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new iPhone works underwater !
We had to post this - it seems quite unbelievable but read but check out this youtube clip. Does the S in iPhone 3GS Stand for Submersible? Does it mean we all need to buy one ? ...
Posted by Underwater Added: 26 Jun 2009, 10:42 am GMT No replies yet
European Union gets tough on Indonesian fish imports
Good news for the ocean and for sustainable fishing. The EU requires all fishery imports from Indonesia to be certificated from January 2010 as part of its sustainable fisheries policy, to c...
Posted by Underwater Added: 11 Jun 2009, 2:04 pm GMT 1 reply Reply added: 11 Jun 2009, 2:37 pm
A Turning Point for the Great Barrier Reef
Today marks a major turning point for the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef, with the Queensland Government introducing legislation to prevent dangerous run-off of farm pollution, the conserva...
Posted by Underwater Added: 07 Jun 2009, 11:54 am GMT No replies yet
Giant underwater volcano off Indonesia
Scientists scouring the ocean floor to study the nature of tsunamis have discovered a massive underwater volcano off Indonesia's western coast. The 4,600-metre high mountain spans 50km at it...
Posted by Underwater Added: 31 May 2009, 8:44 am GMT No replies yet
Manta rays next on restaurant menus as shark populations plummet
Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup. Found in coastal waters throu...
Posted by Underwater Added: 29 May 2009, 9:23 am GMT No replies yet
Coral Sea one step closer to protection
WWF today welcomed the Australian Government's move to protect the Coral Sea by creating a conservation zone of nearly 1,000,000 square kilometres. "The Coral Sea is one of the world's healt...
Posted by Underwater Added: 19 May 2009, 4:14 pm GMT No replies yet
Indonesia launches Southeast Asia's biggest marine park
MANADO, Indonesia, May 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts ...
Posted by Underwater Added: 16 May 2009, 8:29 am GMT No replies yet
Good news on Australia's whale shark population
Populations of the world's largest fish, the whale shark, are increasing at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, scientists report. Researchers made the discovery using an online photo-identif...
Posted by Underwater Added: 14 May 2009, 9:44 am GMT No replies yet
Who is The Face of Australia?
Will it be Josh Jensen who in 2008 came first in the Byron Underwater Festival Video Shoot-out Competition and this year made 2nd place? Good luck to the 3 finalists. Check this link for thi...
Posted by Underwater Added: 07 May 2009, 10:38 am GMT 1 reply Reply added: 13 May 2009, 1:19 pm
Suba Diver Australasia acquires Asian Diver magazine
Asian Diver is now part of the group of magazines under Asian Geographic Magazines Pte Ltd that includes the other dive publication, Scuba Diver AustralAsia. “I do not see this as a conflic...
Posted by Underwater Added: 26 Mar 2009, 8:30 am GMT No replies yet
Smallest Whale Shark Rescued in Sorsogon - Philippines
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish on earth. Thus it was a pleasant surprise for the folk of Sorsogon to find and rescue what is arguably the smallest living whale shark in recorde...
Posted by Underwater Added: 11 Mar 2009, 12:13 pm GMT No replies yet
Five New Pygmy Seahorse Species Found
The Walea pygmy seahorse is one of five species named in a flurry of recent seahorse discoveries from coral reefs in the Red Sea and Indonesia. All five are less than an inch tall (2.5 centimeters)...
Posted by Underwater Added: 02 Mar 2009, 12:42 am GMT No replies yet
WIN a copy of the SHARKWATER book - signed by Rob Stewart
If you haven't signed up to our monthly underwater eNews - join underwater australasia in February as we are giving away a SHARKWATER book signed by the master Rob Steward himself !!! ...
Posted by Underwater Added: 10 Feb 2009, 12:19 am GMT 1 reply Reply added: 19 Feb 2009, 9:10 pm
Undersea Explorer is no more - trading ceases immediately
Our thoughts are with Louise and Grant, the owners of one of our favourite liveaboards in the world. The below release is from the GAZETTE, today 5 February: UNDERSEA Explorer, widely recog...
Posted by Underwater Added: 04 Feb 2009, 11:54 pm GMT 1 reply Reply added: 23 Feb 2009, 11:48 pm
Google launches Google Ocean
Google has launched what is touted as being one of the most comprehensive 3D maps of the ocean floor in a major upgrade to its free Google Earth program rolled out earlier today. Using bathy...
Posted by Underwater Added: 03 Feb 2009, 6:18 am GMT No replies yet

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