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Chinese Napolean Wrasse Poachers Caught at Philippines Marine Park Now Center of Scandal, International Incident
by Yvette Lee and Inday Espina-Varona
Underwatertimes 26 Dec 06

Borneo shrimp problem worries oil giant Total
by Sebastien Blanc Yahoo News 26 Dec 06

Bringing back the coastal life-savers: mangroves
Nirmal Ghosh The Straits TiImes 22 Dec 06

Four Villages In Madura Island May Be Gobbled Up By Sea Bernama 22 Dec 06

World's Smallest Porpoise Nearly Extinct, Experts Say
Scott Norris National Geographic 19 Dec 06

Batfish to the rescue!
Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies 19 Dec 06

Living coral reefs provide better protection from tsunami waves Princeton University 19 Dec 06

Octopus Study Shows Way to Save Fish Stocks
PlanetArk 19 Dec 06

Whale rescued off Malaysian island found dead
Yahoo News 17 Dec 06

Corals defy odds to flourish in Hong Kong
Yahoo News 18 Dec 06

Man of sod takes on grasses of sea
Times Wires 17 Dec 06

Eco-tourism: A sustainable trade?
VIEWPOINT James Mair BBC 14 Dec 06

Quota Cuts Could Slice into Japan Tuna Feasts
Story by Elaine Lies PlanetArk 15 Dec 06

Scientists: Coral Die-Offs Occuring More Frequently Than Any Time in the Last 11,000 Years Underwatertimes 14 Dec 06

Rare white dolphin declared as extinct
By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press Yahoo News 13 Dec 06

Sea cucumber scare in Penang
The Electric New Paper 13 Dec 06

Nursed back to health, 70-year-old green turtle returns to the sea The New Straits Times 12 Dec 06

Eritrea to protect entire coast in world first
By Celean Jacobson, Associated Press Yahoo News 12 Dec 06

New eelgrass growing techniques would help bays
Article by Tracey Bryant University of Delaware 11 Dec 06

SMS can tell you if fish is endangered
By Celean Jacobson Yahoo News 11 Dec 06

Scientists marvel at sea life miles deep
By Randolph E. Schmid Yahoo News 10 Dec 06

Whom to save--turtles or humans?
Jajati Karan CNN-IBN ibnlive 10 Dec 06

Plastics 'poisoning world's seas'
By Maggie Ayre Producer, Costing The Earth BBC 7 Dec 06

Japan's whaling program put to science review
Karen Barlow ABC 7 Dec 06

Warmed-up oceans reduce key food link
By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer Yahoo News 7 Dec 06


From poachers to marine conservationists
Philippines Information Agency 4 Dec 06

Thousands of day-trippers flock to outlying islands in Hong Kong for a relaxing break By Channel NewsAsia's Hong Kong Correspondent, Roland Lim Channel NewsAsia 3 Dec 06

Yangtze expedition fails to find endangered Chinese dolphin
by Pratap Chakravarty Yahoo News 2 Dec 06

Scientists: Seagrass Ecosystems at a 'Global Crisis'; Elevating Public Awareness 'Critical' underwatertimes 1 Dec 06

Indian bid to solve age-old seahorse aphrodisiac riddle
by Pratap Chakravarty Yahoo News 1 Dec 06

Baby beluga dies at Spain marine park
Yahoo News 28 Nov 06

Shrimp trawlers look to cut waste
BBC 24 Nov 06

U.N. fails in bid to ban ocean trawling
By Irwin Arieff Yahoo News 23 Nov 06

Malaysia requests fishermen to stop using trawl nets
The Star 23 Nov 06

Malaysia's turtle island faces uncertain future
People and Planet 16 Nov 06

Turtles give up their DNA for science
ABC.net 22 Nov 06

Barge With Oil Spill Debris Sinks in Philippines
PlanetArk 22 Nov 06

Group wants Japan to end dolphin hunting
Yahoo News 21 Nov 06

Cayman's Tourism Minister: Some Dolphin Deaths Expected at New Dolphin Tourist Park; 'It will Happen' by Basia Pioro Underwatertimes 21 Nov 06

Cayman's Animal Welfare Agency Kept in the Dark About Captive Sharks Underwatertimes 21 Nov 06

Pink dolphin tumbles off Taiwan
By Ralph Jennings IOL 20 Nov 06

Six Sharks Die at New Cayman's Amusement Park as Life Support System Fails; 'There is a Strong Learning Curve'
by Cliodhna McGowan Underwatertimes 17 Nov 06

Coral bleaching will hit the world's poor
IUCN 16 Nov 06

Sanctuaries will save fishing: Cousteau
The Age 17 Nov 06

Australian Keppel Island coral reefs 'completely' dead
The Australian 15 Nov 06

Captured Dolphin With Four Fins Spotlights Controversial Hunt John Roach National Geographic 14 Nov 06

