Freediving Records
New Zealander William Trubridge set a record of 95 metres freediving in the 'constant weight no fins' discipline in a total time of 3min 56 sec. Austrian Herbert Nitsch completed a 120 metre dive in the 'free immesion' discipline in 4min 28...
Sea Level Research Records
An international team on board the JOIDES Resolution (JR) broke records while investigating sea level change during the Integrated Ocean Drilling programme's (IODP) Canterbury Basin Sea Level Expedition off New Zealand's coast. They drilled four sites...
Snapper Thieves
Two men taking a total of 130 snapper and trying to hide them from Fishery Officers had their car and boat seized and face prosecution. They were stopped near Kawakawa Bay, in New Zealand's Firth of Thames. The daily legal limit for snapper...
Changes to Fishery Catch Limits
Ministry of Fisheries announce changes will be made to the catch limits for a number of species in the quota management system; rock lobster (crayfish), southern blue whiting, southern bluefin tuna and five species of surf clam...
Warship Sinking Delayed
The sinking of decommissioned RAN Frigate HMAS Adelaide was delayed by legal actions taken on behalf of a vocal local protest group centred on Avoca Beach on the NSW Central Coast (Australia) where, 1.7 km offshore, Adelaide...
Winner to Stay
When 'the best job in the world', living on Queensland's Hamilton Island as 'caretaker', was advertised, applicants from all over the world applied. It was awarded to Brit Ben Southall and now Ben says that he will not be returning to...
OZTeK'11
The Australasian Diving Technologies Conference and Exhibition will be held 12-13 March 2011, at Australian Technology Park, in Sydney. It will feature one of the world's largest gatherings of internationally renowned speakers and...
Deepest Explosive Eruption
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first images of a deepsea volcano actively erupting on the seafloor nearly 1219m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean in an area bounded by...
Pitch of Blue Whale Songs Declining
The sound level of the songs blue whales sing across the oceans to attract mates is steadily declining and scientists believe the trend may be good news for the endangered marine mammal. Blue whale song data was studied...
Increases in Shell Production
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found some shell-building creatures, such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters, build more shell when exposed to ocean acidification caused by elevated levels of atmospheric CO2. It found that seven of the 18...
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