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A Bad Year For Manatees In Florida
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A record number of manatees died in Florida waters this year.
1,000 Feet Deep, New Haven For Rare Corals
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A federal panel has protected 23,000 square miles of deepwater corals, believed to be the world's largest such ecosystem, off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
Florida Diving Gem, Blue Heron Bridge Being Replaced
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I have been diving the bridge area for over thirty-five years. The Little Blue Heron Bridge was built in 1950 and all who attended this meeting agree that the bridge needs to be replaced
Hope For Staghorn As Farmed Raised Coral Reproduces For First TIme
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Farm-Raised staghorn coral reproduces for first time in the Florida Keys
Electrified Coral Reef Off Florida Gets Federal OK
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A proposal to install an electrified artificial reef on the ocean floor off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has won approval from a key federal agency
USF, Mote Marine Sign Agreement To Be Partners
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The University of South Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota have made a three-year relationship official with a formal agreement to join forces on science, education and economic...
New Shark Fishing Rules In Florida?
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Florida fisherman this year could face a suite of new shark fishing rules that include a first-ever size limit on sharks they catch in state waters
Warship Sunk Off Florida To Create Second Largest Artifical Reef
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The USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg was sunk to create an artificial reef in Florida
Man Arrested For Stealing Sea Turtle Eggs In Florida
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A man caught with a sack of sea turtle eggs was arrested on a charge of poaching an endangered or protected species
Learn About Sea-Turtle-Friendly Lighting In Florida
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County officials are sponsoring a daylong session on lighting and how to help beachfront properties comply with sea-turtle rules
Ban on Bagging Red Snapper
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Regional fishery managers decided Thursday to move ahead with an interim rule that includes a temporary moratorium on red snapper fishing
Mote Marine Aquarium's Red Tide Study Helps with Sea Turtle and Sea Bird Treatment
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An ongoing Mote Study about the effects of red tide on sea birds and sea turtles has uncovered new information that should lead to more refined treatment for animals exposed to Florida's red tide
Volunteers, Scientists Guard Endangered Whales
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Volunteers in Florida help protect right whales
Historical Photographs Expose Decline in Florida's Reef Fish, New Scripps Study Finds
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Snapshots trace shrinking 'trophy fish' over a generation of sport fishing
Record Number Of Entangled Rare Whales This Winter
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An unprecedented number of North Atlantic right whales have been found tangled in fishing rope this winter off Georgia and Florida
Dreaded Lionfish Invades Florida Keys
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The dreaded lionfish has made its way to the Florida Keys
More Manatees Are Counted, But With Caveats
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More manatees than ever were spotted in Florida waters this year during the state's annual count, but scientists say the high number has more to do with weather conditions during the census than...
More Lionfish In The East Coast?
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I recently read this article that shows introduced lionfish may be spreading into other areas on the east.
Commericial Ships Responsible For Manatee Deaths
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More news on the ongoing problem of boat-manatee interactions.
Species Coming Back After '05 Gulf Outbreak
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Marine life is returning to near-shore reefs that were so smothered by a devastating outbreak of red tide along Florida's central Gulf Coast in 2005 that the area became known as a "dead zone"
Expedition Reveals Three Previously Unknwon Coral Reefs Off Florida's Coast
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the first expedition using state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicles to survey, map and identify large areas of the ocean bottom, researchers discovered three previously unknown Lophelia...
Team Frees Whale Tangled in Fishing Lines
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Creature Rescued off Florida Coast Is Member of Critically Endangered Species
Wildlife Groups Ask Feds To Revise Critical Habitat Zones For Manatees
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Conservation groups are petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise the boundaries of critical habitat for the endangered Florida manatee in Southwest Florida
Scientists Seeking Entangled Whale
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A young right whale found tangled in debris off the St. Johns County coast has vanished before researchers could finish freeing it
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.
Climate Change Increases Problems For Florida Reefs
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Despite new federal protections, Elkhorn coral may disappear from the waters off the coast of South Florida
One of Underwater Photography's True Pioneer's - Bruce Mozert
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a truly amazing person and one of the pioneers of underwater photography, Bruce Mozert
Help Protect "Snapper Ledge", Florida Keys
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Our friend Stephen Frink alerted us to a stunning situation in the Florida Keys where nurse sharks are being used for spear fishing target practice. We'd like to request your help by simply signing...
Manatees Saved From Drainage Pipe
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Two manatees were rescued from a stormwater pipe in Florida
Turtle Nests Take A Hit By Storms
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Storms soaked turtle nests in Florida, causing the deaths of the embryos.
Heavy Rains Killing Fish
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Fish are dying by the thousands in multiple rivers i Florida.
Downeast Maine Shark Tournament On It's Last Leg?
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he Humane Society has already helped to shut down two tournaments, including the Destin Florida tournament, and have been crusading against shark tournaments up and down the east coast. Next on...
Research Expedition Seeks Details of Coral Disease Impacts in Florida
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Researchers from NOAA, Auburn University, George Mason University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, and Mote Marine Laboratory will look for evidence of coral disease and bleaching at...
Rare Daytime Egg-Laying Turtle Draws Florida Crowd
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A sea turtle lays eggs in a resort area in Florida-during the day.
