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New 'walking' shark species discovered! - DM Jim

'Walking shark' discovered in Indonesia | News | Wanderlust

---------- Post added September 7th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ----------

What an amazing experience! "deadly" leopard seal encounter. - DM Jim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg&feature=player_embedded

 

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U.S. Coast Guard Enforcement/interdiction of HMS (Highly Migratory Species) stops for this year - even in this country enforcement is a challenge. - DM Jim


http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/Ad...ast_guard_sept_2013_ap_presentation_final.pdf

---------- Post added September 9th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ----------

Is our addiction to oil killing cetaceans? It certainly looks that way - DM Jim

Sonar Delivers Coup de Grace for Dolphins and Whales | Dr. Reese Halter

---------- Post added September 10th, 2013 at 10:17 AM ----------

Here's a better explanation of the new rules proposed by NOAA to protect Atlantic bluefin. - DM Jim

Bluefin Tuna Catch a Break With Promising New Regulations | Care2 Causes

---------- Post added September 10th, 2013 at 10:27 AM ----------

One of those oddities you sometimes see... - DM Jim

Rare six-clawed lobster is caught off Massachusetts | GrindTV.com

---------- Post added September 10th, 2013 at 01:18 PM ----------

Another awesome u/w photo - DM Jim Epinephelus tauvina - Greasy grouper By Philippe Guillaume https://www.facebook.com/RoddenberryDive#!/photo.php?fbid=378617612266600&set=a.165020986959598.33882.131656623629368&type=1&theater …

---------- Post added September 10th, 2013 at 03:57 PM ----------

Kids get it! It's NOT OK to keep cetaceans in captivity for entertainment (or any reason other than rehabilitation). - DM Jim

Would you let it happen to me? Whales in captivity - YouTube

 

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Here's the latest RDT newsletter! - DM Jim http://www.roddenberry.com/media/upload/rdt/2013-08-12/2013-08-12.html

---------- Post added September 11th, 2013 at 10:58 AM ----------

This story is a load of garbage. "finding" an already dead whale shark in your nets? I don't think so. - DM Jim

Fisherman sells whale shark caught ?already dead? for 200k yuan - ODD - Globaltimes.cn

---------- Post added September 11th, 2013 at 11:17 AM ----------

Aquarium of the Pacific recently released a rehabilitated sea turtle - check it out - DM Jim

Aquarium of the Pacific | News | Aquarium Releases Rehabilitated Sea Turtle

---------- Post added September 11th, 2013 at 03:53 PM ----------

Rescued harbor porpoise is returned to the wild following rehab. This is the ONLY reason a cetacean should be in captivity - for rehab! - DM Jim

Rescued Harbour Porpoise is Returned to His Home Waters | AquaBlog

---------- Post added September 11th, 2013 at 04:54 PM ----------

Amazing and ultra-rare photos and footage of the only white humpback known to exist. - DM Jim

These rare photos of Migaloo the albino humpback whale are astonishing

---------- Post added September 12th, 2013 at 10:46 AM ----------

SCIENCE - Check out this octopus video - they are AMAZING! - DM Jim

Where's The Octopus?

---------- Post added September 12th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ----------

Blobfish voted ugliest animal - interesting in a weird sort of way.... - DM Jim

BBC News - Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote

 

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Superb news! Hong Kong bans Shark Fin soup at government events! - DM Jim
Hong Kong Government Supporst Sustainability Conscious Food Consumption

---------- Post added September 13th, 2013 at 10:07 AM ----------

Oddly sensational journalists get it wrong - again - DM Jim
Dolphin intelligence researcher did not say that dolphins aren?t intelligent as Daily Mail, Sunday Times claim « Southern Fried Science

---------- Post added September 14th, 2013 at 08:11 AM ----------

It's not just oil that kills off marine life. This unusual spill has essentially killed Honolulu Harbor in Hawaii - DM Jim

Huge Molasses Spill Off Hawaii: A Diver's Report

---------- Post added September 14th, 2013 at 09:54 AM ----------

Sometimes we have to act in order to save that which is worth saving - DM Jim https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152228062269616&set=a.123554084615.127725.120001599615&type=1&theater …

 

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Some fun and funny fake sharkweek facts from Shark Defenders - DM Jim

Fake Shark Week Facts: A Recollection

---------- Post added September 16th, 2013 at 10:17 AM ----------

Costa Concordia finally freed from reef in Italy - DM Jim

BBC News - Costa Concordia in Italy freed from rocks

---------- Post added September 16th, 2013 at 10:20 AM ----------

SCIENCE - Amazing science images - DM Jim

BBC News - Science images from across the globe

---------- Post added September 17th, 2013 at 09:03 AM ----------

Have you adopted a bull shark yet? This is pretty awesome! - DM Jim

Adopt A Bull Shark! | Indiegogo

---------- Post added September 17th, 2013 at 10:05 AM ----------

SCIENCE! A great deal can be learned from a whale's earwax - who knew? - DM Jim

Buried in every whale's earwax resides a record of their lifetime exposure to pollutants | @GrrlScientist | Science | theguardian.com

---------- Post added September 17th, 2013 at 02:28 PM ----------

Awesome underwater photo for today: Whale shark with snorkelers(Rhincodon typus)By Eric Burgers- DM Jim https://www.facebook.com/RoddenberryDive#!/photo.php?fbid=381828461945515&set=a.165020986959598.33882.131656623629368&type=1&theater …