Dolphins seen near Terengganu coastline
The Star 14 Nov 06

Turtle plans mapped out
The Star 13 Nov 06

Philippines President Enacts New Conservation Policy to Protect Southeast Asia's 'Coral Triangle' Underwatertimes 9 Nov 06

Warming threat to earth's seas, marine life endangers mankind: study by Lucie Peytermann Yahoo News 9 Nov 06

Dubai's Man-made Island Rises Out of the Ocean
Underwatertimes 5 Nov 06


Plastic trash vortex menaces Pacific sealife: study
By Deborah Zabarenko Yahoo News 5 Nov 06

Australia turns to sunshades, water spray to save Great Barrier Reef Yahoo News 3 Nov 06

Experts urge action on fish stocks after stark warning
Yahoo News 3 Nov 06

Epic journey brings turtle to Welsh shores
NewsWales 3 Nov 06

India: Fishermen suffer for turtles
The Statesman 1 Nov 06

Fish, seafood on track to disappear by 2048: study
Yahoo News 3 Nov 06


Dolphin kill dogged by mercury, activists
By Boyd Harnell, Japan Times 1 Nov 06

New aquatic species found in Hawaii

Yahoo News 31 Oct 06

Scientist says large coral disappearing
By Mat Probasco, Associated Press Yahoo News 31 Oct 06

Coral reefs can be saved from climate change: conservation body Yahoo News 31 Oct 06

Belize Barrier Reef Suffers, Global Warming Blamed
Story by Mica Rosenberg PlanetArk 30 Oct 06

Plastic Shopping Bag Kills 'Temata', Beaked Whale Stranded in the Cook Islands Underwater times 27 Oct 06

Researchers: Half the World's Coral Reefs Could Die in 25 Years 'The Global Bunsen Burner is Cranking Up' Underwatertimes 25 Oct 06

Vietnam's coral reefs dying fast, marine scientists warn
Yahoo News 22 Oct 06

U.N. says number of ocean "dead zones" rising fast
By Daniel Wallis Yahoo News 19 Oct 06

UN says growing pollution threatens recovery of damaged reefs
by Gerry Smith Yahoo News 19 Oct 06 UN

Fish Species Face "Double Jeopardy" Due to Overharvesting, Study Says Scott Norris National Geographic 18 Oct 06

Japan's tuna quota slashed as punishment
Yahoo News 16 Oct 06

Madagascar Reefs May Hold Keys to Rebirth, Despite Bleaching James Owen National Geographic 17 Oct 06

Malaysia turtle egg plan 'crazy'
By Jonathan Kent BBC 14 Oct 06

Turtles have left Terengganu shores, despite help
New Straits Times 14 Oct 06


Booming populations threaten East Asian coasts
By Ben Blanchard Yahoo News 16 Oct 06

OK soon to sell turtle eggs
The Star 12 Oct 06

Has the fish supper had its chips?
Does overfishing mean we should stop eating fish?
Viewpoint by Rupert Howes BBC 12 Oct 06

Hatchery planned to make Pulau Gaya a turtle stopover
Daily Express 11 Oct 06

Marine Expedition: Severe Damage to Madagascar Coral Reefs from Rising Sea Temperatures Underwatertimes 6 Oct 06

Fishermen’s nets take deadly toll on turtles
The Star 5 Oct 06

Save our seahorses
Debra Chong New Straits Times 30 Sep 06

Sewage, Coastal Destruction Threaten Marine Life
Story by Anna Mudeva PlanetArk 4 Oct 06

U.N. to consider deep sea trawling ban
By Michelle Nichols Yahoo News 3 Oct 06

Turtles of the Caribbean: the curse of illegal trade
WWF 1 Oct 06


Lice From Fish Farms Killing Wild Salmon
John Roach National Geographic 2 Oct 06

Scientist Wants Ban On Sale Of Leatherback Turtle Eggs in Terengganu Bernama 29 Sep 06

Fishermen: Seal numbers out of control
By Jay Lindsay Yahoo News 28 Sep 06

Study: Indonesia Coral Reefs Survive Tsunami But Not Cyanide Bombs Underwatertimes 27 Sep 06

Dishes of destruction: the hidden cost of seafood
WWF 27 Sep 06

Terengganu traders selling turtle eggs
The Star 25 Sep 06

Brunei seizes nearly 2,000 turtle eggs from suspected Malaysian smuggler The Associated Press International Herald Tribune 25 Sep 06

Rare giant turtles roam San Francisco
Glen Martin San Francisco Chronicle 26 Sep 06

Tuna: the holy grail of breeding fish
By Norimitsu Onishi The New York Times
International Herald Tribune 26 Sep 06


Scientists issue strongest coral warning for the Caribbean
By Mat Probasco Yahoo News 26 Sep 06

