocean Blue Divers NYC Fundraiser
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New York really does have a rejuvenated diver scene these days, thanks in large part to Ocean Blue Divers, the one year old dive club that boasts nearly 1,000 members, and the host of a lovely...
DPG Visits Popular Photography Magazine's Testing Lab
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The other day Mike McNamara invited me over to the Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine offices. New York is home to many media powerhouses, and the parent company behind Pop Photo, Hachette...
Paul Watson Speaks at OceanBlue Divers NYC Fundraiser
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New York really does have a rejuvenated diver scene these days, thanks in large part to OceanBlue Divers, the one year old dive club that boasts nearly 1,000 members, and the host of a lovely...
DivePhotoGuide Visits Popular Photography Magazine's Testing Lab
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The other day Mike McNamara invited me over to the Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine offices. New York is home to many media powerhouses, and the parent company behind Pop Photo, Hachette...
OceanBlue Divers One Year Anniversary Event In NYC On Oct 4th
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A special NYC event honoring Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and celebrating the first anniversary of Oceanblue Divers, New York Cityus largest and fastest-growing dive...
More Subway Cars Slated For Reefs
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More than 1,600 old New York City subway cars are destined for the deep where they will make up new artificial reefs off the Atlantic Coast.
The MTA this week approved a $6.3 million contract to...
Hundreds Of NYC Subway Cars Becoming Reefs In New Jersey
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Some 600 New York City subway cars will spend the rest of their days down the shore as artificial reefs.
The decision by state Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson was eagerly...
Stevens Experts LIVE! From The Bottom Of New York Harbor
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Three maritime science experts from Stevens Institute of Technology will join forces with The River Project, Saturday, Sept.15, 2007, to explore life underwater in New York Stateus newest estuarine...
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...
David Doubilet Exhibit Upstate NY
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Ever want to go swimming off the coast of Australia with sea lions that would tickle you with their whiskers? Or dive into the warm waters of Indonesia through its picturesque coral reefs. For the...
Coral Reefs On New York City Subway Cars?
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was intrigued when I learned of the new campaign from Westin Hotels to wrap the inside of NYC subway cars with nature themes. It's part of their "This is How It Should Feel" campaign....
Coral Reefs on New York City Subway Cars?
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New Yorkers explore the depths of the sea in this stunning shuttle wrap execution. Photos: Chris Cassidy
I was intrigued when I learned of the new campaign from Westin Hotels to wrap the inside...
One Of Deep Ocean's Most Turbulent Areas
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More than a mile beneath the Atlantic's surface, roughly halfway between New York and Portugal, seawater rushing through the narrow gullies of an underwater mountain range much as winds gust...
Under Pressure: German Diver Sets Breathtaking Record
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A German man has broken his own world record for holding his breath under water after managed to remain submerged for 15 minutes and two seconds.
Tom Sietas, a 30-year-old engineering student from...
Lord & Taylor New York Underwater Photography Exhibition
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New York underwater photographer Fernwood Mitchell's colorful images adorned the walls of the famous department store on Fifth Avenue in the heart of New York City.
The popular upscale...
Lord & Taylor New York Underwater Photography Exhibition
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New York underwater photographer Fernwood Mitchell's colorful images adorned the walls of the famous department store on Fifth Avenue in the heart of New York City...
From Killing Aliens To Protecting Aliens Of The Deep
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There seems to be some inherent irony in an actress speaking against bottom trawling who stared in three movies killing aliens based on deep-sea isopods*. That stated, I welcome Sigourney Weaver's...
Electric Fish Engage In Shocking Mating Ritual
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Some African fish signal their amorous intentions by exchanging bursts of electrical impulses, a new study has found.
The behavior is similar to the courtship duets of songbirds, say...
New York Seeks To Sink Old Ships For Big Reef
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New York State wants to expand its network of artificial reefs in the Atlantic Ocean and add another that would be the largest and deepest off Long Island.
According to plans the stateus...
July NYUPS Event
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Gear Preview & How to Produce Amazing Underwater Prints: Michael McNamara gets his hands on all the goodies before the rest of us mere mortals. He is also a NYUPS member - we are proud to have...
Cute Or Scary? Creatures Of The Deep Ocean
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The New York Times has a review and slideshow of a very interesting, very new, and very beautiful science-related coffee table book. It's called The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss....
NYPD Scuba Divers Search Waterfront For Bombs
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Their main job used to be retrieving rusty murder weapons, the corpses of homicide victims and the occasional stolen car from the murky depths of the city's waterways.
