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(Photo: US Coastguard / PA3 BRENT M. ERB)Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast
Gulf of Maine (Aug. 23)--An entangled Humpback whale breechesduring a successful rescue in the Gulf of Maine. U.S. Coast Guard crews and Bob Bowman, from the Center for Coastal Studies, freed the whale after it became tangled in a lobster trap. USCG photo by PA3 BRENT M. ERB (110503) ( SEARCH AND RESCUE (FOR RELEASE) )...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Chris Carlson)Haditha outraged as Marine avoids jail in massacre
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, left, arrives with his military defense attorney, Meridith Marshall for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012....Full Story

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Tourism boom is uncharted water for ‘shark town’
| RIGHT now, they are the most talked about phenomenon in many areas in the country, with the exception of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment. | But the whale sharks (Rhyncodon typus) sighted off Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob are oblivious to their fame and the turm...Full Story
Auckland Anniversary events to watch out for
| The City of Sails celebrates its birthday this weekend with a historic regatta, as it has done for 172 years. Danielle Wright finds out what to expect at this year's event. | In September 1840, a small regatta was held on Waitemata Harbour with three races of two boat...Full Story
Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
| SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. | The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid...Full Story
When Marine Mammals Become Food
| Dolphin for dinner? It may be more common than you think. The on human consumption of marine mammals found that the practice is widespread and is becoming more prevalent in many tropical regions. | In all, people in 114 countries have consumed at least 87 different sp...Full Story
Racing Up (and Down) the Performance Index
| Watching the rankings of countries by environmental performance over the last six years has been an occasion for admiration, mingled with bursts of skepticism and even disbelief. It is seldom a surprise that Scandinavian countries occupy at least four spots in the top...Full Story
It's bright up North: Where to see the aurora borealis in the year of the ...
| Missed out on that amazing light show in Scotland? | Don't worry, because scientists at Nasa, the U.S. space agency, has confidently predicted that this year the Aurora Borealis, or 'Northern Lights', will be the brightest and most intense for 50 years. | You just nee...Full Story
Why is curcumin from turmeric touted by so many physicians?
| What substance is in turmeric and curry powder that so many doctors are touting as a possible memory enhancer focused on perhaps helping to prevent Alzheimer's disease? It's curcumin. | Should you take a dash of black pepper and a dash of turmeric in a beverage or in ...Full Story
Paula Deen has high blood pressure, too. Just fyi.
Celebrity chef Paula Deen managed to keep her Type 2 diabetes under wraps for three years, but she apparently has another troubling health problem that hasn't gotten as much attention yet: High blood pressure. | According to The Daily, Deen's handlers stopped a recent t...Full Story
Seattle Boat Show drops anchor in Seattle for the next 10 days
| The Seattle Boat Show is coming up starting today (Friday, Jan. 27) through Sunday, Feb. 5 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in downtown Seattle, and will offer more than 200 free seminars on boating and other water related activities, including 65 on fishing and crab...Full Story
MLA questions fisheries job fair
MLA Colin Lavie says the government should be doing more for former Ocean Choice plant workers. (Province of P.E.I.) | The Tory MLA who represents the district of Souris-Elmira is questioning if a job fair planned for next week is the Liberal government's big plan to ge...Full Story
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Fri 27 Jan 2012
Grenada: Feeling the heat in Caribbean 'spice island'
CNN January 27, 2012 -- Updated 1618 GMT (0018 HKT) | Twenty one miles long and 12 miles wide, Grenada island lies just north of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean | The underwater sculpture park is one of many interesting dive sites Grenada has to off...
Fishing's global footprint
BBC News I'm not sure whether logically you can have such a thing as a footprint in water... but if you can, then the footprints of human fishermen now cover much more of the world's oceans than half a century ago. | In a WWF-commissioned report out this week...
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Sea of Food Options in Ocean, but Will Indonesians Bite?
Jakarta Globe Indonesia’s vast maritime territory is potentially home to more than half a million marine species, but a global census shows that only a negligible proportion of this valuable food source is being exploited. | “According to the Census of Marine ...
Fishing holidays: In pursuit of the wolf fish
The Daily Telegraph Jeremy Wade, presenter of 'River Monsters’ on ITV, recalls his pursuit of the wolf fish in South America and suggests some more angling adventures . |   Image 1 of 2 Jeremy Wade searches for his quarry    Image&nbs...
Iran: The showdown over the Strait of Hormuz
Yahoo Daily News | Tehran threatens to block the world's busiest oil-shipping route. What would happen if the strait were closed? | Why is the Strait of Hormuz so important? | A narrow strip of water separating Iran from Oman, the strait is the major maritime lin...
Shale-shocked: Fracking gets its own Occupy movement
Al Jazeera | This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: There is no life without it. New York is what you might call a "water state". Its rivers and their tributaries only start with the St La...
John Ball obituary
The Guardian John Ball could have earned a living as a builder, plumber, plasterer, electrician or inventor, such were his practical skills | My friend John Ball, who has died aged 82, had an outstanding career in general practice and medical politics. He rose fr...
Harper Government Invests in Culture in New Brunswick
Canada Newswire | FREDERICTON, Jan. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - New support for arts, culture, and official-language organizations will help create jobs and growth throughout New Brunswick, thanks to investments by the Government of Canada. Support for 103 projects was announc...
The final insult: Costa offers just £9,000 compensation for each passenger caught up in Concordia disaster
The Daily Mail | Owners of the sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia have agreed to offer £9,000 compensation to each of the 3,000 passengers who were aboard the ship when it struck a rock and capsized off the coast of Italy. | Several of Italy's consumer groups have...
Love Home Swap lists the top 10 ‘must visit’ destinations for 2012
Yahoo Daily News | As people everywhere start planning their vacations for 2012, international home exchange service Love Home Swap has come up with a list of this year’s top 10 ‘must visit’ holiday destinations. | Brighton, UK (PRWEB UK) 27 January...
A casual wave of seafood
Cincinnati | Chain restaurants have done a good job of feeding the American public hearty amounts of food at moderate prices, and the American public has gotten used to it. | But it’s a challenge for certain kinds of restaurants. Marlin and Ray’s, the casual ch...
Seaport museum in N.Y. reopens in expanded space
San Francisco Chronicle | New York -- Its historic ships still aren't in any shape to hit the high seas. | And the museum remains easy to miss, wedged in among restaurants and retail stores. | But when the South Street Seaport Museum reopens this week, after nearly a year o...
Keep a lookout for trout in shallows
Tampa Bay Online | GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Frank Sargeant. | Plenty of big trout in shallow water continues to be the sporting challenge, according to captain Scott Moor...
Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change
Zeenews London: Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks. | The 2.8 million pound ($4.4 million) study sets out...
BP must pay part of rig owner's eventual Gulf costs
France24 | AFP - British oil giant BP must cover some of the eventual claims against rig owner Transocean arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a US judge has ruled, with any bill set to run into billions of dollars. | The mixed ruling found BP must inde...
Three missing after Philippine tourist boat capsizes
Yahoo Daily News | Ten foreign tourists were rescued but three local crewmen remain missing after their boat capsized off the popular Philippine resort island of Boracay, according to police. | The motorised vessel carrying seven Britons, two Chinese, one Australian ...
Rena debris counted out in fishing boat sinking
Otago Daily Times | The owner of a boat that sank off the Coromandel coast this week says three possible causes are being investigated, but it definitely didn't hit a container from the Rena. | Rebecca May, a steel-hulled 18 metre longliner boat took on water and sank...
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