Scientists study decline in turtle nests in Florida
Yahoo News 25 Sep 06

Oman: Turtles tagged on Masirah Island
Gulf News 23 Sep 06

UN ponders ban on bottom trawling
by Anne Chaon Yahoo News 22 Sep 06

Scientists Protest Dolphin Slaughter
LiveScienceYahoo News 21 Sep 06

Tiny Krill Key to Ocean Turbulence, Study Says
Scott Norris National Geographic 21 Sep 06

Official: Over 80% of Coral Reefs in Philippine's Davao Gulf Degraded Underwatertimes 20 Sep 06

Artificial reef made of tires becomes ecological disaster
By Trenton Daniel Miami Herald 20 Sep 06

Environment and progress can coexist
By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
International Herald Tribune 19 Sep 06


Villagers cast wary eye at sea after turtle's sudden return
New Straits Times 19 Sep 06

Philippines oil-spill tanker 'may have sunk during cargo heist'
By Bruce Lieberman Yahoo News 18 Sep 06

Scientists: Two Sharks Among 52 New Species Found in Indonesian Waters Underwatertimes 17 Sep 06

First success for whale project
Jo Meek BBC 17 Sep 06

Researcher studies impact of humans on the oceans
By Bruce Lieberman SignonSanDiego 17 Sep 06

Balinese Sea Turtle Conservationist To Receive 2006 Seacology Prize By Seacology ENN 15 Sep 06

UN Launches the Year of the Dolphin 2007 Campaign
UNEP 15 Sep 06

Governments back sustainable coastal zone management to reduce disaster vulnerability in Indian Ocean countries
IUCN 15 Sep 06


South Pacific States To Sign Whale, Dolphin Conservation Agreement By Ray Lilley, Associated Press ENN 14 Sep 06

Fibreglass 'reefs' replace tsunami-damaged coral in Thailand Yahoo News 13 Sep 06

Most corals unable to adapt to warming oceans
Roxanne Khamsi New Scientist 13 Sep 06

Turtle Conservation Centre In Penang Open To Public Soon Bernama 13 Sep 06

Environmentalists Propose Solutions for Florida Ocean, Coastal Problems; Urgent Action Needed Underwatertimes 12 Sep 06

Risk of bluefin tuna disappearing from Mediterranean: WWF Yahoo News 12 Sep 06

Illegal fishing empties Russian sea
By Sarah Wachter International Herald Tribune 11 Sep 06

Philippines oil slick spares 4,700 hectares of corals Underwatertimes 10 Sep 06

Local Gov't Gets OK to Build Dive Tourism Facilities on Sipadan Island 'Foreign Press Exaggerated' Earlier Reef Damage Claims Underwatertimes 9 Sep 06

Four turtles found washed ashore, two dead
Visayan Daily Star 9 Sep 06

Malaysia: Hope for near extinct turtles
The Star 7 Sep 06

Turtle trackers: Scientists plumb the secrets of elusive leatherbacks
By Emily Saarman SantaCruzSentinel.com 5 Sep 06

Tsunami spurs interest in Asian coasts
By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 7 Sep 06

Baby Dugong 'Puteri Kapas' Dies
Bernama 6 Sep 06

Nearly half of all fish eaten today farmed, not caught
Aquaculture only way to meet surging demand, but challenges to future growth loom FAO website 4 Sep 06

Great Barrier Reef fish rebound in marine protected areas
WWF 4 Sep 06

Philippines considers oil-eating microbes to tackle oil spill
Yahoo News 4 Sep 06

Greenpeace demands bluefin tuna moratorium
Yahoo News 30 Aug 06

Report: Chicago Sushi Suffers from Mercury Overload; 'A Toxic Threat to Food Safety' Underwater Times 30 Aug 06

Scientists tag turtle to track its movements
New Straits Times 30 Aug 06

Philippines oil spill raises spectre of major disaster
by Cecil Morella Yahoo News 30 Aug 06

Study shows significant coral reef regeneration in the Arabian Gulf WWF 29 Aug 06

Indonesia, PNG, Solomon Islands agree to conserve leatherback turtles Antara 28 Aug 06

Record summer for marine turtles
Ansa 28 Aug 06

Lebanese Oil Slick Perhaps not as Bad as Feared
Story by Gideon Long PlanetArk 28 Aug 06

Oil Platforms, Deep Seas Mined for New Drugs
John Roach National Geographic 25 Aug 06

Philippine oil slick threatens rich fishing grounds
by Joel Nito Yahoo News 25 Aug 06

Malaysia: Sarawak releases baby turtles
The Star 23 Aug 06

Ocean is slowly claiming village in Papua New Guinea
By Evan Osnos Macon.com 24 Aug 06

