March 2010
Taken from Japan Times
TOYAMA — A discovery of a mystery fish has been baffling exoperts in Japan. They have been being seen in large numbers off the coast of Japan.
The "ryugu no tsukai" (slender oarfish) — or "Messenger from the Sea God's Palace" is a fish with a long, slender reddish fin. Its apprearance resembles that of a snake. Similar to another fish called a sea serpent (the oarfish) which has a dorsal fin running the length of its bodyas well.
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UK is set to designate world's largest marine reserve
March 2010
Taken from globaloceanlegacy.org
The proposed marine reserve would protect a group of 55 islands located in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Known as the Chagos Archipelago, the islands and their surrounding waters cover 210,000 square miles (544,000 square kilometers), an area larger than France. With some of the cleanest seas in the world, the islands are home to one of the most ecologically healthy coral reef systems on the planet.
The Chagos Archipelago and its surrounding waters comprise the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the U.K. Following a three-month public consultation, the U.K. government is now considering the designation of a Chagos Protected Area, which would safeguard the area's rich diversity of marine life by prohibiting extractive activities, such as fishing. More than 275,000 people from around the world have signed petitions supporting this designation. A final decision is expected sometime this spring.
“If designated, the Chagos Protected Area would establish a conservation legacy almost unrivalled in scale and significance anywhere in the world's oceans,” said Joshua S. Reichert, Managing Director of the Pew Environment Group, which is a member of the Chagos Environment Network (CEN). The CEN is a group of leading conservation and scientific organizations seeking to protect the biodiversity of the Chagos Islands and their surrounding waters.
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BC and/or Regulator trade-in offer
Force-E now accepts trades. Bring in your old BC or regulator and we'll offer a trade-in toward the purchase of a new Regulator BC or whole package. The equipment must be working or close to it. Pick out any new regulator, computer, compass, pressure gauge and octo and get up to $200 for the old. If your stuff is in great shape and less than five years old, you could get more.
