Storm looms over whaling protest ship's need to dock in Australia

   6th January 2009
Australia


Submitted by: Simon Goodchild


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The whaling wars could be heading for Australia. A protest ship that has been chasing Japanese whalers around Antarctica is running out of fuel and needs to head for a port - possibly Hobart - to stock up. more...

Diver finds rare undersea basalt columns in Penghu
by Simon Goodchild
Undersea columns of basalt have been found near an uninhabited islet off Penghu County and are believed by the finder to be the only such formations in the world.

Bush to establish world's largest marine protection area
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US President George W Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest marine protection area spanning some 505,000 square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman said.

Shark repellant devices not ruled out to safeguard beach
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Underwater shark repellent devices at Perth's popular beaches have not been ruled out by the State Government.

Another rare Chinese sturgeon dies in HK's Ocean Park
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The Hong Kong Ocean Park said here Saturday that another Chinese sturgeon died Friday, raising the death toll of the rare aquatic species in the park to three inhalf a year.

Mood-enhancing fragrance compound gains patent protection
by Simon Goodchild
US company Human Pheremone Sciences has filed a US patent for a compound derived from sea coral that can be added to fragrances and cosmetics as a mood-enhancer.

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