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NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, in partnership with Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), will host an inaugural series of lionfish derbies starting in September. Divers who remove lionfish from sanctuary waters will be eligible for more than $10,000 in cash and prizes.
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and REEF to Host Inaugural Lionfish Derbies
The following article, written by EMBUN MAJID of Malaysian publication, Star Online, talks about the closing of selected coral reefs in Indonesia due to recent coral bleaching. Several dive sites at two of the top diving destinations in the world — the Pulau Tioman marine park in Pahang and Pulau Redang marine park in Terengganu — are temporarily off-limits to divers and snorkellers until end-October.
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Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in several Malaysian regions halted due to Coral Bleaching
(DiverWire.com) - The venomous lionfish is native to the Indo-Pacific Region, and is therefore, an invasive species everywhere else. A popular claim regarding their introduction to the Atlantic Ocean is through the aquarium trade. Owners released them either by accident or on purpose when they could no longer care for them.
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Bimini Resort Hosts Lionfish SMASH
A few weeks ago, 50 divers and snorkelers descended upon Kralendijk Bay for the Dive Friends Bonaire/NetTech summer underwater cleanup. This cleanup focused upon the yacht anchorage south and north of the Dive Friends @ Yellow Submarine dive facility.
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Summer underwater cleanup a Success in Bonaire
The head of the U.S. Government's response effort to mitigate the Transocean/BP oil spill said that with the oil leak capped there is now little chance of oil remnants reaching the Florida Keys and the South Florida mainland.