But in recent years, the...
ADEX 2007: The Asia Dive Expo Hits Bangkok
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It's always interesting to glean a perspective of divers from different regions of the world. After all, we collectively share the same passion for diving and the underwater realm. The Asian dive...
Geologists And Engineers Join To Discover The Lake From Below
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Santa Clara mechanical engineering student John Zevenbergen pulled his hands out of his sweatshirt pockets and adjusted his red skull cap, patting the hat's emblem, worn off a little on the side....
First Male Mermaid At The Weeki Wachee Springs
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Little Merman.com is a web-based reality series following stand up comic Thomas J. Kelly as he has nervous breakdown, quits comedy and becomes the first male mermaid at the Weeki Wachee Springs...
NYUPS Event Coverage & New Website
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Coverage of the inaugural NYUPS meeting is now live on the "new temporary" NYUPS.org website. Over 120 underwater photographers and videographers came out for an evening of underwater...
New York City Underwater Last Night
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New York City Went Underwater Last Night...and global wArming predictions had nothing to do with it! The inaugural event for the NY Underwater Photographic Society took place last night (April 12)...
SDI Diver Receives Emmy Award
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SDI Open Water Diver Dave Hirschberg receives Emmy Award for a local news story about learning to dive.
On April 1st at the 50th Annual New York Emmy awards presented by the National...
It's Beneath The Sea Week In New York
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This year the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey will see a Beneath the Sea show the likes of which they have never seen before.
The party starts Friday night with The...
UWP Mag Issue #35 Available For Download
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New York Underwater Photo Society/
Dive Photo Guide competitions/
Bahama sharks with Eric Cheng/
Truk with Martin Edge/
Emerald Seas Best Cover Design/
Dominica recompression chamber/
The...
Introducing Pasquale Pascullo
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I'm really excited to announce the addition of a new member of our team - Pasquale Pascullo, a fellow underwater photographer, New Yorker, founding board member of the newly formed NY Underwater...
New York Is For--scuba Lovers?
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New York as a scuba diving destination? Not so far-fetched.
Subway ads have long enticed riders to snorkel or scuba dive in the Caribbean, but officials in Albany are quietly working on a...
New York Underwater Photo Society (NYUPS.org)
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NYUPS aims to bring together underwater photographers and videographers from the tri-state area to share and learn about the world of underwater imagery. Even those from outside the region are...
Time Running Out For NY Dolphins
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A last-ditch attempt to rescue a pod of common dolphins trapped in a shallow cove off Long Island near New York appears to be failing.
About 20 dolphins were stranded in the shallow waters north...
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...
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...
CES Show Coverage
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The 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be celebrating its 40th birthday this year. In 1967, the first CES show debuted with a small gathering of dealers and manufacturers at...
NYC Divers Changes Name To Ocean Blue Divers
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The new hip dive club in NYC has changed its name and expanded its mission beyond being a cool club only for us New Yorkers. Ocean Blue divers is definitely the next generation of dive clubs. If...
Adventures In Travel Expo Hits New York This Month
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Adventures in Travel Expo - New York is the largest active and adventure travel show on the east coast where you will discover all types of travel adventures and destinations - whatever you...
Moves To Impose Trawling Ban Stymied
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Fishing nations led by Iceland and Russia have blocked U.N. negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas. After weeks of talks in New York, a...
Catching The Buzz At PhotoPlus 2006
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If you're a professional or aspiring professional photographer, New York City's the place to be in early Fall when the annual PhotoPlus Expo Photography & Design Conference sets up shop at the...
FinePix S5 Pro Makes US Debut; S3 Pro UVIR Demos At PhotoPlus Expo
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FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. is showcasing the highly anticipated FinePix S5 Pro digital-SLR camera at PhotoPlus Expo 2006 in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, November 2nd - 4th....
SPECIAL COVERAGE: Antibes International Underwater Photo Festival
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The 33rd International Festival of Underwater Pictures welcomed local and international representatives of the underwater imagery and art world this week. The setting couldn't be more...
International Underwater Photo Festival - Day 1
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The 33rd International Festival of Underwater Pictures welcomed local and international representatives of the underwater imagery and art world this week. The setting couldn't be more...
Day 1: Antibes International Festival Of Underwater Images
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I arrived in Antibes to the pleasure of many familiar faces, and even more outstanding underwater photography. Jet lagged from the flight from New York, I settled in to some great French food and...