Fish Kill Zone Widens; Algal Bloom Suspected
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New fish kills were reported in Old Tampa Bay Thursday, widening the death zone miles beyond the original kill reported at Courtney Campbell Parkway over the weekend.
Call For Sea Turtles Artists
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The Child Guidance Center is excited to announce it will be producing the largest public art exhibit ever to hit northeast Florida-the area will serve as an urban habitat to 40 painted and...
Healing Florida's 'River of Grass'
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Florida's Everglades - the world-renowned wetland area that has been under siege for more than a century - has been offered a lifeline
Loggerhead Nests Drop By 4,600 In Florida
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Florida accounts for 90 percent of the nation's loggerhead nests, which have dwindled by half since 1998. The most recent count, according to figures just released, shows the state down another...
Tighter Turtle Protections Eyed
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Loggerhead sea turtles of the southeastern United States might soon receive a higher level of protection
Petition to Protect the Blue Heron Bridge Diving Area
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Please take a moment to sign the petition to protect this rare habitat, which is apparently one of the most diverse in the US!
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
U.S. Moving To Protect Dying Coral Off South Florida Coast
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The federal government has proposed designating a critical habitat area for threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals.
Oceans Eyed As New Energy Source
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Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current - the mighty Gulf Stream - rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops. To...
Pro Dive To Close After 32 Years In The Scuba Diving Industry
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Pro Dive, a popular PADI Career Development Center, will conclude daily business operations on Friday February 15, 2008, and will focus on an orderly shutdown of business immediately thereafter.
Salesperson Wanted - Reef Photo & Video
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Reef Photo & Video, Fort Lauderdale Florida, is seeking a motivated full time salesperson.
Oceans Past: A Guide to Oceans Future
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Violent confrontations on the waterfront and arson attacks were an unsavory feature of the intense hunt for sponges on Florida's fragile coral reef in 1918. But the real victims were the sponges...
2008 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
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From sub-Arctic waters off northern Canada to the freshwater springs of North Florida, the search for the year's best wildlife photographer has begun
Divers Break Record for Longest Cave Passage
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Completing the longest dive from one cave opening to another, divers on a treacherous 20-hour journey proved that vast underwater networks in Florida are linked
Manatees Retain Endangered Status
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Manatees remain on the state's endangered species list, for now.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decided on Wednesday to delay voting on removing the manatee from the list...
Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life
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Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can...
Sea turtle nests near 19-year low mark
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Loggerhead sea turtles dug their fewest nests in two decades on Florida beaches this year, their ninth straight year of decline, initial tallies show.
That is making some scientists worry about...
DEMA Coverage: Intro, Day 1
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DivePhotoGuide will be providing complete coverage of the 2007 DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida. We'll report on the new products, people and players that make DEMA what it is. So today's coverage is...
Shark Documentary Packs Considerable Bite
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Looking to reclaim some of the integrity snatched away by Messrs. Benchley and Spielberg, "Sharkwater" is both a startlingly photographed portrait of that maligned denizen of the deep and a...
Air Force Ship To Become Artificial Reef
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A decommissioned Air Force ship is being prepared at a Virginia shipyard to become a new habitat for marine life and an attraction for recreational divers in the Florida Keys National Marine...
Marine Mammals Fewer Than Outdated Statistics Show
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Marine mammals are being managed based on outdated population figures that show more animals than actually exist. Conservationists warn that this failure to provide accurate counts puts shrinking...
Manatees Could Leave Florida's Endangered List
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What's 10 feet long as an adult, weighs more than 1,000 pounds, lives in rivers and bays and is Florida's state marine mammal? If you answered manatee, then chances are you also know it's an...
UF Toxicology Lab To Assess Effects Of Pollutants On Sharks
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Sending commonly prescribed medications down the drain may be taking a bite out of the environment u" at least when it comes to shark habitat, University of Florida veterinary scientists say. In...
DEP, Finally?
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There are six sewage outfalls between Delray Beach and Key Largo. All together they pump about 300 million gallons of uA…aˆ?secondarily treated sewageuA‚A? into the ocean - EVERYDAY. The Delray...
Rising Seas Likely To Flood U.S. History
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Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are...
Biologists Close In On Mystery Of Sea Turtlesu uA‹A“lost Yearsu
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Biologists have found a major clue in a 50-year-old mystery about what happens to green sea turtles after they crawl out of their sandy nests and vanish into the surf, only to reappear several...
Oceanographers May Bring Undersea World To Masses
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Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables are strung across the world's oceans, connecting continents like so many tin cans in this age of global communication.
So the fact that about 800 more...
Imperiled Reefs In Florida Keys Under Study
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Scientists and educators from NOAAus National Marine Sanctuary Program embarked on a nine-day mission to the worldus only undersea scientific facility on Sept. 17. While living underwater in the...
Shark Researcher Works To Debunk Myths, Study Evolution
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Turns out, the color of blood doesn't get much reaction from sharks. It's the scent that attracts them.
"These ideas are repeated over and over," said Stephen Kajiura, who began...
NOAAuS Live Broadcasts Direct From Floridaus Coral Reef To Schools Nationwide
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VBrick Systems announced today that the scientists and educators from NOAAus National Marine Sanctuary Program will be streaming live reports over the Internet for a nine-day period from the...
