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Coral reef protection
The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has trained professional and recreational scuba divers to help monitor the health of coral reefs around the British territory. Nearly two dozen divers are expected to collect ...
- October 11, 2014
Peru gets more ocean, Chile keeps fishing grounds
The United Nations' highest court set a maritime boundary between Chile and Peru on Monday that grants Peruvians a bigger piece of the Pacific Ocean while keeping rich coastal fishing grounds in the hands of Chilean industry. ...
- January 29, 2014
Dolphin deaths
Peruvian officials say more than 400 dead dolphins were found last month on the Pacific ocean beaches were found last month on the Pacific Ocean beaches where twice that amount were encountered in 2012. Authorities never ...
- February 5, 2014
Mass coral bleaching reported in Hawaii
Warm ocean temperatures have caused large expanses of coral to bleach in the pristine reefs northwest of Hawaii's main islands, scientists said Tuesday. Mass bleaching has occurred at Lisianski atoll, about 1,000 miles ...
- October 2, 2014
Priciest Tuna
Sushi chain operator Kiyoshi Kimura appears to have netted a real bargain, taking home a 507 pound (230 kilograms) bluefin tuna for a mere 7.3 million yen (about $73,000), a fraction of the price he paid last year at the ...
- January 6, 2014
Aussie Reef
The government agency that oversees Australia's great barrier reef on Friday approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will ...
- February 1, 2014
Fish Kill
Workers haul dead milkfish or 'bangus,' from a fish cage in Taal Lake, Batangas, following a fish kill believed caused by increased sulfur content in the water from the active Taal volcano.
- January 24, 2014
Activists chase Japanese whalers
A group of anti-whaling activists was on Monday chasing Japan's whaling fleet in the icy waters off Antarctica, as the country's annual Antarctic whale hunt gets underway. The Sea Shepherd organization, which each year ...
- January 7, 2014
Filipinos need not seek China fish permit-palace
Malacañang yesterday said Filipino fishermen need not ask permission from Chinese regional authorities to fish in the high seas and most especially within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). Deputy presidential ...
- January 12, 2014
Toxic Spill
A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying Friday it was unclear when it might be safe again for even ...
- January 12, 2014