Lebanon oil slick 'hits seabed'
By Chris Morris BBC 23 Aug 06

Indonesia stops sand export to Singapore
The People's Daily 17 Aug 06

Entangled whale tracked by satellite
Yahoo News 23 Aug 06


New Shrimp Farm Rules Aim to Save Asian Mangroves
Story by Clarence Fernandez PlanetArk 23 Aug 06

Malaysia: RM10mil to build reefs for turtles
The Star 18 Aug 06

Malaysia's Development Race Puts Mangroves at Risk
Story by Clarence Fernandez PlanetArk 22 Aug 06

Wish You Were Here? Mediterranean Jellyfish Pose Problem Story by Robin Pomeroy PlanetArk 22 Aug 06

"Red Devil" Squid, Jellyfish Point to Ocean Upsets
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 22 Aug 06

Norway Whalers Land Only Half of Quota
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 21 Aug 06

Is Marine Mining the Wave of the Future?
Story by Anna Stablum PlanetArk 21 Aug 06

Artificial Reefs Made With Sunken Subway Cars, Navy Ships John Roach National Geographic 18 Aug 06

IUCN report recommends building capacity for better management, monitoring and law enforcement to maintain populations of humphead wrasse in Indonesia IUCN 14 Aug 06

Two islands in Malaysian tourist region hit by oil spills
Channel NewsAsia 19 Aug 06

Clean-up crews recover some of massive Lebanon oil spill

Yahoo News 19 Aug 06

'Poachers' demand Australian fishing rights
By Nigel Adlam News.com.au 19 Aug 06

Key Facts About Oil Spills
PlanetArk 17 Aug 06

Lebanon to receive 'urgent' assistance with massive oil spill
by John Hadoulis Yahoo News 17 Aug 06

Pollution, overfishing is killing East China Sea: paper
Yahoo News 17 Aug 06

World Bank asks Philippines to curtail fishing to save marine ecosystem Yahoo News 17 Aug 06

Stench of fuel hangs over Philippine marine park
By Dolly Aglay Yahoo News 17 Aug 06

Lurking at the Aquarium, Brilliant Houdinis of the Deep
By Darragh Johnson The Washington Post 16 Aug 06

'Test-tube coral babies' may mend reefs
Yahoo News 17 Aug 06

Malaysian Minister: Controversial Sipadan Clubhouse was Given OK in 2003 Underwater Times 15 Aug 06

Manila Appeals for Help Over Major Oil Spill
PlanetArk 15 Aug 06

Indian Ocean oil spill after Japan ship crash
Channel NewsAsia 15 Aug 06

Lebanon to Start Mopping Up Oil Spill this Week
Story by Lin Noueihed PlanetArk 15 Aug 06

Whales Strike Out in Collisions With Ships
Story by Jon Herskovitz PlanetArk 15 Aug 06

Australian Official Says Japan Breached Tuna Quota
PlanetArk 14 Aug 06

Pacific 'dead zone' said to exceed fears
By Joseph B. Frazier, Associated Press Yahoo News 11 Aug 06

Mass fish death in river puzzles Taiwan

Yahoo News 11 Aug 06

NYC professor promotes urban fish farm
By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Yahoo News 12 Aug 06

Leatherbacks Not Extinct In Malaysia, Says Turtle Centre Bernama 9 Aug 06

Lebanese oil spill could rival Exxon Valdez disaster: UN
Yahoo News 8 Aug 06

Leatherback Turtle Declines In Number
By D. Arul Rajoo Bernama 7 Aug 06

Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade University of Cambridge website 4 Aug 06

Scientists: Warming triggers 'dead zone'
By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Yahoo News 7 Aug 06

New shrimp nets said helping save fish stocks
By Alister Doyle Reuters Yahoo News 6 Aug 06

Japan's zeal for eel translates into a drastic decline in supply Japan Times 5 Aug 06

Rare turtle to get satellite tag
BBC 3 Aug 06

Study Finds Dozens of Bering Sea Animals in Trouble

By Center for Biological Diversity ENN 3 Aug 06

Professor discovers whaling kills deep-sea life

By Ting-Cheng Wen Kaleo.org 3 Aug 06

Study says man-made reefs don't impact negatively on natural ones By Susan Cocking The Mercury News 2 Aug 06

Altered oceans: A plague of plastic chokes the seas
By Kenneth R. Weiss Los Angeles Times 2 Aug 06

Infrastructure Projects On Sipadan Island Cancelled
Bernama 2 Aug 06

All the eggs in one basket: Conserving too few sea turtle nesting sites EurekAlert 1 Aug 06

How global warming has thrown nature into disarray
Alan MacDermid The Herald 28 Jul 06

Managing Taiwan's whale shark trade
WWF 26 Jul 06

Giant fish swim into British waters
AFP Yahoo News 25 Jul 06

Alternative approaches to marine management prove successful in reef conservation Cell Press EurekAlert 24 Jul 06