Gov. Crist Asks To Postpone Manatee Status Vote
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Gov. Charlie Crist is asking Florida Wildlife Commissioners to postpone a vote on whether to change the status of manatees from endangered to threatened.
In a letter to the commission chairman,...
Jellyfish Invade Florida Beaches
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Lifeguards in Palm Beach, Fla., have begun warning beach-goers about the recent influx of jellyfish into area waters.
Palm Beach lifeguards say the aquatic creatures have started their annual...
Japan Coral Bleaching Worsens As Mercury Rises
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Conservationists are warning that if sea temperatures continue to be high, coral reefs off Ishigakijima island, Okinawa Prefecture, may develop more cases of large-scale bleaching.
Coral...
Invasive Australian Jellyfish Sighted In Gulf Of Mexico In Summer 2007
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The invasive Australian jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, first reported in great quantities in the Gulf of Mexico in 2000, has made a vigorous reappearance this summer in waters from southwestern...
Conquest Of Land Began In Shark Genome
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When the first four-legged animals sprouted fingers and toes, they took an ancient genetic recipe and simply extended the cooking time, say University of Florida scientists writing in Wednesdayus...
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...
Stop The Harvest Of The Endangered Goliath Grouper In Florida
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One of our concerned members, Edward Dorson, brought this issue to my attention this week, after he responded to an appeal recently made by underwater photographer Walt Stearns. Somehow the...
Stop the Harvest of the Endangered Goliath Grouper in Florida
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One of our concerned members, Edward Dorson, brought this issue to my attention this week, after he responded to an appeal recently made by underwater photographer Walt Stearns. Somehow the...
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...
Fishermen Ready To Tackle Goliath
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One of Florida's largest sea creatures could be fished once again, although it remains critically endangered in many parts of the world.
The Goliath grouper has been protected from fishing since...
Divers Might Have TWO Chances To See Florida Keys Coral Spawning
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Every year, patrons of Florida Keys dive and snorkel shops play a guessing game. Locals and visitors alike try to guess the date and time of the annual coral spawn -- sometimes nicknamed "sex...
A Matter Of Light And Death
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South Florida is one of the most important places in the world for nesting sea turtles. But in the last 30 years, their numbers have plummeted. Laws intended to protect them may not be doing the...
Southern Ocean's Climate Effects Studied
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Florida State University has received a $2.6 million grant through the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the Southern Ocean's climate effects.
The project involving the ocean that...
Phantom In The Photograph?
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Pictures developed after local manus scuba diving trip show ghostly image ... Many people believe that every person has a guardian angel assigned specifically to each person to protect them, but...
Video Maker Speaks On Eagle Ray Killing
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The threats were frightening: They wanted to "disembowel" him like the eagle ray for filming its killing.
That's what people wrote to the 22-year-old video maker's YouTube online...
Endangered Sea Turtles Make Big Comeback In S. Florida This Year
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They outlived dinosaurs, only to wind up on the endangered species list. Now, leatherback turtles are poised to make something of a mild resurgence this year.
With a few weeks to go in the...
Baby Sea Turtles Protected By Cutting Edge Lighting
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sea turtle nesting season up and down the east coast of Florida, and once again, the baby sea turtle population is at risk. Baby sea turtles are drawn into harm's way because they are attracted to...
No They Are Not Dogs, They Are WILD Dolphins
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It is amazing how many of us out there, keep pushing nature... , we keep forgetting that marine life is wild and we are not supposed to treat them as pets. So that's why marine researchers are...
Officials Trying To Save Coral Reef Off Coast Of Florida
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Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine.
It is not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon, but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate...
Partner for Inaugural Live Underwater Classroom Project
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The Khaled bin Sultan LIVING OCEANS Foundation today announced that Dr. Mark R. Patterson of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will lead Project SeaCAMEL (Classroom Aquarius Marine Education...
Divers Begin Removing Artificial Tire Reef
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Divers began removing up to 2 million tires from the ocean floor off Florida's southeast coast.
The used tires were dumped there in the 1970s to create an artificial reef, a scheme that turned...
New Underwater Journal Available For Download
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The latest, feature-packed issue of the Underwater Journal is now available for download at In this issue: Rebreathers in a recreational divers world - Eastern Pacific's Socorro Islands -...
Captive Shark Had 'virgin Birth'
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Female hammerhead sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists confirm.
The evidence comes from a shark at Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska which gave birth to a pup in 2001 despite having had...
Florida: Fragile Balance Offshore
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About a mile offshore, where the water fades into a deep, misty blue and the sea life blooms into a colorful collection of coral, sits one of South Florida's most pristine reefs.
Blanketed by...
Breathing New Life Into Corals
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Clouds were moving across the sun and a 20-knot northeast wind was stirring a 3-foot chop as Meaghan Johnson headed her open boat into the Florida Straits.
Johnson, a program coordinator for...
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...
Scientists Baffled As Florida Diver Captures Sea Serpent On Video
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It's not the Loch Ness Monster or the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but a creature recently caught on tape by a Florida diver does have scientists scratching their heads.
Underwater...
Grand Cayman Resort Leads Successful Beach And Reef Restoration Effort
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Grand Cayman, BWI (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- Just offshore, guests of the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort snorkel past parrot fishes and yellowtail damsel fishes that now call the near-shore reef...
