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Vote for Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest: Finalists have been announced for the 2009 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest, hosted at Wetpixel.com. Last year's winning image, a pygmy seahorse with its tail wrapped around a gorgonia...; Posted by Underwater Added: 04 Sep 2008, 3:30 pm GMT No replies yet

Yap establishes manta ray sanctuary: Manta rays, with an average wing span of 22 feet, are getting their first designated protected area in the western Pacific, around Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap Gov. Sebasti...; Posted by Underwater Added: 04 Sep 2008, 2:40 pm GMT No replies yet

Now for the shark net discussion again - more shark nets to go up in Australia: Here we go again. Another political move that pretends to care about the safety of swimmers on Australian beaches. But do shark nets really save people ? Here's the story from SMH today: ...; Posted by Underwater Added: 31 Aug 2008, 6:31 pm GMT No replies yet

underwater australasia Photocompetition 2007-08 Winners: The annual underwater.com.au photo competition is over, the judges have spoken and we are ready to announce the winners of the 4th annual underwater australasia photo competition. Like every year w...; Posted by Underwater Added: 30 Aug 2008, 1:49 pm GMT No replies yet

Fisherman fined $2,000 for cutting grey nurse shark's throat: A recreational fisherman has been fined for killing an endangered grey nurse shark that was hooked in waters off Forster on the New South Wales mid-north coast. Fisheries officers found the ...; Posted by Underwater Added: 27 Aug 2008, 3:28 pm GMT No replies yet

More protection for endangered Maui’s dolphins in New Zealand: The rarest marine dolphin in the world – down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets - is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government ...; Posted by Underwater Added: 20 Jul 2008, 1:41 am GMT No replies yet

Infant albino humpack whale spotted off Australia's East coast - Migaloo offspring ?: EXCLUSIVE pictures of an infant albino humpback whale off the coast of Sydney have sent Government scientists into a spin, with claims that it could be the wayward calf of Migaloo - and one of the ...; Posted by Underwater Added: 15 Jul 2008, 5:41 pm GMT No replies yet

Grey Nurse Shark impaled by fishing gaff in Byron Bay ?: Over the last week or so, this impaled female Grey Nurse Shark has been sighted numerous times hanging around Julian Rock in Byron Bay. It is obviously injured by some sort of long metal po...; Posted by Underwater Added: 13 Jul 2008, 12:07 am GMT 5 replies Last reply added: 16 Jul 2008, 5:06 pm

Fishing closures on Great Barrier Reef result in fast population recovery: Dramatic evidence that protected fish populations can bounce back rapidly from the impact of years of heavy fishing has been obtained by a team of marine scientists working on Australia’s Great Bar...; Posted by Underwater Added: 12 Jul 2008, 7:04 pm GMT 1 reply Reply added: 06 Aug 2008, 2:05 am

2009 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Contest announcement: Conservation International, The Coral Reef Alliance, and Wetpixel.com have announce the 2009 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest. If you have the perfect photo that captures the excitemen...; Posted by Underwater Added: 11 Jul 2008, 8:30 pm GMT No replies yet

Bad news for whales - International Whaling Commission meeting ends: SANTIAGO — Whales emerged the big losers as a weeklong International Whaling Commission meeting wrapped up in Chile on Friday, conservation groups said after anti-whaling nations failed to halt No....; Posted by Underwater Added: 27 Jun 2008, 7:44 pm GMT 1 reply Reply added: 27 Jun 2008, 7:50 pm

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans: Very cool news for ocean lovers and another step towards world domination by google. We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level--Google Ocean....; Posted by Underwater Added: 25 May 2008, 1:17 am GMT No replies yet

Odyssea 1 decomissoned after heavy storm damage: For those of you who like us have been on this fantastic liveaboard (and worse, for those who were planning and dreaming to go), this is terrible news: MV Odyssea 1 was badly damaged in a ve...; Posted by Underwater Added: 13 May 2008, 7:33 am GMT 2 replies Last reply added: 25 Jul 2008, 11:15 pm

Byron Underwater Festival 2008 - wrap-up and winners: The Byron Underwater Festival 2008 - sun, fun & record crowds By Tim & Wandy Hochgrebe – Organisers of the 2nd annual Byron Underwater Festival (UF08) The 2nd Byron Underwater Festiva...; Posted by Underwater Added: 10 May 2008, 11:10 pm GMT No replies yet

Dolphin slaughter documentary to be released after secret filming mission in Japan: Japan Times published this article last week Secret film will show slaughter to the world - Covert operation finally exposes Taiji's annual dolphin horror For the first time ever, gra...; Posted by Underwater Added: 05 Apr 2008, 12:34 am GMT No replies yet

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A Gathering of Giants: by Dr Bob; As a diver it's not every day when you stumble across something in the water so incredible you are literally stunned with surprise. Maybe even a worlds first...this is the story of one of those events and the days building up to it.

White's Seahorse: by Scuba Diver Australasia; The White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) is a shy species that belongs to the syngnathidae family that includes pipefish, seahorses and seadragons.