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...

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...

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New York NY aquarium loses Bertha

The New York Aquarium has lost a 43-year-old raggedtooth shark called Bertha Aquarium Director Jon Forrest Dohlin said Bertha “was a great animal and a symbol for the plight of all sharks in the wild.”  

The facility, which is run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, says Bertha may have been the longest living raggedtooth shark in an aquarium.

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California

Great white tracked

A young white shark returned to the wild by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in February, has travelled past the southern tip of Baja California and is heading toward waters off the Mexican mainland, according to data from an electronic tracking tag attached to the animal.

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UK

Henry the 'hexapus'

Henry the 'hexapus' at Blackpool's Sea Life Centre, is missing two limbs due to a birth defectNormally, octopuses have eight arms and legs. And if they lose one or more in an accident, they can grow the limbs back again.

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Kiribati

World's largest marine protected area created

The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has established the world’s largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of rich coral reefs threatened by over-fishing and climate change.

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Killer whales full of fire retardant
Studies of the blubber on the two salmon-eating populations of resident killer whales - the endangered southern residents with 88 members and the threatened northern residents with 230 members - have found a significant amount of PCBs and the chemicals found in fire retardants PBDEs in their systems.
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UK Rare corals intercepted

An illegal trade in live coral is being investigated by UK Customs officers after a steep rise in protected species being smuggled into the country.

Hundreds of corals covered by international conservation laws have been intercepted at airports en route to aquarium shops.

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South Korea

ImageDivers help fight South Korea’s worst ever oil spill

South Korea’s worst oil spill in history has kept divers busy above the water this new year.  Dedicated divers from 7 dive centres volunteered their time to help clean up the coastal area where a 20km slick threatens wildlife and valuable sea farms.

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Hungary

Another virgin shark birth 

A Hungarian aquarium is celebrating a virgin shark birth after its lone female whitetip reef shark produced a pup without having ever come into contact with a male shark.

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USA

Image White House Plans to Address Trash in the Ocean Boosts Project AWARE’s International Cleanup Efforts

Beaches across Asia Pacific saw record numbers of volunteers cleaning up underwater and on shore for International Cleanup Day 2007 and now The White House unveils its plans to address trash in the ocean.

The White House decision is welcomed by Project AWARE who already spearheads thousands of clean ups every year in a bid to conserve underwater environments worldwide. 

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