Florida To Dump Sewage On More Sections Of Coral Reef System
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Tallahassee, FL (AHN) - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) will open a new ocean discharge pipe near Lake Worth, in a move that has alarmed divers and environmentalists...
DNA Testing Reveals Illegal Trade Of Basking Shark Fins
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hark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports that the world's second largest fish is still being killed for its...
DNA Testing Reveals Continued, Illegal Trade In Fins Of Endangered Basking Sharks
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Despite regulations by some countries to protect the behemoth basking shark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports...
The Lord Of The Rocks
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In September 2006, a spearfishing enthusiast was free-diving in 8m of water, a half-mile off the Florida Keys. He trained his spear gun on a very large grouper, pulled the trigger and speared it....
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....
Scientists Hope Coral Grown On 'farms' Will Restore Reefs
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The scientists have nursed dozens of tiny coral fragments in a lab in Ruskin and transported them to Western Sambo Reef in the Keys. It's all part of a complicated experiment to find a new way to...
A Million Tiny Life Rafts
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On a night of fierce winds and savage waves, the freighter Miss Beholden started taking on water. The 142-foot ship was 5 miles off Key West, carrying 20 tons cargo of candy and cigarettes, and...
Manatees Could Lose 'endangered' Status
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service might reclassify the manatee as threatened instead of endangered, a move suggesting the marine mammal has rebounded from the brink of extinction, according to an...
Project To Sink Vandenberg Off Key West Begins
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Second-largest vessel ever to be scuttled as artificial reef, is relocated to shipyard for preparations.
After 10 years of fundraising and permitting, a project has begun to sink a retired...
Algae In Florida Harming Sea Floor, Coral Reef
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Coarse mats of fast-spreading mud-green algae are blanketing acres of sea floor and delicate coral reef from northern Delray Beach to the southern end of Boca Raton, reported volunteer divers who...
Divers Call To Action From DEMA
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Florida House and Senate committees are now considering creation of a trust to provide state matching funds for coastal communities to sink large ex-military ships as artificial reefs. If you are...
Chasing Turtles In South Florida
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Step through the rustic doors of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton's Red Reef Park, and you find a world seemingly far removed from the temporal and commercial concerns symbolized by A1A just...
South Florida Marine Life Faces Threat
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The sand shortage is the lastest problem with a beach-rebuilding program that harms water quality and marine life, environmentalists say...
Dead Sharks And Rays Wash Ashore In Florida
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Dead sharks are crashing the area's spring break party. Dozens of juvenile bonnethead sharks and stingrays washed ashore Tuesday on Fort Myers Beach and Lovers Key State Park. As many as 25 sharks...
Cultured Coral Could Help Repair Damaged Reefs
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Science Daily - Coral might be the slowest-growing crop ever farmed by the University of Florida, but researchers say damaged reefs could be repaired faster if they perfect methods to cultivate the...
Florida's Coral Reefs Face A Sea Of Threats
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Walter C. Jaap, a St. Petersburg marine ecologist, vividly recalls the reefs off the Florida Keys he saw during research dives in the 1970s: Thousands of chocolate brown and golden corals teeming...
Free Diver Killed By Boat Propellers
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The propellers of a boat named Paradise Found killed a diver and chewed up the flippers of another man who survived unscathed Saturday morning.
The dead diver is Ricardo Aruajo, 33, of Hialeah...
Critics Of Manatee Proposal Speak Out
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The manatee may be mellow but opponents of a state proposal to strip the mammal of its endangered status have been anything but.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted...
America's Deepest Coral Reef
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It is with mixed emotions that I sit on my fly-bridge anchored in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, writing these thoughts. It is early June, 2006, nearly a year after I descended 230 feet...
Shark Decline Takes Bite Out Of Attacks
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The ocean is becoming more human-friendly, but the reasons are not all nice.
Shark attacks worldwide totaled 62 in 2006, up slightly from the previous year but down from 79 in 2000. Four people...
Scientists Eavesdrop On Endangered Whales
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Beneath the ocean, microphones listen around the clock for the mooing calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an eavesdropping experiment that could help save them from extinction....
Wyland Paints Final Whaling Wall
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Renowned marine artist and friend of DivePhotoGuide, Wyland, is painting his last US Whaling Wall mural in Ket Largo, Florida this weekend. The Wyland Foundation has posted a live webcam so you can...
US Navy Continues Sonar Testing
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When David and I were diving in southeast Florida almost exactly 2 years ago, we were thrilled to see a pod of dolphins, which we were told were a rare sight in the area in February. A few days...
Oceans' Health Linked To Warming
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People in low-lying coastal zones, like much of the state of Florida, might want to take a better look at the ocean waters that a new global warming report predicts will steadily creep ashore....
Freediver Named Adventurer Of The Year
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Freediving champion Martin Stepanek has been named Adventurer of the Year by the respected extreme sports journal South Florida Adventures. It's the first time a freediver has won this title, and...
Dolphin Stranded In Key Largo Refuses To Go Back Out To Sea
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A pregnant bottlenose dolphin is at a rehabilitation center after refusing to be released into waters off the Florida Keys.
The ten-foot-long, 550-pound mammal swam back to shore three times...
