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Caution urged on managing fish stocks
	10 March 2010 A conservation group in NZ is urging the government to be more cautious in managing and setting fish catch levels.

Great White - close up and personal
	10 March 2010 The diver pushes on the Great White’s snout as the 4.6m (15ft) female homes in on the diving cage. Photographer Don Carpenter first got this close-up of the fish, above, before it swam over to check out his dive buddy in another cage.

Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
	10 March 2010 The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week.

170,000 Olive Ridley's lay eggs in Orissa's
	09 March 2010 At least 170,000 endangered female Olive Ridley turtles have laid their eggs in the protected Gahirmatha sanctuary, a famed nesting site in coastal Orissa, during the past 11 days, an official said Saturday.

Protecting Migratory Sharks
	09 March 2010 Sharks, many of which migrate across international boundaries, are among the world's oldest species of animals. Their biological and ecological characteristics make them particularly vulnerable to overexploitation.

Sea Shepherd claim Major Victory
	09 March 2010 Anti-whaling activists in Australia say their recent campaign in the Southern Ocean against Japanese whaling ships was the most successful ever.

Seymour Center honors Kathryn Sullivan
	09 March 2010 The Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory will honor Kathryn D. Sullivan--oceanographer, astronaut, educator, and UCSC alumna--at the Global Oceans Awards Gala on Saturday, March 13. The award recognizes Sullivan for her outstanding contributions to the understanding and conservation of the oceans.

Red grouper are 'underwater architects'
	08 March 2010 Red grouper are known for a few key characteristics -- their hue, which can range from pink to bright orange and their predation method, in which they ambush fellow sea creatures and swallow them whole.

Dugong's Face Uncertain Future
	07 March 2010 It must have required many lonely months out to sea to mistake this face only a mother could love for that of a fair maiden, but encounters with dugongs are indeed said to have been the inspiration for the myth of the mermaid.

Pacific rubbish 'island' doubled in size
	07 March 2010 The giant rubbish collection, known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," lies between California and Hawaii and has been gradually growing over the last 60 years.

Call for world's largest marine reserve
	06 March 2010 More than 275,000 people and leading scientific and conservation organisations from the UK and around the world have called on the UK government to establish a protected area in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is comprised of the Chagos Islands and its surrounding waters.

Leviathans may battle in remote depths
	06 March 2010 In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.

Garrett rules out return to commercial whaling
	05 March 2010 Australia looks set to go head-to-head with some of its former allies at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Morocco.

Marine Scientists dive into Google Earth
	05 March 2010 Google has just released a pretty cool new tour that features the 2010 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation.

Aussies get marine research gongs
	04 March 2010 Three Australian scientists have each received a prestigious award for their work in marine research. The Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation is considered one of the world's top gongs for recognising innovative work aimed at keeping the oceans healthy.

Coral is disintegrating
	04 March 2010 "The world's coral reefs will begin to disintegrate before the end of the century as rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere make the oceans more acidic, scientists warn."

Where have all the turtles gone?
	04 March 2010 Conservationists and wildlife experts are understandably worried about the massive decline in the mass nesting colonies of Olive Ridley turtles in India.

Global overfishing crisis, coming soon
	03 March 2010 "Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act." - The End of the Line

Troubled history tinges marine plan
	03 March 2010 So what do you think: should the Chagos Islands archipelago be turned into a marine reserve, or shouldn't it? If you care either way, you have until the end of the week to give the UK government your views.

Australia 'best for shore diving'
	02 March 2010 Readers of Scuba Diving magazine have voted Australia the best country in the Pacific for anyone who wants to go diving without needing to set foot on a boat.

Sri Lanka pledges to protect sea turtles
	02 March 2010 The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island's southern coastline. The authorities say turtle hatcheries are operating there which contravene conservation laws and that they will prosecute those people involved.

UNEP awards Indonesia for ocean initiatives
	02 March 2010 In late 2007, during the preparation for the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Jakarta, the national committee paid a visit to Jusuf Kalla, then the vice president of RI, to inform him of this initiative.

'Blue carbon' plan enlists the oceans
	01 March 2010 Countries and coastal communities may eventually be paid to preserve their seas to help fight climate change, as a result of an agreement just made in Bali.

Vast Antarctic iceberg 'threatens marine life'
	01 March 2010 A vast iceberg that broke off eastern Antarctic earlier this month could disrupt marine life in the region, scientists have warned.

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