 

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Sometimes it takes strong action to get your point across - DM Jim

BBC News - Greenpeace assails oil rig in Russian Arctic

---------- Post added September 18th, 2013 at 04:15 PM ----------

Ric O'Barry talks about his causes. Very worthy all. - DM Jim

The Cove's Ric O'Barry on Boycotting Miami Seaquarium, Dolphin Slaughter, and How Rock and Roll Can Save the World

---------- Post added September 18th, 2013 at 04:17 PM ----------

AWESOME underwater photo for today - sixgill shark via National Geographic - DM Jim https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=382375195224175&set=a.165020986959598.33882.131656623629368&type=1&theater …

---------- Post added September 19th, 2013 at 07:45 AM ----------

Amazing video captures deep sea 'monster'. Likely a massive deep ocean jellyfish. - DM Jim

Massive sea monster spotted on deep-sea oil rig camera (VIDEO) | The Libertarian Republic

---------- Post added September 19th, 2013 at 07:48 AM ----------

SCIENCE! Autonomous Underwater robots collecting data to improve our understanding of Atlantic storms - awesome! - DM Jim

NOAA, government and academia partners deploy underwater robots to improve hurricane science.

---------- Post added September 19th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ----------

Are you a Trashy Diver? When you get in, take some trash out! Win awesome prizes! - DM Jim

Roddenberry Dive Team | Trashy Diver Contest

 

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Scotland is starting a huge tidal energy project. The challenges are many, and the rewards huge - DM Jim

BBC News - Pentland Firth tidal turbine project given consent

---------- Post added September 20th, 2013 at 07:55 AM ----------

'Dancing' with an oceanic whitetip shark - DM Jim

Shark Free Diving: Woman Dives with White tip Shark - YouTube

---------- Post added September 20th, 2013 at 01:35 PM ----------

Sea Turtle 'selfie' video - apparently the turtle found this camera and activated it. Later it was found along the shoreline with this video.... - DM Jim

Sea Turtle Finds Lost Camera - YouTube

 

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Tell the Russians to free the Greenpeace crew! - DM Jim https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1479&s_src=GPI …

---------- Post added September 22nd, 2013 at 09:23 AM ----------

Removing sharks from the environment has now been proven to be harmful to coral reef systems - as if we needed more evidence... - DM Jim

Coral reefs suffer as the relentless hunt for shark fins takes its toll | Environment | theguardian.com

---------- Post added September 23rd, 2013 at 09:48 AM ----------

Amazing video - diving and snorkeling with Great White Sharks - they do this with serious caution and awareness of the dangers. - DM Jim

Shark Encounter: Up Close With A Great White Shark - YouTube

---------- Post added September 23rd, 2013 at 09:58 AM ----------

If you have not yet seen this movie - see it! If you must wait until CNN airs it, then watch it then! Sea World and those who keep cetaceans captive need to be stopped! It's cruel, it's inhumane, and just plain wrong! - DM Jim

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=232276520258667&set=a.187858038033849.1073741826.150354588450861&type=1&theater

 

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This message is even more true today than three years ago. Plastic and human trash is killing the oceans. We must change our habits! - DM Jim
Gray whale dies bringing us a message -- with stomach full of plastic trash | InvestigateWest

---------- Post added September 24th, 2013 at 09:27 AM ----------

Is there a change in attitude regarding fish stocks? Will these new ideas help sustain the stocks and economic value? Time will tell. - DM Jim

BBC News - Collective rights 'offer hope for global fisheries'

---------- Post added September 24th, 2013 at 09:31 AM ----------

Group of volunteers who make time to free entagled whales of Fundy Bay - great people! - DM Jim

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24181399

---------- Post added September 24th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ----------

EPAs new rules are good for the environment and would make big coal modify their behavior. Let's ensure these rules stay in place! - DM Jim
Don't let Big Coal Kill the EPA's Crucial, New Rules

---------- Post added September 25th, 2013 at 08:50 AM ----------

When you educate the individual fisherman to release endangered species, you have made progress - DM Jim
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

---------- Post added September 25th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ----------

Latest RDT newsletter - two months left for Trashy Diver prizes! - DM Jim

http://www.roddenberry.com/media/upload/rdt/2013-09-25/2013-09-25.html

 

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Sometimes the ocean reaches up and says 'Hi!' - Amazing!! - DM Jim

Blue whale 'blows by' spear fisherman | UTSanDiego.com

---------- Post added September 26th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ----------

Amazing photos of dolphins and humans surfing the same wave - DM Jim

Surfer Trent Sherborne goes to head-to-head with pod of dolphins in Kalbarri, Western Australia | Mail Online

---------- Post added September 27th, 2013 at 08:57 AM ----------

Bottom trawls destroy the ocean floor - act now to help preserve what's left - DM Jim
Coral habitats being crushed | Oceana

---------- Post added September 27th, 2013 at 09:00 AM ----------

Some amazing photos on how we deal with our most precious resource - water - DM Jim

'Water' Photographs By Edward Burtynsky Dive Into The Treatment Of Our Most Precious Resource

---------- Post added September 27th, 2013 at 10:44 AM ----------

Friday Sea Turtle Photo - Credit: Alan Rees - DM Jim https://www.facebook.com/RoddenberryDive#!/photo.php?fbid=386170841511277&set=a.165020986959598.33882.131656623629368&type=1&theater …