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Author: Lisa Young Source: Mail Online July 18, 2012 "On the 12 August 1770, far north on the Great Barrier Reef, Captain James Cook landed on a small palm-fringed island that seemed overrun with fast-moving, long-tailed reptiles. He promptly named his new find Lizard Island. My reef experience begins in a distinctly lizard-less manner, but that is because it starts in the air, flying to Lizard Island over an endless iridescent blue sea dotted with coral cays. read more More...

Source: Underwater Times July 17, 2012 "MARATHON KEY, Florida -- Divers can help capture and remove non-native lionfish from Keys waters Saturday and Sunday, July 21-22, as well as scout favorite lobster holes before the annual lobster mini season. read more More...

Author: Bryan Vo Source: The San Francisco Examiner July 17, 2012 "The Chinatown Neighborhood Association announced Wednesday that it intends to file a lawsuit seeking to overturn a California law banning the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins. read more More...

Author: Jason Markusoff Source: Calgary Herald July 16, 2012 "CALGARY — Shark fin soup has been called pricey, extravagant and flavourless. This October, it will become illegal in Calgary. Council voted 13-2 Monday to ban the possession of shark fins in the city. It’s following the lead of several North American jurisdictions using legislation to denounce a practice many call barbaric: “finning.” read more More...

Source: Sail World July 16, 2012 "Leading marine scientists have said that Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef, recover faster from major stresses than their Caribbean counterparts. Dr George Roff and Professor Peter Mumby from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and The University of Queensland told the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns that coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean are naturally tougher than the Caribbean reefs. read more More...

Author: Andrew C. Revkin Source: The New York Times July 14, 2012 read more More...

Author: Solomoni Biumaiono Source: The Fiji Times Online July 15, 2012 "THE Multiple Intelligence School in Suva has engaged its students a shark conservation project that sees them learning in a different way. Students from Classes One to Nine are encouraged to learn all aspects of shark conservation, including statistics, scientific terms as well as creating their own perceptions about the worldwide conservation efforts to protect sharks. read more More...

Author: Ben Cubby Source: Muswellbrook Chronicle July 14, 2012 "A diving expedition to the Great Barrier Reef towards the end of this century is likely to be a weird and disappointing experience, for anyone who had seen footage of the reef thriving in our time. It will be paler, smaller and emptier. Many of the thousands of species of fish, turtles, dolphins and sea birds will have dispersed, and everywhere the crumbling bones of dead coral will be peeking through. read more More...

Author: Stephen Leahy Source: Free Malaysia Today July 16, 2012 "CAIRNS: It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. And even well-intentioned governments can do more harm than good, community-based conservation experts reported here at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Cairns, Australia. read more More...

Source: Ynet News July 16, 2012 "More than 2,600 of the world's top marine scientists Monday warned coral reefs around the world were in rapid decline and urged immediate global action on climate change to save what remains. The consensus statement at the International Coral Reef Symposium, being held in the northeastern Australian city of Cairns, stressed that the livelihoods of millions of people were at risk. read more More...

Source: The Town Talk July 15, 2012 "MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Coral reefs might be undergoing a total collapse that could last thousands of years, a situation made worse by man-made greenhouse gases, according a Florida Tech study just published in Science. But reefs rebounded from previous climate extremes, so they can still be saved, the researchers say, as long as greenhouse-gas trends are reversed or stopped. read more More...

Source: Science Alert July 13, 2012 "The first conclusive evidence that no-take protected areas can help restock exploited fish populations on neighbouring reefs was presented at the International Coral Reef Symposium. The findings are expected to help resolve a long-running debate worldwide about whether areas closed to all forms of fishing help replenish fish numbers outside the marine protected areas (MPAs). read more More...

Author: Tim Wall Source: Discovery News July 12, 2012 read more More...

Source: 9News July 12, 2012 "Environmentalists want the government to commit to fully re-funding a rescue program for the Great Barrier Reef when the progam's funding runs out next June. The reef has come under the spotlight in recent months with a UNESCO report criticising Australia's management of coastal development in Queensland, and warning the area could be listed as a World Heritage site in Danger. read more More...

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Author: Tarina White Source: Cairns.com July 11, 2012 "Dr Janice Lough, senior principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, said the growth of calcium carbonate coral skeletons, which form the backbone of the Reef, have been stunted by rising sea temperatures. "Climate change is not a future event, it’s happening already," she said at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns yesterday. read more More...

Source: Scienceblog.com July 10, 2012 "President Barack Obama has one. Comedian Stephen Colbert has one. Elvis Presley has one. Even computer software magnate Bill Gates has one. And now, Bob Marley–the late popular Jamaican singer and guitarist–also has one. So what is it that each of these luminaries have? The answer: they each have a biological species that has been named after them. read more More...

Source: News24 July 9, 2012 "Sydney - More than 85% of reefs in Asia's "Coral Triangle" are directly threatened by human activities such as coastal development, pollution, and overfishing, a new report warned on Monday. Launched at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, it said the threat was substantially more than the global average of 60% and urged greater efforts to reduce destructive fishing and run-off from land. read more More...

Source: The Washington Post July 9, 2012 "SYDNEY — Oceans’ rising acid levels have emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs, acting as the “osteoporosis of the sea” and threatening everything from food security to tourism to livelihoods, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Monday. read more More...

Author: Peter Michael Source: Herald Sun July 9, 2012 "Professor Terry Hughes, convener of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns today, said coral scientists welcomed the Federal Government's new tax on carbon pollution. "There is no scientific support for Australia going backwards in trying to control the carbon footprint," said Professor Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. read more More...

Author: Patrick Caruana Source: The Sydney Morning Herald July 8, 2012 "Coral reef experts gathering in far north Queensland this week are to urge Australia’s political leaders to ‘‘step up’’ on the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine scientists from throughout the world have gathered for the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium to discuss the latest in research and management practices. read more More...

Author: Nicholas Bakalar Source: New York Times July 5, 2012 "Increasing sea temperatures caused by global warming are harming coral reefs, but a new study suggests this is not the first time it has happened. Researchers took core samples from reefs off the coast of Panama, estimating their age at different levels using radiocarbon dating and other methods. They found that the reefs stopped growing about 4,000 years ago and did not recover for 2,500 years. read more More...

Source: News Track India July 4, 2012 "London (ANI): Researchers have revealed that some fish may be less vulnerable to high CO2 and an acidifying ocean than previously feared. Investigators at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) were behind these encouraging new findings. read more More...

Source: Phuket Gazette July 5, 2012 "PHUKET: Nine dive boats and almost 20 PADI dive shops with the guidance of PADI Project AWARE have put aside their differences and on Tuesday, at the group’s third meeting, announced the date for what they hope will be the largest coral reef cleanup in Phuket. The project, part of the group’s start-up “Go Eco Phuket”, aims to set "cleanup records" this year as it brings hundreds of divers out to Koh Racha Yai and Koh Racha Noi on September 30. read more More...

Source: Asian Scientist July 3, 2012 "In what could be a turning tide for the global shark conservation effort, China’s State Council has declared that within one to three years it will stop serving shark fin soup at official receptions. According to news reports carried by the state-run Xinhua news agency and CNTV.cn, China’s Government Offices Administration of the State Council (GOASC) is planning to issue legislation to ban the soup at all government functions. read more More...