Source: Herald Sun
December 7, 2011

"The study, funded in part by the Australian Research Council, found that fish numbers are increased in marine reserves where mangroves and reefs are close together.

Lead researcher Andrew Olds said the reserves meant fishermen would be able to catch more fish, even in protected "green zones".

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Source: The Epoch Times
December 5, 2011

"Fish probably use tools much more than we realize, according to new research from Australia.

Originally, tool use was believed to be a trait only exhibited by humans, but scientists have documented primates using tools for various tasks, as well as several bird species, such as the New Caledonian crow.

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Source: 7th Space
December 6, 2011

"Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The results of Hong Kong Reef Check 2011 showed that local corals are generally in a healthy and stable condition with high fauna diversity.

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Isaac Davison
Source: NZ Herald
December 3, 2011

"Auckland-born marine scientist Stephen Lyon is an unlikely candidate for the job of creating the world's largest shark sanctuary - he has had a crippling fear of sharks since age 5.

As fishermen from his Cook Islands home increasingly report dwindling shark numbers, the University of Auckland-educated Mr Lyon has proposed an ambitious conservation project.

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Source: ARC Centre of Excellence
December 5, 2011

"Australian scientists have discovered that some tropical fish have a greater capacity to cope with rising sea temperatures than previously thought - by adjusting over several generations.

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Source: PR Newswire
December 2, 2011

"Twenty five years ago, on December 4, 1986, Walter Wyatt's plane crashed in the waters of Cay Sal Bank, a remote area between Cuba and The Bahamas. It sank almost immediately.

Walter, who now lives in Enterprise, Alabama, spent a night in the ocean fending off sharks, plugging holes in his leaking life vest, and hoping for a merciful end. The Coast Guard located and saved him the next morning and his harrowing experience made many headlines.

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Lee I-chia
Source: The Taipei Times
December 1, 2011

"A research team from the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA), in collaboration with five other research institutes, made a breakthrough with the discovery of a mechanism that influences symbiotic relations between algae and corals in the sea, helping to develop a new research field in the area of lipid bodies in corals.

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Natalie Poyhonen
Source: ABC News
November 29, 2011

"Marine researchers say they are freezing coral samples from the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland as an insurance policy for the future.

In what is said to be an Australian first, scientists have frozen coral embryonic cells and sperm to create a bank of the species.

The cryo-preserved specimens will be held in a specialist facility for genetic material at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in New South Wales."

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