Dead Right Whale Calf Found Off Florida
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A fisherman found the body of a young Right Whale floating 200 yards off a Florida beach.
After the Coast Guard brought the carcass to a boat ramp in Mayport near Jacksonville, it was trucked to...
Manatees Need Better Protection
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The recent news about increasing manatee deaths - especially the high number still being killed by watercraft - is distressing. The important thing about the state's uncertainty over the actual...
Man Arrested With 300 Pounds Of Coral In His Boat
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Late last week, the Coast guard stopped an unidentified man at Crandon Park Marina in Key Biscayne, Florida. Upon discovering that he had 300 pounds of live coral in his boat -- which officials...
SharkSkunker Trip Report
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You may recall the long and winding tale of David Schneider, the man behind the SharkSkunker chemical shark repellent. In order to prove his invention worked the way he hoped it would, he needed to...
Questions Remain In Whale Shark Death
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Officials at the Georgia Aquarium said Tuesday that it could take weeks to figure out why Ralph the whale shark suddenly died last week.
Scientists from the aquarium, the University of Georgia...
Dead Rare Turtle Washes Ashore In Florida
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An endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle washed up dead today at the southern edge of Spessard Holland Park in Melbourne Beach.
Whatever killed the 2-foot turtle remains unknown.
"It's hard to...
Alaska Charges Processer With Letting 400 Tons Of Salmon Rot
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defunct fish processor accused of letting 400 tons of Alaska salmon rot and stiffing the fishermen who sold it has been charged with five misdemeanors for what prosecutors called "an...
Ship Slices Another Endangered Whale
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A rare North Atlantic right whale was lacerated multiple times and killed by a ship off the Georgia coast last week, causing scientists to again sound the alarm on these endangered creatures....
Keys Fear Disaster If Cuba Taps Nearby Oil
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The pelicans gather each afternoon, cute, gawky and hungry. They flap and flop awkwardly among the mangrove roots as Juan Leon, a worker at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center, tosses them fish to...
Deepwater Reefs Off S. Florida's Coast May Get Protection
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More than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, in black water illuminated only by the spotlights of research submarines, lies a world of snow-white coral, rock pinnacles as high as skyscrapers and...
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...
Seascapes - Pac-man Jelly
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Key Largo in the northern Florida Keys is surrounded by lush mangrove forest. Dive boats glide through quiet, winding green channels on the way out to the famous offshore reefs. One evening, on the...
Harbor Branch Gets Grant For Documentary
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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution has received an award from ResearchChannel.org to produce "Corals at the Crossroads," a documentary examining the threats modern life poses to...
Florida Sewage Plant Agrees To Quit Dumping Waste Near Reef
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sewage treatment plant sending an average of 13 million gallons of partly treated wastewater into the sea each day will discontinue the practice within the next few years, board members of the...
Oceans May Rise Over 4 1/2 Feet By 2100
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The world's oceans may rise up to 140 cms (4 ft 7 in) by 2100 due to global warming, a faster than expected increase that could threaten low-lying coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, a researcher...
Muralist To Revive Keys Gateway With Marine Life
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For 18 years, a lovely green mermaid greeted visitors to the Florida Keys at mile marker 99.2. But sun, rain and time took their toll on her home -- a four-story cement block building in the median...
Red Tide May Threaten Turtles
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The remarkable reptiles known as loggerhead turtles may be in trouble.
These sea turtles live 60 years or longer and can swim across the Atlantic Ocean and back. Females return to the precise...
Lucky Break Gives Scientists Unique View Of Underwater Eruption
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A combination of luck and being in the right place at the right time allowed a University of Florida geologist and other scientists to capture and record an undersea volcanic eruption for the first...
Increase In Disoriented Sea Turtles In Florida
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A disturbing rise in the number of sea turtle hatchlings getting lost on their way from Collier County beaches is prompting the city of Naples and the county to take action.
More artificial...
Wildlife Officials Say Mutilated Manatee Died Naturally
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A mutilated manatee discovered in Biscayne National Park apparently died of natural causes before its flippers and tail section were cut off, state wildlife officials said.
The Florida Fish and...
Florida Fisherman Penalized For Shark Finning
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a $68,000 civil penalty and a 100-day permit sanction to the owner and operator of the fishing vessel Sea Angel for multiple...
Loggerhead Nesting Trend Raises Alarm
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Florida's most plentiful sea turtle lays fewer nests these days, making some fret over its odds for long-term survival.
The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests at 28 often-studied Florida...
Authorities Seeking Suspects Who Killed, Dismembered Manatee
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Authorities were looking for those responsible for mutilating a manatee whose corpse was found in the waters off Homestead.
Wildlife officials said it was one of the worst cases of abuse to a...
Rangers Investigate Manatee Mutilation In Florida
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Authorities are asking the public for assistance in finding the person or persons guilty of mutilating a manatee, found dead off the shore of Biscayne National Park on Friday.
National Park...
Name A Shipwreck Artificial Reef In Key West - Biddng Starts At $900,000
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Purchase the right to name an artificial reef being constructed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary near Key West, Florida.
Secure a permanent legacy for you, your family, or your...
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting In Steep Decline
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Scientists with Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) today released a research report concluding that the United States' largest remaining loggerhead sea turtle rookery is in...
