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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
'Water monster' faces extinction
Mexico's salamander-like axolotl may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat in Mexico City's few remaining lakes. It's disturbing news for an admittedly ugly creature, which has a slimy tail, plumage-like ...
- January 30, 2014
DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters
China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...
- May 16, 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
Japan defends dolphin hunt after US criticism
A Japanese government spokesman defended an annual dolphin hunt Monday, after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy tweeted that she was deeply concerned by the inhumanity of the practice. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga ...
- January 22, 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