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After an initial six-month cleanup, government officials have confirmed Boracay will have a “soft opening”, with only certain hotels allowed to operate, offering around 5,000 beds in total.
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"We are not making enough money from our dive center, but we enjoy it immensely," said science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke sitting in his wheelchair. The rustling of palm trees and the ocean waves could be heard just outside.
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Japan calls for an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
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UNESCO’s World Heritage committee has decided to remove Belize Barrier Reef from the list after the Government of Belize enacted legislation to cease offshore oil exploration, praising the Central American country's "visionary plan to manage the c
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This is the third year running that Ghost Fishing UK has visited this iconic dive site.
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But their short and vacuous article gives only three reasons why the bill should not be passed, and concerns itself with the well-being of shark fisheries, not sharks.
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A study of has revealed that shark dive tourism in Australia contributes at least AUD$25.5 million annually to the country’s economy.
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The Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar issued the decree on 7 August 2017, after launching the Coral Restoration Program and signing the Malaysia Book of Records’ (MBOR) plaque for the Largest 1Malaysia Simultaneous Coral Reef Plantati
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,Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund to Receive Funding Over Five-Year Period to Enhance Marine Conservation, Research and Education Related Efforts
On Tuesday 22. August 2017, The Pacific Life Foundation announced a $2 million grant to four national marine mammal and ocean-focused nonprofit agencies.
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Peter Todd, a marine ecologist at the National University of Singapore, and his colleagues have examined the clams' roles, and hope the findings will reinforce the case for conserving the molluscs.
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Villages from the Prek Kreing village in Sambo district spotted the first calf on August 11th. It was believed to be two to three weeks old. The sighting was promptly reported to officials at WWF.
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A team of researchers, using satellite tracking, have discovered that the number of shortfin mako sharks caught by fishermen in the western North Atlantic is much higher than previously reported.
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Since the 1980s, staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) populations in the Caribbean have declined by as much as 90 percent. This coral species was listed as “threatened” under the U.S.
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In the past, sea cucumber was not something that was typically harvested.
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This foundation is a registered nonprofit organisation, and it works with volunteer scuba divers in two core areas: shark conservation and marine rubbish / litter.
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Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California discovered that local fishermen are catching fewer fish than before, even though they are spending more time and money to do so.
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