Vietnam to halve coastal fishing fleet to protect marine resources by Frank Zeller Yahoo News 23 Jul 06

8 million pounds of trash plucked from world beaches
Associated Press News Journal online 23 Jul 06

Alaskan fishermen pull up slew of squid
By Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Writer
Yahoo News 22 Jul 06


Warmer waters disrupt Pacific food chain
Yahoo News 22 Jul 06

Dugong rescue centres at fishing villages
Bernama 20 Jul 06

Death of the Ha Long corals
VietNamNet 19 Jul 06

Coral's black plague
By Nikki Todd The Daily Telepgraph 18 Jul 06

Activists say coastal damage exacerbating disasters
By Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta The Jakarta Post 4 Jul 06

UN says mangroves in Pacific under threat
By Michael Casey, AP Environmental Writer
Yahoo News 17 Jul 06


Animals Inspire Next Generation of Body Armor
John Roach National Geographic 17 Jul 06

Tourism and Turtles in Turf War on Greek Island
Story by Deborah Kyvrikosaios PlanetArk 17 Jul 06

Napoleon fish threatened with its Waterloo
by Sebastien Blanc Yahoo News 15 Jul 06

Malaysia to track leatherback turtles by satellite: report
Yahoo News 13 Jul 06

Concern in Australia over marine debris
Indian Ocean South-East Asian Marine Turtle MOU website 13 Jul 06


Airport law enforcers net valuable reef fish cargo (Humphead wrasse) TRAFFIC 11 Jul 06

Jellyfish dominate fish in over-harvested Namibian waters
Current Biology EurekAlert 10Jul 06

Eisai launches snail venom pain drug in Britain
Yahoo News 10Jul 06

Not Picky: Animal Makes Skeleton From This or That
Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer Yahoo News 8 Jul 06

7 green sea turtles gain independence
By Karin Stanton APYahoo News 5 Jul 06

Green group buys out fishermen to protect ocean floor
Written by Marcus Wohlsen PlanetSave 6 Jul 06

Endangered whale gets habitat protection
By Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Writer
Yahoo News 7 Jul 06


Florida coral battered by hurricanes and disease
By Laura Myers Reuters 5 Jul 06

Greens Applaud Companies Halting High-Seas Trawls
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 5 Jul 06

Report Warns about Carbon Dioxide Threats to Marine Life
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR Office of Programs EurekAlert 5 Jul 06

Huge marine wetland starts life
BBC 4 Jul 06


Navy, environmentalists battle over whales
By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Writer
Yahoo News 5 Jul 06


Spain Rapidly Destroying its Coastlines - Greenpeace
PlanetArk 5 Jul 06

Illegal Fishing Threatens Survival of Europe's Tuna
PlanetArk 5 Jul 06

WWF and TNC assess climate change impacts on the Mesoamerican Reef WWF 4 Jul 06

Booming Development Driving away Persian Gulf's Endangered Wildlife By Jim Krane ENN 3 Jul 06

Boycott the dolphin parks
By Jonathan Owen The Independent 2 Jul 06

Warmth sends leatherbacks north
BBC 1 Jul 06

HK fishermen forced out of business by rising fuel prices, moratorium By Roland Lim Channel NewsAsia's Hong Kong Correspondent Channel NewsAsia 30 Jun 06

Scientists investigate giant algae bloom off Canada's west coast AFP Yahoo News 29 Jun 06

Baby gray whale births rebounding on Pacific Coast
Written by AP PlanetSave 29 Jun 06

U.S. Coral Eden Found; Others Saved From Destructive Fishing Scott Norris National Geographic 28 Jun 06

Guyana sets up fishing restrictions to help endangered sea turtles Written by AP PlanetSave 28 Jun 06

Scientists Seek to Spy on World's Fish
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 27 Jun 06

Investors Welcome Salmon Farm King, Ecologists Worry
Story by James Kilner PlanetArk 26 Jun 06

Green turtle travels 2,390km in 60 days
by K. Suthakar Kemaman Indian Ocean-South-East Asian Marine Turtle website 25 Jun 06

Only 2 Pct of Coral Reefs Properly Protected - Study
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 23 Jun 06

Site of human-dolphin partnership becomes protected area Wildlife Conservation Society EurekAlert 22 Jun 06

Decline of world's estuaries and coastal seas
Lenfest Ocean Program EurekAlert 22 Jun 06

Healthy Coral Reefs off Madagascar Resisting Damage from Climate Change Conservation International EurekAlert 22 Jun 06

Catches of Ancient Fish off Africa Worry Greens
By Ed Stoddard, Reuters ENN 21 Jun 06

Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches
By Cornelia Dean New York Times 20 Jun 06