Power Turbines Will Rely On Tidal Forces - Test In NYC
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In a trial of the first underwater turbines in the United States, turbines will remain in the East River for a year and a half, supplying electric power to a parking garage and supermarket on New...
Photoplus Expo Is Coming To New York
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Discover new solutions. Preview the hottest products and technologies on the market from over 200 of the industry's leading manufacturers and suppliers - Awaken your creativity. Learn the newest...
Attention New York Divers
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Jason Heller will be presenting "Our Diverse Oceans & Reefs", a story told through high-color saturated underwater (and some topside) images from his adventures in the Galapagos...
A Spiny Tropical Invader Proliferates In New York Waters
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Long Island's waters are being invaded by the exotic lionfish, an alien tropical species native to the Pacific Ocean that has vividly colored stripes and a freakish array of venomous spines....
Scientists Map Canyon Below Atlantic
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Although just 100 miles off the New Jersey-New York coast, the features of the Hudson Canyon have been largely hidden beneath hundreds of feet of water. Created by the Hudson River centuries ago,...
NOAA Settles Shark Case With New York Fish Dealer For $750,000
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of General Counsel has settled a multiple-violation shark case with the owner of Brooklyn-based Agger Fish Corporation. The fish...
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...
New York City & San Francisco Tap Tidal Currents For Electricity
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Since ancient times poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are aiming to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant...
Manatee Spotted Swimming In Hudson River
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NEW YORK -- In the heat of summer, all sorts of tourists head north to cooler climes. This year, a manatee has joined the crowd, cruising past the nightclubs of Manhattan and continuing north...
Coral Reef Parks Established By Locals More Effective Than Government Reserves
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Coral reef marine protected areas established by local people for traditional use can be far more effective at protecting fish and wildlife than reserves set up by governments expressly for...
Group Dives Into History Beneath The Surface Of Lake George, NY Marks Historical Sites
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Joe Zarzynski is an underwater archaeologist -- a combination of Jacques Cousteau and Indiana Jones.
The executive director of the Bateaux Below -- a group dedicated to identifying, protecting...
Beneath The Sea A Big Success: Wrap Up Report To Follow
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The 30th Anniversay of Beneath the sea honored legends of the sea - including Hans and Lotte Hass and other pioneers of diving and photography. The show was packed with divers from New York, New...
El Salvador Turtle Die-off Linked To "Red Tide"
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A lethal algal bloom dubbed "Red Tide" by scientists caused a mysterious mass die-off of sea turtles on the Pacific shores of El Salvador, a U.S. conservation group said on Friday....
Scientists Confirm Massive Flood Triggered By Climate Change 8,200 Years Ago
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Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used computer modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change that took place 8,200 years ago. At that time, the beginning...
Indianapolis Zoo Dolphin Videos Win Award
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The series of Dolphin Adventure videos produced by Creative Street for the Indianapolis Zoo's New Dolphin Adventure won both a Gold World Medal at the New York Film Festival in the Nature &...
DivePhotoGuide.com Featured On Scubaradio At The New York Boat Show
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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...
Last Call For Beneath The Sea 2006 Photo Competition
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Beneath The Sea 2006
Worldwide Underwater
Photo/Video Competition
Multi - Media House
103 East 86th Street
New York City, New York 10028
Contact: Maria Hults
Phone: (212) 876-2639...
International Photoshop Competition Announced
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Announced during the PhotoPlus Expo in New York this past week, Adobe is calling for entries in 11 categories including TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY.
Scuba Diver Drowns Off Brooklyn New York
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A scuba diver drowned during a trip to the waters off Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, police said.
The victim, 33-year-old Dmitrey Satyukov of Brooklyn, was among a group of divers who took a boat...
In New York's L.i. Sound, Sharks Swim, Though Harmlessly
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The chances of being bitten by a shark in New York are roughly the same as your being chosen to lead a Mars expedition.
"We've got thresher sharks, blue sharks, sand-tiger sharks, makos,...
Cruise Ship Damaged By Freak 70 Foot Wave Off South Carolina
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A cruise ship's voyage to New York was interrupted by a 70-foot-high wave that forced the vessel into a southern port for emergency repairs.
Susan Robison, a spokeswoman for Norwegian Cruise...
International Photoshop Competition
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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is calling for entries for its 2006 Digital Canvas Awards, the first worldwide competition exclusively for Adobe Photoshop users....
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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is calling for entries for its 2006 Digital Canvas Awards, the first worldwide competition exclusively for Adobe Photoshop users....
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