Diving News October 2007

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WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2007
	Albino Ratfish Found at Whidbey Island, Washington
	The first albino ratfish was caught at 200-feet deep of Puget Sound at Whidbey Island in Washington during a research project of the University of Washington. The research project examined food web in Hood Canal and Puget Sound. The foot-long female ratfish was estimated to be two to three years of age, which categorizes her as teenager in the ratfish realm. According to the research Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2007
	Aqua Sports Inc. Introduces SCUBA Training Hotline
	Aqua Sports, Inc. is an “Elite SCUBA & Rescue Training Institute,” with a professional dive staff totaling over 100,000 hours underwater, and annually certifying perhaps more aquatics rescuers than any other private training institute in the country. This training institute has a long-standing reputation of contributions to make diving safer. In 2007, it introduced the “Get an AED and Don’t Pa Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2007
	Researchers Look into the Depths of Atlantic Ocean
	A survey research was organized to look at unexplored depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The research, which focused more on deep water corals, was participated by researchers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Memorial University of Newfoundland. Some researchers onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Hudson used an underwater robot known as ROPOS (Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Scien Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2007
	Tour the Galapagos with GreenTracks
	Located some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos archipelago consists of thirteen main islands. In 1959, as 95% of the islands and 50,000 sq. miles of surrounding ocean was granted protection, an organization of scientists and conservationists established the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Charles Darwin Research Center. UNESCO placed the Galapagos Islands on the World Heritag Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2007
	Texas Clipper Turns into an Artificial Reef
	The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department completed contractual negotiations for the Texas Clipper as part of the department’s Ships-to-Reefs program and become an artificial reef once it is placed 17 nautical miles off the southern coast of Texas. It will take four to six months to prepare the ship for reefing. In securing the Texas Clipper, Texas’s Artificial Reef Program worked for mor Read Full Story
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