21 July 2010 Nine marine park islands and three islands off Langkawi, Terengganu and Pahang are closed to tourists from July 2 to Oct 31 due to coral bleaching. Marine Parks Department director-general Abdul Jamal Mydin said the coral degradation, which was caused by global warming, was worse than in 1998. He said in Langkawi, […]
Archive for July, 2010
12 Sites Closed To Tourists Due to Coral bleaching
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: coral bleaching, diving, Langkawi, Pahang, Terengganu
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Help Save Bluefin Tuna
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, News, VideosTags: bluefin tuna, save tuna, tuna
Adrian Grenier Wants To Stop Bluefin Tuna From Going Too Fast, Short Version from Oceana on Vimeo. Watch “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier swim alongside bluefin tuna, one of the fastest and most endangered fish in the ocean. Join Adrian and sign up to help Oceana save bluefin, before they’re gone for good. Go to oceana.org/goingfast. […]
Monster Tuna found in Japan fish market
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, NewsTags: giant tuna, japan, monster tuna
AFP – Friday, July 16 TOKYO (AFP) – – A monster tuna caught off Japan turned heads at a Tokyo fish market Friday, where the 445 kilogram (981 pound) bluefin — the biggest caught here since 1986 — sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700 dollars). “Many of the people who work at the market have […]
Giant Catfish weighs over 600LBS
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, News, VideosTags: giant catfish, mekong, mekong catfish
Attaining an unconfirmed length of 3 m, the Mekong giant catfish grows extremely quickly, reaching a mass of 150 to 200 kg in only six years. The largest catch recorded in Thailand since record-keeping began in 1981 was a female measuring 2.7 m (roughly 9 feet) in length and weighing 293 kg (646 lb). This […]
Coral reefs reported suffer mass bleaching throughout south east Asia, Indian Ocean and Pacific
Posted: 19th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: coral bleaching, coral reef
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, 18 July 2010 Coral reefs are suffering widespread damage in what is set to be one of the worst years ever for the delicate and beautiful habitats. The phenomenon, known as coral bleaching because the reefs turn bone white when the colourful algae that give the coral its colour and […]
Giant Pacific octopus set free with a kiss
Posted: 18th July 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: giant octopus
POULSBO — Floating in the middle of Liberty Bay, Patrick Mus kissed “Mr. Bob,”the giant Pacific octopus, goodbye on Thursday. The director of the Poulsbo Marine Science Center bid farewell to the octopus nearly a year after it took up residence in a science center tank, the second such octopus to be caught and put […]
Madrid makes Paul bid – Octopus Paul
Posted: 18th July 2010 by admin in News, World Cup 2010Tags: Octopus oracle Paul, paul the octopus, World Cup 2010
17 July 2010 MADRID – THE Madrid Zoo said on Thursday that it has made an offer to buy Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs – all seven of Germany’s games plus the Spain-Netherlands final. The zoo […]
Octopus has predicted Prime Minister Julia Gillard will win
Posted: 18th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: aussie prime minister, julia gillard, octopus cassandra
17 July 2010 SYDNEY: An Australian newspaper has taken a leaf out of the football World Cup playbook, unveiling its own “psychic” octopus that it says has predicted Prime Minister Julia Gillard will win next month’s poll. The Sydney Morning Herald showed off “Cassandra” just as Gillard told the Australian people that they would go […]
Unofficial King of Spain retired from the World Cup
Posted: 16th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: Octopus oracle Paul, World Cup 2010
14 July, By Brooks Peck International icon and unofficial king of Spain, Paul the Oracle Octopus has officially retired from the World Cup match-predicting racket and may now be used to cash in. According to CNN, the Sea Life aquarium where Paul resides is entertaining offers for Paul’s promotional services and PR people are drooling […]