August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

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Dolphin ‘husband’ dies
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Cindy the dolphin, who British millionairess Sharon Tendler ’married’ last year, died on June 18 and was buried at sea. He had been having problems eating and sometimes vomited. Workers at Dolphin Reef, Eilat placed his body in a boat and buried it at sea.
 
Aquariums harbour disease
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Following up on the suspicion of British colleagues, Australian researchers have proved a link between salmonella and home aquariums by showing that the strains of drug-resistant salmonella found in patients and in their home aquariums were the same.

The researchers stress that sensible hygiene, including washing hands after touching the water or gravel and making sure the water did not splash onto surfaces where it could contaminate food , should be followed.

The strain of salmonella, known as Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi B, commonly known as Salmonella Paratyphi B, is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia where antibiotics are widely used in fish aquaculture.
 
Aquariums can harbour disease
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Following up on the suspicion of British colleagues, Australian researchers have proved a link

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Youngest scuba diver is deaf and dumb
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India - A 13-year old deaf and dumb boy from the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Gaurav

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Over-fed fish dies of obesity
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China - A grossly overweight grouper has died at an aquarium in Beihai, a coastal city in south

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Downed aircraft search
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Korea - US Navy divers are searching a section of ocean floor about 25 miles off South Korea’s

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SharkShield wants cash infusion
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Australia - The Australian manufacturers of the SharkShield anti-shark device are seeking

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Photographs salvaged from flooded memory card
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Digital underwater photographers who have had flooded cameras will be pleased to know that
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Divers find gold and silver off the Florida Keys
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Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors from the treasure-hunting ship the Magruder have found two

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Navy diver sets new 2000ft depth record
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Chief Navy Diver (DSW/SS) Daniel P. Jackson of the US Navy Reserve Deep Submergence Unit
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