Articles

Restoring a Fishery - With Dugongs

by Tim Hochgrebe

In an imaginative approach to fisheries renewal a Thai scientist is using the dugong as the centerpiece of his campaign to restore fishing livelihoods and coastal ecosystems. Julian Cribb reports.

Revealing the secrets of the Bullshark in the South-Pacific

by Juerg Brunnschweiler

Populations of large marine predators such as sharks are in dangerous decline. Recent scientific studies report declines of up to 99% for several shark species such as the oceanic whitetip shark in the Gulf of Mexico. Studies also indicate that the reduction in number of larger coastal species such as bull, hammerhead, and tiger sharks may be as high as 80% in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Liberty Wreck

by Andy Taylor

Standing here on the cobbled stone beach of Tulamben Bay, Bali its hard to believe that just 40 meters from the beach below these calm blue waters lies.......