A major step forward for marine protection in Indonesia
WWF 19 Jun 06

Seaweed, algae could kill the Great Barrier Reef
By Jade Bilowol News.com.au 19 Jun 06

WWF maps coral reefs in Arabian Gulf
WWF 18 Jun 06

Newest national monument a scenic wonder, but few can visit Written by Tara Godvin PlanetSave 19 Jun 06

Sea Turtle Restoration Project Presents Plan Of Action To UN To Save Leatherback Sea Turtles
By the Sea Turtle Restoration Project ENN 19 Jun 06

Conserving Humphead Wrasse, world's largest reef fish
TRAFFIC 16 Jun 06

Turtle eggs sold near sanctuary
The Star 15 Jun 06

NW Hawaii Becomes World's Biggest Marine Reserve
Story by By Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 16 Jun 06

Action Urged to Avoid Deep Trouble in the Deep Seas
UNEP website 16 Jun 06

Coral Gathering Unabated in the Southern Philippines Despite Ban; 'What the Sea has Belongs to Us' by Al Jacinto Zamboanga Underwater Times 13 Jun 06

Andamans in "losing battle" with poachers
Reuters Yahoo News 9 Jun 06

US Biologists Fight to Save Rare Bird From Extinction
Story by Jon Hurdle PlanetArk 9 Jun 06

West's emissions 'fuelling destruction of Heritage Sites'
By Roger Harrabin in Belize The Independent 9 Jun 06

Scientists: The Philippines is the World's 'Center of Marine Biodiversity'; Announce Alarm over Marine Threats by Katherine Adraneda UnderwaterTimes 8 Jun 06

'Hope for coral' as oceans warm
By Richard Black BBC 7 Jun 06

Fiji War Chant Used to Spur Marine Conservation
Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 8 Jun 06

Japan Plans New Pro-Whalers Group to End Hunting Ban
Story by Elaine Lies PlanetArk 8 Jun 06

Population of endangered Indus dolphin rises
By Paul Garwood Yahoo News 8 Jun 06

Florida to Remove Manatee From Endangered List
Story by Jim Loney PlanetArk 8 Jun 06

Malaysian experts hopeful turtles will return after disastrous season Channel NewsAsia 7 Jun 06

Turtle Power Threatens Chevron's Gorgon Gas Project
Story by Paul Marriott PlanetArk 7 Jun 06

Sustainable traps boost lobster conservation in Central America WWF 1 Jun 06

Australia Lobbies Pacific Nations Against Whaling
PlanetArk 31 May 06

Students develop campaign to protect coral reefs in the Arabian Gulf WWF 28 May 06

Biologists and criminalists try to track down underwater perps By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Northwest NewsChannel 27 May 06

Minister: Damage To Corals Near Sipadan Island Minimal; Foreign Media Told To 'Stop the Exaggeration' The Underwatertimes 24 May 06

Sand Can Be Polluted Even with Clean Water
By Associated Press ENN 24 May 06

Fishing ban forces fishermen to suicide
Ians Kendrapada New Kerala 21 May 06

How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles
University of Exeter EurekAlert 22 May 06

Bluefin tuna on verge of collapse?
WWF 18 May 06

Malaysia to probe serious coral damage at dive haven Channelnews Asia 21 May 06

Learning to dive in Singapore more popular with locals
By Ng Bao Ying Channelnews Asia 21 May 06

Malaysian diving haven faces closure over coral damage Channelnews Asia 19 May 06
Chong Considering Closing Sipadan
Bernama 18 May 06
Report: Barge That Destroyed Sipadan Coral Part of New Scuba Tourism Project; National Icon 'Damaged' http://www.dailyexpress.com.my Underwatertimes 18 May 06

Governments Have Failed to Stop Overfishing - Study
PlanetArk 19 May 06

Bowhead whale population re-surfaces in the Arctic
IUCN 17 May 06

Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
EurekAlert 15 May 06


Alaska Gets Its First Artificial Reef
By Mary Pemberton ENN 15 May 06

Fisheries Agency to try new method to restore ailing coral at southern isle Japan Times 14 May 06

Oil-Slicked Penguins Wash Ashore Dead in Argentina
John Roach National Geographic 12 May 06

Japan to Boost Whale Sales, Hoping to Whet Demand
Story by Elaine Lies PlanetArk 11 May 06

Plankton blooms linked to quakes
BBC 9 May 06

Scientists Fear for Nesting Turtles
By Lynn Brezosky, Associated Press ENN 8 May 06

Coral Species Put on 'Threatened' List
By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press ENN 8 May 06

New marine protected areas for Australia
WWF 5 May 06

Scientists Probe Atlantic, Find New Species of Life
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 5 May 06

Zanzibar Dolphin Deaths Puzzle Scientists
By Ali Sultan, Associated Press ENN 4 May 06

