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*********************************** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_re_us/gulf_coral_woes Gulf Reefs Damaged by Rita, Warm Waters By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 27, 6:22 AM ET NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Besides hardcore divers and offshore oil workers, few people see the multicolored reefs, manta rays, lobsters, sharks and fish of all stripes that dart in and out of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
******************************** http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/news/article.asp?newsid=709 DAN Responds to Press Release SSS USA Corporate Offices to Accept DAN Insurance in Nine Chambers See "SSS USA CORPORATE OFFICE WILL ACCEPT DAN INSURANCE" below. Note: If you have questions regarding the availability of any chambers in the SSS network, please contact insuranceqt@sssnetwork.com. This is the SSS USA corporate offices, which, as indicated below have nine chambers that DO support DAN insurance.
First ever prosecution of alleged scuba diving thieves MALTA (28 Dec 2005) -- The police have filed charges against six expert divers accusing them of stealing and destroying priceless underwater heritage from Maltese territorial waters, in the first ever case of marine heritage pilfering to end up in a Maltese court.
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Giant jellies attack Japan TOKYO, Japan (8 Dec 2005) -- THEY are called echizen kurage and they sound like monsters from the trashier reaches of Japanese science fiction.
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Last Update: Jan 27, 2006
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