December 2008 News
By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Thursday, December 18th, 2008.12/02/08, Marine Conservation Society - Time Now For Action To Protect UK Seas
12/03/08, Marine Conservation Society - Queen’s Speech Looks Out To Sea At Last!
12/05/08, Cayman News Service - Captive dolphins arrive
12/06/08, OregonLive.com - Oregon expert tries to solve salmon shark deaths
12/07/08, Japan Today - Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports
12/07/08, Sunday Sun - Love hurts for not-so-shy reef sharks
12/07/08, PR-inside.com - Turks & Caicos creates artificial reef
12/08/08, Practical Fishkeeping - Scientists to ‘re-plant’ Japan’s largest reef
12/08/08, DNA India - Fishermen may soon turn underwater photographers
12/08/08, UnderwaterTimes.com - Isopora Or Isn’t It? Mistaken Identity Leads Researchers To Two New Extinct Species Of Coral
12/08/08, UnderwaterTimes.com - Scripps Oceanography To Build Marine Lab; ‘We Are Grateful For This Vote Of Confidence’
12/08/08, Environment News Service - Florida Fish Expert Tries to Save the Last Sawfish
12/09/08, Marine Conservation Society - 30% Of British Seas Must Become No Take Marine Reserves By 2020
12/09/08, China Daily - Undersea weather center set to go
12/09/08, Marine Conservation Society - Slap This Man With A Big Wet Fish
12/09/08, The Modesto Bee - Greenpeace tries softer anti-whaling approach
12/09/08, Santa Barbara Independent - Great Whites on Display
12/10/08, PerthNow - Greens support ramming and boarding of Japanese whalers
12/10/08, The West Australian - Whaling activists’ Japan trial protested
12/10/08, NWFDailyNews.com - Family uncovers dead sharks
12/10/08, The Hollywood Reporter - Anderson Cooper dives in for shark story
12/10/08, The Cairns Post - Illegal haul seized
12/10/08, Los Angeles Times - Female bottlenose dolphins work long hours for their food
12/10/08, SPIEGEL ONLINE - UK Beach Town Hopes for Hawaiian Waves
12/10/08, St. Petersburg Times - Does bridge construction affect dolphins, too?
12/10/08, UnderwaterTimes.com - Report: 20% Of World’s Corals Already Dead; Climate Change Tipping Point ‘Less Than A Decade Away’
12/10/08, The Mercury - On whale war footing
12/11/08, Reef Relief - College Intern needed for January & February in Key West
12/11/08, Voxy.co.nz - Your Chance To Get Up Close To A Massive Mako Shark
12/11/08, Reef Relief - Endangered Species Listing for Elkhorn & Staghorn Corals takes a turn
12/11/08, The Courier-Mail - Turtles’ saga still thrills at Mon Repos
12/11/08, The Earth Times - Norway sets lower quota for 2009 minke whaling season
12/11/08, Reef Relief - Happy Holidays to you and yours
12/11/08, UnderwaterTimes.com - Tiny Knights In Shining Armor – Bacteria Detoxify Deadly Seawater; ‘Very Positive As Well As A Worrying’
12/11/08, UPI.com - Group wants shark fin soup ban
12/12/08, Marine Conservation Society - New MCS Conservation Manual Will Help Save England’s Threatened Marine Wildlife
12/12/08, Times Online - Ancient Indian Ocean coral points to another disastrous tsunami
12/12/08, Edmonton Sun - Animal protection group slams Calgary Zoo for restocking stingray exhibit
12/13/08, Television New Zealand Limited - Scientists sink teeth into mammoth Mako
12/13/08, UnderwaterTimes.com - Expedition Uncovers Three Never-before Identified Coral Reefs Off Florida’s Coast; ‘This Is A Big Win’
12/14/08, The Province - Man recalls orca’s capture