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Art under water in the Gulf of Mexico

by DiveSSI - 8th August 2018
The first underwater museum in the USA opened off the coast of Florida

In late June 2018, a submarine sculpture park was opened in Florida. The...
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0Comments Florida, travel, underwater museum
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Dive boat “Alvin” completed 5,000. dive

by DiveSSI - 27th November 2018
Manned deep-sea research dive boat in use for over 50 years

On November 25, 2018 "Alvin", USA's only manned deep sea research dive boat, reache...
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0Comments Alvin, Deep Sea, dive boat, research
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Headless chicken monster filmed for the second time

by DiveSSI - 23rd October 2018
Enypniastes eximia - a bizarre sea cucumber, a creature of the deep sea

Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division have developed a new...
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0Comments Enypniastes eximia, Headless chicken monster, sea cucumber
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Diving with manatees in Florida

by DiveSSI - 24th April 2018
The name is program in Crystal River

Crystal clear turquoise water awaits visitors in and around Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida. Water r...
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0Comments Crystal River, Florida, Manatees, travel
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Remaining vaquitas still threatened by extinction

by DiveSSI - 13th June 2017
New agreement imposes permanent ban on gillnets

The vaquita, the world's smallest cetacean, remains under the threat of extinction.
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0Comments conservation, gulf of mexico, mission deep blue, ocean, vaquitas
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Oil spills and sunlight not a good mix for fish

by DiveSSI - 13th December 2016
Exposure to sunlight in the event of an oil spill lowers the survival rates of fish that live near the surface during their larval stage.
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0Comments conservation, ocean, research
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Better protection for some species of sharks and rays

by DiveSSI - 6th October 2016
Good news for marine species: Silky sharks, thresher sharks and mobula rays now receive greater protection as they have been placed under Appendix I...
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0Comments CITES, conservation, mission deep blue, ocean, rays, sharks
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High demand for totoaba fish threatens world’s smallest living cetacean

by DiveSSI - 1st June 2016
Only 60 vaquitas left at recent census

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0Comments conservation, gillnets, harbour porpoises, ocean, vaquitas, WWF