Fish Eavesdrop To Avoid Becoming Dinner
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Fish can eavesdrop on the calls of dolphins to avoid getting eaten, a new study suggests.
"Probably a lot of fish can do this," said lead researcher Luke Remage-Healey, a behavioral...
Gates Announces Three New Products At DEMA
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Gates Underwater Products, the global leader in reliable underwater housings, is pleased to announce three new professional products at the DEMA trade show in Orlando, Florida.
On display at...
Red Tide Outbreak Kills Dozens Of Florida Turtles
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Red tide is suspected of killing at least 20 sea turtles near Naples in the past three weeks.
Four others have been sickened.
Scientists aren't completely sure if that's the cause, but they...
Stingray Jumps From The Water, Strikes Florida Boater In The Chest; 'It's Very Odd'
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An 81-year-old man suffered serious injuries this afternoon when a stingray leaped into his small, recreational boat and stung him in the chest, Lighthouse Point fire officials said.
The man,...
NOAA: Record Number Of Florida Angler's Hooks Killing Dolphins
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An unprecedented number of bottlenose dolphins have died this year after gobbling baited hooks or lures, or becoming entangled with fishing line.
So far, encounters with recreational fishing...
Marine Life Stirs Ocean Enough To Affect Climate, Says FSU Study
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Oceanographers worldwide pay close attention to phytoplankton and with good reason. The microscopic plants that form the vast foundation of the marine food chain generate a staggering amount of...
Beach Lights Wreak Havoc On South Florida Sea Turtles
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It's just after 7 a.m., and the sun is peeking over the horizon on Fort Lauderdale beach. Mary Wonzy and Michele Blackburn, regular early-risers, pull over their ATVs and make their first stop....
'Trapped Wave' Caused Unexpected Hurricane Surge, Scientists Say FSU
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When Hurricane Dennis passed North Florida on July 10, 2005, it caused a 10-foot storm surge in some areas along Apalachee Bay -- about 3 to 4 feet more than forecasted-- that couldn't be explained...
DEMA 2006 Less Than 30 Days Away!
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THE annual trade event for the dive industry is taking place in Orlando Florida is less than 30 days. Divephotoguide.com will be there in a big way. You can come say hello at booth #2449 or come by...
New Artificial Reef Proposed In Florida
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Palm Beach County officials plan to sink another retired freighter from the Miami River as an artificial reef near Lake Worth Inlet.
As proposed, the 265-foot M/V Celtic Crusader would be...
Hundreds Of Disoriented Turtle Hatchlings Die In Florida Due To Ban On Moving Nests
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Along the beaches of Broward County, this year's sea turtle nesting season brought a sharp increase in the number of newly hatched turtles mistakenly crawling inland, ending up dead in parking lots...
Florida Scientists Baffled By Decline In Turtle Nests
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As this year's nesting season winds down, sea turtle biologists have noticed a worrisome trend: The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests has declined significantly over the past seven years, with...
Florida Shark Tournament Draws Criticism After Hammerhead Mutilated, Pregnant Tiger Caught; 'Gruesome'
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The Destin Florida Shark Tournament has drawn the ire of animal rights groups after a hammerhead shark was mutilated and a pregnant tiger shark was caught during the tournament.
The Humane...
Sink Or Sunk? Florida Planners Hope Ship Reef Isn't Dead In Water
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In 1996, dive boat captain Joe Weatherby started combing through files of 500 mothballed military ships looking for the perfect one to sink and turn into the Keys' largest artificial reef.
He...
Removal Begins On Ship Run Aground In Florida
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The Coast Guard approved the salvage plan late Saturday night for the removal of the Clipper Lasco, a 645-foot cargo vessel that grounded about 1 mile east of Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla.
The...
The Humane Society Of The United States Protests Florida Shark Tournament
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In Destin, Fla. this week, sharks will be killed in a tournament for financial gain and The Humane Society of the United States is urging the city to cancel this contest killing.
The HSUS sent...
Video: Sick Sea Turtles Washing Up On Beaches
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An illness that is baffling scientists is afflicting Loggerhead sea turtles along the North and Central Florida coast.
Ten have washed up dead along Jacksonville-area beaches and eight were...
Red Tide Returns To SW Florida
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After a six-week break, red tide has brought sneezing, wheezing and dead fish back to Lee and Collier counties.
Throughout July, a red tide that some compared to the worst on record, killed...
Tide Puts Rare Fish, Plant Life On Display Under A South Florida Bridge
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If Poseidon knew man had discovered it, he would be annoyed.
Under the Blue Heron Boulevard bridge in Riviera Beach, there's an underwater world filled with aquatic treasures, an ecosystem of...
Sex In The Sea
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It may not be romantic, but it really is quite fascinating. Generally a few days after the full moon in August, an amazing event takes place off the Florida Keys.
It's a late-night annual event,...
'Test-Tube Coral Babies' May Mend Reefs
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Marine scientists hope ''test-tube coral babies'' will take root to help restore a tract of reef ravaged by a 1984 ship grounding in the Florida...
'Test-tube Coral Babies' May Mend Reefs
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Marine scientists hope "test-tube coral babies" will take root to help restore a tract of reef ravaged by a 1984 ship grounding in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
A team of...
