Voracious predator decimating local fish

A voracious predator, lionfish in the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, (Caribbean) are decimating local fish populations,  

A study has found that within a short period after the introduction of Indo-pacific lionfish into an area, the survival of other reef fishes is lowered by about 80 percent.

Efforts to scuttle the 520-foot USS Hoyt Vandenberg off Key West as an artificial reef may have to be abandoned due to the credit crunch.

The cost to sink the USS Hoyt Vandenberg on the seabed is now US$8.45 million - 3.9 times higher than the US$2.1 million estimated when the project was proposed in 2001.

At a recent meeting of the Beneath the Sea Trustees, Don Reynolds (left), Beneath the Sea VP Human Resources, Trustee, and former President of The Scuba Sports Club presented Armand Zigahn with his Accolade Award and neck medallion which Don had brought home from Bonaire’s Captain Don Stewart, Beneath the Sea’s 2008 Pioneer Diver of the Year.

The only two survivors of the 23 loggerhead turtles which have been stranded on British and Irish coasts this year have been returned to the Canary Islands and released back into the sea. 

The Canary Islands are the nearest point of land to the loggerheads' migration route around the Atlantic Ocean. 

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Clement Lee and Marty Snyderman are to receive DEMA Reaching Out Awards (ROA) in recognition of significant contributions to scuba diving at the DEMA Awards Party in Las Vegas, October 24, 2008.