Dozens of Dolphins Die in Black Sea Fishing Nets
PlanetArk 4 May 06


Sakhalin Weighs Environmental Cost of Shell Project
Story by Tom Bergin PlanetArk 3 May 06

Scientists seek to determine why hundreds of dolphins washed up dead on Zanzibar's coast
Written by Ali Sultan PlanetSave 1 May 06

Mascot Turtle Loses to 'Nemo' in Malaysia
Electric New Paper 1 May 06

Cold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans Sean Markey National Geographic 1 May 06

More species slide to extinction
BBC Online 1 May 06

Hundreds of Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore in Zanzibar
Paula Bock PlanetArk 1 May 06

Oceans of Waste: Waves of junk are flowing into the food chain Paula Bock The Seattle Times 27 Apr 06

Tiny polyps gorge themselves to survive coral bleaching
Nature EurekAlert 26 Apr 06

DIY coral is secret of economic growth
From Richard Lloyd Parry in Tokyo The Times Online 25 Apr 06

Scientists Say Rising Temperatures Threaten Repeat of Caribbean Coral Death By Mat Probasco, Associated Press ENN 24 Apr 06

Massive South Korea Sea Wall Finished After Long Battle
Story by Jack Kim PlanetArk 24 Apr 06

China Plans Sanctuary for Rare White Dolphins
Sean Markey National Geographic 21 Apr 06

Norway Slams Whaling Critics, Says Stocks Robust
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 24 Apr 06

Dozen Nations Urge Norway to Stop Commercial Whaling PlanetArk 21 Apr 06

Invisible "Skeleton" Supports Shell-less Crab, Study Finds
Brian Handwerk National Geographic 19 Apr 06

Shorebirds Face Extinction Due to Crab Decline
John Roach National Geographic 18 Apr 06

Endangered Species in a Can? 'Lions and Tigers of the Sea' Being Fed to Children Underwater Times 10 Apr 06

Climate Change Shattering Marine Food Chain
Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service News Agency 10 Apr 06

Brittlestar provides new model for stem cell research
Society for Experimental Biology EurekAlert 7 Apr 06

China plans first reserve for endangered white dolphin
Channel NewsAsia 9 Apr 06

NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
PlanetArk 5 Apr 06

Greenpeace Sounds Alert Over Indian Turtle Deaths
PlanetArk 5 Apr 06

Research in Pacific shows ocean trouble Acidity rises, oxygen drops, scientists find
By Lisa Stiffler Seattle Post-Intelligencer 3 Apr 06

Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Bleaching, Death
By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press ENN website 31 Mar 06

Island nations commit to protect their futures
WWF 29 Mar 06

Australia Says New Research Proves Scientific Whaling is 'A Sham' By Associated Press ENN 29 Mar 06

Conserving Cameroon's mangroves
FAO website 29 Mar 06

Island Nation Creates Third Largest Marine Park
Planet Ark 29 Mar 06

Cod taken off the shelves at Asda to preserve stocks
By Martin Hickman, The Independent 28 Mar 06

Cyclone Larry saves reef from bleaching
The Age 27 Mar 06

Seagrass Is In Decline Worldwide, Says University of New Hampshire Researcher EurekAlert 27 Mar 06

Ultrasound and algae team up to clean mercury from sediments
EurekAlert 27 Mar 06


Venomous snails aid medical science
By Louise Yeoman BBC producer BBC 26 Mar 06

Roofs torn away, Barrier Reef bleeds
Today Online 21 Mar 06

"Roving Bandits" Depleting Fisheries, Experts Say
Anna Petherick National Geographic 16 Mar 06

"Shark Parks"? Oceans Said in Need of Protection
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 16 Mar 06

Indian Ocean Coral May Die in 50 Years - Researcher
Story by George Thande PlanetArk 16 Mar 06

Ghostly Coral Bleachings Haunt the World's Reefs
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk 15 Mar 06

Most Tsunami-hit coral reefs will recover if human impacts can be effectively managed, says new report IUCN 14 Mar 06

Furry 'lobster' found in Pacific
BBC 8 Mar 06

Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle EurekAlert 7 Mar 06

Sushi May be Bad for Health, California Group Says
PlanetArk 7 Mar 06

Overfishing in the Philippines threatens whale sharks and local fisheries WWF 3 Mar 06

Year of the Turtle 2006
WWF 1 Mar 06

Greenpeace to Expose Illegal Fishing on Africa Coast
PlanetArk 28 Feb 06

Wider use of fishing rights needed to safeguard fishery resources FAO 27 Feb 06

The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life
EurekAlert 27 Feb 06