Necropsy Photos Released From World Record Pregnant Hammerhead Shark
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Underwatertimes.com has obtained photographs from the necropsy of the world-record great hammerhead shark caught by a recreational fishermen in May off Boca Grande, Florida. The necropsy was...
Search Continues For UCF Student
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Divers searched the Atlantic Ocean again Sunday for the body of University of Central Florida graduate student Boyd Lyon, who disappeared while attempting to capture a 300-pound sea turtle three...
Florida Entrepreneur Cleaning Up With Vodka With A Message
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A local "shark" carries a message in a bottle: "Help save America's waters."
There are no messages inside Mako vodka bottles, but rather labeled on them.
Advertisement...
Shark Week! Florida Expert Wades Into Scary Brazil Waters
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Off the coast of Brazil, sharks are attacking surfers and swimmers in record numbers. Forty-five shark attacks and 16 deaths in 13 years make the small beach off the port city of Recife one of the...
Loggerheads Lagging
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Midway through sea turtle nesting season, several Florida scientists are wondering much the same thing: Where are all the loggerheads? The number of loggerhead turtle nests on Treasure Coast...
Pollution Prevents Coral Lesions From Healing, Says Study
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SCIENTISTS HAVE long been concerned about declining coral reef health off the southeastern Florida coast, in the Florida Keys and worldwide. The World Research Institute's Reefs at Risk programme...
Student Studying Decline Of Pristine Red Sea Reef
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Scientists believe that development in Florida is directly related to the decline of some of its once-pristine coral reefs off the state's coasts.
A local student studying a reef halfway around...
Largest U.S. Reef Looking 'like A Parking Lot'
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In the azure waters of Florida's remote Dry Tortugas National Park, corals have been toppled by hurricanes and blighted by disease and a phenomenon known as bleaching...
Zale Parry Scholarship Application Deadline Is July 31
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Recipients of the Zale Parry Scholarship will receive $1500 plus a $500 voucher towards travel expenses to the Zale Parry Scholarship presentation ceremony which will take place this year at the...
Months Of Research To Follow Harbor Branch's Sea Expedition
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Even though the research cruise on Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's R/V Seward Johnson ended Friday, much of the scientific work needed to understand deep coral reefs off Florida has only...
Scientists Call For Ban On Sale Of Protected Corals
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Conservationists are calling for a ban on the sale of Caribbean elkhorn and staghorn corals, newly protected today under the Endangered Species Act, though still legally sold in shell shops and...
Rising Sea Is Future Threat
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Much of the marine life in Biscayne and Florida bays is found in the shallowest places, on underwater banks carpeted with sea grass, dotted with sponges and inhabited by small creatures, from...
Underwater Image Used To Create U.S. Postage Stamp
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An underwater photo that Randal Sanders (US sales rep for Wakatobi resort) took near the Florida Keys more than 20 years ago has surfaced with a splash.
It's been used to create one of the 40...
Deep-Water Discovery
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Last December, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers using advanced sonar techniques discovered new deepwater reef sites in the Straits of Florida...
Two Corals Added To List Of Threatened Species
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Two types of corals have gotten a spot on the U.S. list of threatened species after years of losing ground in the shallow waters off Florida and in the Caribbean.
"It's a huge step and...
More Water For Homes -- Less For Manatees
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And now let's turn our attention to a friendlier Florida creature, one that does not attack us or eat our poodles -- the lovable sea pig.
Everybody agrees we want manatees around. That is why we...
750-lb Hammerhead Shark Caught Off Florida Coast May Be World Record
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A potential world record hammerhead shark was caught on Wednesday in Boca Grande Pass.
Capt. Andy Whitbread of Fort Myers captured a 13 foot, 4 inch, 750-pound hammerhead...
2 Rare Corals Designated For Federal Protection
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Two rare corals found off South Florida and throughout the Caribbean have been designated for federal protection -- the first corals named to the list of threatened and endangered species...
Florida Turtles Toddling Ashore To Nest
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The big mamas are coming, flippers flapping, with egg payloads ready to plop down on a beach near you.
That means, starting tonight, it's lights out at the beach...
The Blue Hole Of Andros Island
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Andros Island : Languidly it floats, east of Bimini and the Cay Sal Banks, west of New Providence and the Exuma Cays. Captains setting sail from Florida often view this island as a wet blanket that...
DEMA Show 2006
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DEMA Show 2006 is the only international trade event for the diving, action water sports and adventure travel industries.
More than 10,000 professionals will gather in Orlando, Florida,...
Olympus And Panasonic Announce Four Thirds System Digital SLR Cameras
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Olympus Corporation (Olympus) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) have been engaged in joint development of cameras that comply with the Four Thirds System standard for...
Young Underwater Film Maker's Life Cut Short
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IT'S amazing how much living Tracey Medway managed to cram into her 33 years on earth.
The young marine biologist turned underwater photographer was seemingly always on the go, whether filming in...
Wildlife Officers Seek Help Finding Who Butchered Rare Sea Turtle
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State wildlife officers are asking the public for help finding those who butchered an endangered leatherback sea turtle in Jennings State Forest.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
EPA Clears The Way To Sink USS Oriskany As An Artificial Reef Off The Florida Panhandle
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The EPA issued to the U.S. Navy and the state of Florida an Approval to Dispose of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) contained in electrical cable and other non-liquid materials and equipment...
