UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World http://www.underwatertimes.com/ UnderwaterTimes.com Page One news en-us Copyright 2008 UnderwaterTimes.com, All Rights Reserved. jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:44:01 PST Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:44:01 PST UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World http://www.underwatertimes.com/Fireworks/title_rss.gif http://www.underwatertimes.com/ Researchers Puzzled As Hibernating Antarctic Cod Found http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/researchers-fin.html http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/researchers-fin.html Record 1100-pound Shark Caught Off Tunisia; Biggest Fish Ever Caught Off Northern Africa http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10302178495 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10302178495 A fisherman made the catch of a lifetime Monday off the coast of Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea. Weighing in at more than 1,100 pounds, locals said it was the biggest fish ever caught out of the north African country. After it... Scientists: Shark Numbers Increase Ten-fold Off Spain http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/04/easharks104.xml http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/04/easharks104.xml Canadian Officials Baffled As Three Right Feet, Wearing Running Shoe, Size 12, Found on Beaches http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/americas/04feet.html?ex=1362286800&en=a0e88f769ee6614e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/americas/04feet.html?ex=1362286800&en=a0e88f769ee6614e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Hexapus: World's first six-legged octopus discovered; 'That's just how he is' http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/octopus.uk/index.html http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/octopus.uk/index.html Research: Dissolved organic matter in the water column may influence coral health http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=50827619431 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=50827619431 Bacterial communities endemic to healthy corals could change depending on the amount and type of natural and man-made dissolved organic matter in seawater, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute and Mote Marine Laboratory in... When adventure tourism kills; shark feeding 'not a controlled environment' http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718951,00.html?cnn=yes http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718951,00.html?cnn=yes Chinese fisherman nets 1-mln-yuan queer fish; bahaba good as 'gold' http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://mathaba.net/news/?x=584202 http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://mathaba.net/news/?x=584202 End of fishing restrictions after 6 years may hurt sharks off Florida coast http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NEWS01/803030327/1006 http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NEWS01/803030327/1006 Record as Florida marine lab recovers tagged shark 11 years after release http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=06284195107 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=06284195107 A shark tagged by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists off Pensacola , Fla., spent nearly 11 years at liberty before being caught last May by a fisherman who returned the tag to Mote. The tag return marks the longest period of... Tiny polyps need 2 kinds of carbon to survive coral bleaching; photosynthesis vs. zooplankton http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=85302194106 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=85302194106 How well ocean reefs recover from the growing damage caused by warming sea temperatures depends both on how much the tiny coral polyps can eat, and how healthy they can keep the microscopic algae that live inside their bodies. New research... Researchers: Elephant shark genetic sequences help unravel vertebrate evolutionary history http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.genomeweb.com/issues/news/145456-1.html http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.genomeweb.com/issues/news/145456-1.html U.S. Navy claims ownership of cannons from 1846 wreck found on Oregon beach http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8V665181.html http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8V665181.html NOAA researchers: Northern right whales head south to give birth, leave genetic 'fingerprints' http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=81503107649 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=81503107649 Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving ground for this rare and endangered population—the waters...