All At Sea Editorial by
Becky Bauer
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The Much Maligned Manta Ray
In our previous chapters we covered Eagle, Southern, and Caribbean Rays because they are the most commonly encountered by our readers. However, those three barely scratch the surface since there are over 500 known species of rays and skates
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Much Maligned Rays Part Three
Visibility gradually began to clear and just above the wreck, to greet me, was an entire school of Spotted Eagle Rays flying along in the water off the wreck's bow.
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Becky Bauer Asks Why Be a Certified Diver
Here are a few experiences from my scuba instructing career. Ask yourself, "Is this you or someone you know?" If so, perhaps it is time to consider becoming a certified diver, or recertify and refresh your skills.
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Much Maligned Rays Part Two
Southern and Caribbean Stingrays
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Much Maligned Rays
One of my favorite sea creatures is the much-maligned ray...
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Disaster in the Gulf 2010
There is no end in sight to the human and ecological damage resulting from the Deep Water Horizon disaster. This is a list of events that we do know, along with a brief but disturbing list of what we do not know.
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New Trash Islands Discovered
Scientists studying the largest of the new islands know it by several names including the Pacific Trash Vortex, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the Eastern Pacific Patch.
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Express Ticket to Extinction for the Bluefin Tuna
On March 18, 2010, in Doha, Qatar, the proposal to ban was defeated, leaving the world's decimated Bluefin stocks once again at the mercy of ICCAT's habitual failures. The voting members of CITES issued the Bluefin Tuna's express ticket to extinction
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The Green Sea Slug is a Solar Powered Planimal
Another fact drilled into our heads in school was that only plants produce chlorophyll. Not so says Dr. Sidney K. Pierce, University of South Florida Tampa, and his research partners!
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Showdown for the Bluefin and Endangered Species Status 2010
Status of the endangered species, the Bluefin Tuna.
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Beautiful but DEADLY Lionfish Taking Over the Caribbean
Alarm bells are sounding throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean. Lionfish is an incredibly dangerous, invasive species in Caribbean waters!
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Synodontidae or Lizardfish Lie in Wait
No one backed up faster than I did on the day I saw my first Lizardfish. Such a small, almost primitive but beautiful fish with so many teeth, and we were both under the same overhang
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Spots or Fingerprints on the Shell of the Flamingo Tongue
Flamingo Tongues, Cyphoma gibbosum, are marine mollusks of the family ovulidae, marine snails closely related to cowries. They are gastropods; previously called uni-valves
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2009's Been a Good Year for Sea Turtles
National Marine Fisheries Service initiated an emergency 180-day closure on shallow water longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico offering much needed respite to Sea Turtles
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Green Sea Turtles' Temporary Reprieve
The Green Sea Turtle is the next beneficiary to the six-month ban on longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. With this help however, they still have some challenges to overcome.
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles
Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, and Green sea turtles won a temporary reprieve
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A Reprieve for the Turtles
Agency would act as quickly as possible in the face of studies showing that 1,000 Loggerheads, Kemps Ridley, and Green sea turtles are taken incidenta
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What are They Waiting For
Environmentalists are demanding action to protect threatened and endangered species while a government bureaucracy insists that further study is requi
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Not So Simple Sponges
What is 600,000,000 years old, has no nervous system, no body organs, no digestive system, no circulatory system, and lacks the ability to move about
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From Trickle to Torrent: The Amazon Part 2
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From Trickle to Torrent - The Amazon
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Gazing Balls in the Sea
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A Whole Lot of Talkin' Going On
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Moray Eels
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King Crab in the Caribbean
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Studies Show Captive Dolphin Programs Shorten Lives
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Ciguatera: Brass Eating Fish Part II
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Ciguatera: Beware of Fish that Eat Brass
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Mobile Homes Along the Shore
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Back to the Drawing Board - Good Plan Gone Wrong
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Commercial Fishing - For Every Action - A Reaction
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Ghosts in My House
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A Terrible Beauty
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Wall of Death - Gillnet Fishing
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Fussy Little Birds - Brown-throated Conure
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10 Billion Hooks are a Small Part
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Part 3 in a Series on Commercial Fishing - Billions of Pounds
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It's Time for the Whales Again
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Green Monkeys
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The Value of the Frangipani Worms
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What is Commercial Fishing
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One Fish Lost - Second in a Series on Commercial Fishing
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No Worries - No Cares
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It Will Affect You - The Tragedy of Commercial Fishing
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Ewwww - Poor Fish
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A Formidable Insect
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Whales and Whaling in the Caribbean Part 8
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Bejewled Hovercraft - Hummingbirds
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Whales and Whaling in the Caribbean - Increased Revenues from Another Angle
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Critter Column - Dancing with Spiders Part II
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