Skilled Tour Operator Is Crucial For Shark Swim
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Q. Is there a company in Perth, Australia, that can arrange a two-day side trip to Ningaloo Reef Marine Park? I'd like to swim with a whale shark.
Ningaloo Reef Marine Park in Western Australia...
Missouri Man Dies While Diving In Keys
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A Missouri man died while scuba diving with a friend on a Florida Keys shipwreck, authorities said Monday.
David Hargis, 48, of Kansas City, appeared to be in some distress during a dive...
Pixel Counting Joins Film In Obsolete Bin
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IF you work in the camera industry, February is an exciting month. That's when you head down to Florida for the annual Photo Marketing Association convention, where your company will unveil its...
New Chance For Florida's Coral Reefs
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Have you ever seen a 22-pound black grouper?
Back in the 1930s that was the average size of black grouper caught in the Dry Tortugas, the remote western end of the Florida Keys. That's the average...
Wilma Spawned Shark Mating Frenzy
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Hurricane Wilma was good for one thing - shark sex.
Credit the October storm for the shark baby boom at the South Florida Science Museum.
When Wilma swept through the area, knocking out power...
Legendary Diver Has A Whale Of A Tale To Tell
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In more than 50 years of recreational and professional scuba diving, Ray McAllister has had more than a few extreme aquatic adventures.
The 82-year-old retired oceanography professor at Florida...
Florida's Deep-sea Gardens
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Somewhere around 200 feet down, divers can make out the sea floor through the dark blue beneath them.
As the divers go deeper, the haze gives way to an undersea garden. Low-relief corals in neon...
Satellite Monitoring Of Reefs Alerts Managers To Destructive Bleaching
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A major coral bleaching event is under way in the Caribbean that might kill corals in much of the region, according to an October 25 press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Warm Seas Killing Coral Reefs Across Gulf, Caribbean
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The extremely warm ocean waters fueling this season's record hurricane season are severely stressing coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and might kill up to 90 percent of the structures in some...
Expedition To Help Protect Florida's Unique Oculina Deepwater Reefs 30 Years After Their Discovery
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On Tuesday, Oct. 3, scientists will begin a nine-day expedition to explore one of Florida's most vital but least familiar marine resources -- the spectacular deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina...
Florida Conducting Coral Reef Study
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IN THE WATER OFF SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. -- Hovering above a coral reef, two divers in wet suits examine and measure the dozens of coral beneath them, recording their findings on clipboards and...
Warm Waters Bleaching Reefs In Florida
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The vibrant colors of Florida Keys reefs have begun to fade in recent weeks, a sign scientists hope doesn't erupt into serious coral bleaching.
Bleaching, triggered by extended weeks of hot and...
Underwater Resort Project In Limbo
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The government has yet to receive a proposal for the internationally advertised $40 million underwater resort to be built near Eleuthera, said Alyson Maynard-Gibson.
The resort is the...
Underwater Photo Exhibit In Gainesville Florida
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The exhibit showcases 31 color photographs of reef life from the Caribbean to the Indio-Pacific by Gainesville resident Carl Feldherr. The photographs were taken with a housed Nikon 8008s camera...
First Day Of Mini-lobster Season Marred By 2 Deaths In Keys
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After counting more than 200 empty air tanks sitting in his Islamorada dive shop Wednesday evening, Mike Goldberg figured it would be dawn today before he was done filling them.
That would be...
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,...
Noaa Names Florida's Indian Harbour Beach The Nation's First
Tsunamiready Community On The East Coast
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Officials from the NOAA National Weather Service today praised central Florida's Indian Harbour Beach for completing a set of rigorous criteria necessary to earn the distinction of being declared...
Coral Reef Expedition Yields Sealife Surprises
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University of South Florida researchers made big news in January when they announced the discovery of the deepest coral reef in the United States.
On Friday, a team of scientists returned from...
Florida Officials Fear Another "summer Of The Shark" Media Frenzy
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Two shark attacks in three days along the Florida Panhandle left scientists and tourism officials struggling Tuesday to fend off fears that another "Summer of the Shark" was dawning....
Florida Underwater Photographer, Among The World's Top 10
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West Palm Beach, FL. - Todd Essick, underwater photographer artist, was named one of the Top 10 underwater photographers in the world by a premier German scuba diving magazine. Unterwasser...
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This international underwater imagery event started in 1987, and is endorsed by many organizations throughout Europe. This festival is chaired by Mr LA©o BARKATE. This Festival of the Image is for...
Outdoor Photographer Winter Photo Contest
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The timing and theme of this contest is winter, but that doesnA?a‚¬a„?t limit your submissions to snow and ice. Maybe winter for you is a Caribbean sunset, a marsh in Florida, a canyon in the...
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This international underwater imagery event started in 1987, and is endorsed by many organizations throughout Europe. This festival is chaired by Mr LA©o BARKATE. This Festival of the Image is for...
Outdoor Photographer Winter Photo Contest
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The timing and theme of this contest is winter, but that doesnA?a‚¬a„?t limit your submissions to snow and ice. Maybe winter for you is a Caribbean sunset, a marsh in Florida, a canyon in the...
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