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Rare Endangered Leatherback Turtle Spotted In Northern California
Next time you’re out on the ocean, keep an eye out for a rare but welcome visitor to our waters – the leatherback turtle. Leatherbacks sea turtles swim an amazing 6,000 miles from their nesting...
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Great Giant Sea Bass Count Begins Next Week: August 1-16, 2015
Giant Black Sea Bass It’s that time of year again! The now annual Great Giant Sea Bass Count (2015 edition) is almost here and divers are gearing up to spot some more giants. For those who didn’t hear...
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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Legal Challenge: California Shark Fin Ban Stands
Shark fins, illegally poached, dry in the sun in preparation for shipment. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a California law banning the sale, distribution and possession of...
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Third Whale Washes Ashore in Pacifica; Marine Mammal Center Responds to 17...
Stranded humpback whale, Aug. 3, 2015 The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito confirms that a 38-foot humpback whale carcass has washed ashore at Esplanade Beach in Pacifica. It’s the third whale to wash...
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SeaWorld Profits Drop 84 Percent This Quarter – “Blackfish” Movie...
After earning $37.4 million during the second quarter (April–June) in 2014, the SeaWorld was only able to net $5.8 million during the same period 2015. The reason: last year’s movie Blackfish....
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Warmer Water Brings Massive Algae Bloom from California to Alaska
There’s some great news for algae off the Pacific coast: conditions have been so great that a giant ribbon of microscopic algae, up to 40 wide and over 600 feet deep in places, is flourishing amid...
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Kona Sheraton Celebrates First Anniversary of Manta Learning Center
Scuba divers interact with manta rays each evening at the Kona Sheraton and at Garden Eel Cove The Manta Learning Center in Kona, Hawaii celebrated their first anniversary on August 16-22 with a...
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Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences Examine Rare Fin...
C. Scientists from The Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences arrived at Angel Island State Park to perform a necropsy on the whale carcass found in Alameda, CA. The U.S. Army Corps...
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San Diego Lifeguards Close La Jolla Beaches Due To Hammerhead Shark Sightings...
A hammerhead shark in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. His cousin is apparently in La Jolla today. San Diego Lifeguards have closed La Jolla-area beaches after several kayakers recorded an encounter with a...
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Interesting Critters: Juvenile Oarfish Found at Farnsworth Bank, Catalina Island
A Bigger One: United States servicemen holding a 23-foot (7.0 m) giant oarfish, found washed up on the shore near San Diego, California, in September 1996 (click to enlarge) At the start of our second...
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Robots Designed to Terminate Starfish Ready for Trials in Australia
The COTSbot Starfish-killing robot The crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci) is a large, multiple-armed starfish that loves to eat hard coral polyps, killing tropical reefs in the process. It...
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First Hawaiian Monk Seal Pup Rescued from Hawaiian Islands Admitted to The...
Kilo rests at her new temporary home at Ke Kai Ola, The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital for the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Credit Julie Steelman © The Marine Mammal Center, MMHSRP...
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Tangled Up Blue: California Divers Asked To Keep An Eye Out For Blue Whale...
A large Blue Whale Off Southern California Coast Photo: D. Ramey Logan In Southern California, NOAA is continuing their ocean search for a massive, 80-foot long blue whale that was spotted trailing...
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Humpback Whale Breaches on Top of Monterey Kayakers
Like much of the California coastline right now, the Monterey area is heavily populated with both blue and humpback whales. Two kayakers got an up-close and personal view to one of these magnificent...
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Strict New Gillnet Regulations Adopted to Protect Turtles, Dolphins, Whales
In a move to protect turtles and marine mammals such as whales, and dolphin, the Pacific Fishery Management Council decided on Sept. 14 to place strict limits on the number of endangered marine...
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Rare Encounter: Whale Shark Spotted Off San Diego (Video)
California’s warmer ocean waters has attracted a large number of rare and unusual visitors to our waters over the last few months. Hammerhead sharks have been spotted throughout Southern California...
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Marine Mammal Center Releases Necropsy Results Of Gray Whale Stranding
A gray whale carcass stranded along the shoreline at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, CA, on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Scientists from The Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of...
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Be On The Lookout: Rare Venomous Sea Snakes Seen on Southern California beaches
Pelamis Platurus; the yellow bellied sea snake. Image source: Creative Commons Heal The Bay, a Southern California environmental group focused on restoring the Santa Monica Bay, is sounding the alarm...
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Video: Killer Whale Launches Seal 80 feet Into The Air
A videographer, shooting a promotional film for whale watching company Eagle Wing Tours, captured some dramatic footage of a killer whale kicking a harbor seal 80 feet into the air off the coast of...
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Rescuers Attempt to Save Whale Tangled In Crab Nets Off LA/San Diego (video)
After spending much of Friday attempting to untangle a humpback whale wrapped in a fishing gear near the Balboa Pier, authorities hoped to continue trying to free the whale today in San Diego. Around...
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