Scientists Study Sound, Marine Creatures
By Tara Godvin ENN 27 Feb 06

Grim future faces Indian turtles
By Sanjaya Jena BBC 25 Feb 06

Solved - the Great Japanese Freshwater Eel Mystery
PlanetArk 23 Feb 06
Midnight in the Marianas: Ancient Mystery Surrounding the Spawing Site of Japanese Eels Solved
Underwater Times 22 Feb 06

Pristine Coral Reef Discovered off Thailand - WWF
PlanetArk 22 Feb 06

'Destructive fishing' ban for New Zealand
By Mic Dover BBC 21 Feb 06

Deep-spied fish Atlantic expeditions uncover secret sex life of deep-sea nomads EurekAlert 21 Feb 06

Most reefs damaged by 2004 tsunami will recover in a decade Written by Michael Casey PlanetSave 20 Feb 06

Oceans may soon be more corrosive than when the dinosaurs died EurekAlert 20 Feb 06

Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation EurekAlert 20 Feb 06

Cat parasite 'is killling otters'
By Paul Rincon BBC 19 Feb 06

The Rising Tide of Ocean Plagues: How Humans are Changing the Dynamics of Disease
Written by AScribe PlanetSave 17 Feb 06

Rare Dolphin Heading For Extinction in Cambodia
PlanetArk 16 Feb 06

Paradise found (part two): meet the new species of the Saba Bank Atoll The Independent 14 Feb 06
Marine life treasure trove found
By Rebecca Morelle BBC 14 Feb 06
New Fish and Seaweeds Found on Caribbean Atoll
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 15 Feb 06
Expedition discovers marine treasures
New species of fish, seaweeds found on Caribbean's Saba Bank EurekAlert 14 Feb 06

Hundreds of endangered coral reef fish released in Indonesia WWF 9 Feb 06

Escapee farmed salmon infiltrate fitter wild populations EurekAlert 10 Feb 06

Unilever sale raises concerns about supply of sustainable seafood WWF 9 Feb 06

Whale meat 'made into dog food'
BBC 10 Feb 06

Japan: Whale For Sale
Written by Hiroko Tabuchi PlanetSave 9 Feb 06

Japanese experts develop breakthrough method to help restore precious coral reefs Channel NewsAsia 9 Feb 06

Dolphin death toll mounting in Asia
WWF 3 Feb 06

Vital ocean prey play active role in environment
American Institute of Biological Sciences EurekAlert 1 Feb 06

Australia's Reefs Face Bleaching Risk
By Mike Corder, Associated Press ENN 1 Feb 06

'Biobullets' fight harmful mussels
EurekAlert 31 Jan 06

Inventor develops 'artificial gills'

By Lakshmi Sandhana BBC 31 Jan 06

Hot Gulf waters, Rita harm Gulf's majestic coral reefs
Written by Cain Burdeau PlanetSave 27 Jan 05

Sequencing our seas
National Science Foundation EurekAlert 26 Jan 06

Scientists undertake reef headcount
The Age 25 Jan 06

Coral Reefs Cheaper to Protect than Neglect - UN
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 24 Jan 06

Fishing banned in polluted Sydney Harbour
Channel NewsAsia 24 Jan 06

London's whale: Conservation aid?
By Richard Black BBC 23 Jan 06

Scottish Organic Salmon Farms Face Wildlife Fears
Story by Nigel Hunt PlanetArk 20 Jan 06

Whale has died, rescue worker says
Channel NewsAsia 22 Jan 06

London stunned by rare whale in River Thames
Channel NewsAsia 21 Jan 06

Japan Grapples With Invasion of Giant Jellyfish
Story by Isabel Reynolds PlanetArk 20 Jan 06

Whale Birth Decline Tied to Global Warming, Study Says
Nicholas Bakalar National Geographic 18 Jan 06

Sensors watch Barrier Reef coral
By Jake Krausmann BBC 17 Jan 06

World's biggest fish 'shrinking'
By Richard Black BBC 17 Jan 06

Earthquake and Tsunami Caused Less Damage than Overfishing to Sumatra's Coral Reefs: Sedimentation Remains a Problem Reef Check Jan 06

Tabu waters: Protecting Fiji’s Great Sea Reef
By Jacqueline McArthur Dakuwaqa WWF 11 Jan 06

'Darwinian debt' may explain why fish stocks don't recover EurekAlert 11 Jan 06

Predator Fish Help Coral Reefs Rebound, Study Shows
John Roach National Geographic 5 Jan 06

Action Needed to Protect Deep-Sea Fish--Scientists
PlanetArk 5 Jan 06

'Critical danger'warning on fish
BBC 4 Jan 06


International caviar trade suspended
WWF 3 Jan 06

Caviar trade frozen to protect endangered sturgeon
AFP Channel NewsAsia 4 Jan 06
UN Moves to Block 2006 Caspian Sea Caviar Exports
Story by Richard Waddington PlanetArk 4 Jan 06

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