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News Coverage Archive 2005
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December 28, 2005. Voice of America.
Interviews with Chief Scientist Ron O'Dor and POST project leader David Welch:
"Take Census of Marine Life"
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-12-28-voa70.cfm
December 28, 2005. Navhind Times. Panjim, India.
"An Insight into Oceanic Life"
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=12287
December 17, 2005. Estadao (in Portuguese).
"Censo marinho cataloga 40 mil espécies em 5 anos"
http://www.estadao.com.br/ciencia/noticias/2005/dez/14/213.htm
December 16, 2005. Sciences et Avenir (in French).
"La vie marine suivie à la trace"
http://sciences.nouvelobs.com/sci_20051216.OBS9164.html?1648
December 16, 2005. People's Daily China.
"There's a whole new world down there, census reveals"
http://english.people.com.cn/200512/16/eng20051216_228506.html
December 16, 2005. The Daily Telegraph, Australia.
"Ocean census reveals weird and wonderful"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17579666-421,00.html
December 14, 2005. CBC Radio (Audio).
"'Fish with chips' reveal migration routes"
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_fish20051214.html
December 14, 2005. CTV Canada.
Video interview with Census Chief Scientist Ron O'Dor
"Canadians part of global marine life census"
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051214/
marinelife_census_20051214/20051214?hub=SciTech
December 15, 2005. Daily Telegraph.
"Scientists discover tsunami dead zone"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/
news/2005/12/15/ntsun15.xml&sSheet=/
news/2005/12/15/ixhome.html
December 14, 2005. USA Today.
"Among sea's big surprises? Meat-eating sponges"
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/
2005-12-14-sea-census_x.htm
December 145, 2005. Aljazeera.
"'Fish with chips' reveal sea secrets"
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/
4015A563-2EA5-494C-926E-B657CEA7325C.htm
December 15, 2005. Globe and Mail.
"Bright pink and flapping like Dumbo"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20051215/UNDERTHESEA15/TPScience
December 15, 2005. CNN.
"'Fish with Chip' reveal migration routes"
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/12/14/oceans.fish.routes.reut/
December 15, 2005. Daily Telegraph.
"Scientists discover tsunami dead zone"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/15/
ntsun15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/15/ixhome.html
December 15, 2005. Seattle Post Intelligencer, Associated Press.
"Marine census shows diversity, declines"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501AP_Ocean_Census.html
December 15, 2005. The Independent.
"Revealed: Meet the creatures of the deep who have never before been seen before"
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/
science_technology/article333256.ece
December 14, 2005. Bloomberg News.
"'Dead zone' off Sumatra may be linked to quake, scientists say"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
10000080&sid=aNqxRdjP1fsk&refer=asia
December 15, 2005. Christian Science Monitor.
"Among sea's biggest surprises? Meat-eating sponges"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1215/p01s02-sten.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
10000080&sid=aNqxRdjP1fsk&refer=asia
December 15, 2005. BBC Mundo (Spanish).
"El profundo misterio de la nada"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/science/
newsid_4531000/4531394.stm
December15, 2005. Associated Press in Jakarta (language: Bahasa Indonesia).
"Sensus Tunjukan Penurunan Populasi Berbagai Spesies Laut"
http://www.kompas.com/teknologi/news/0512/15/221223.htm
December 15, 2005. The Daily Telegraph.
"Tuna's 25,000-mile swim down marine highway"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
?xml=/news/2005/12/15/wtuna15.xml
December 15, 2005. MSNBC with slide show.
"'Fish with Chips' touted as key to seas"
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10478890/
December 14, 2005. CNN.com (World's 4th top Internet news site).
"'Fish with Chips' reveal migration routes"
http://news.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=ca/13-0&fp=
43a0dbe805dbec30&ei=bM-gQ8HMOM3caMaxze0B
&url=http%3A//www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/
science/12/14/oceans.fish.routes.reut/&cid=0
December 15, 2005. USA Today (10th top Internet news site).
"Among sea's biggest surprises? Meat-eating sponges."
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/
discoveries/2005-12-14-sea-census_x.htm#
November 17, 2005. Adenblatt, Hamburg, Germany
"Die Fische der ewigen Finsternis"
http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2005/11/17/503989.html
October 27, 2005. The Economist.
"When lobster was fertiliser"
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5091088
November 5, 2005. InterPress Service.
"New Historical Data on the Seas Spells Alarm"
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30899
November 5, 2005. New Scientist, UK.
"Marauders continue to plunder the oceans"
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18825244.900
November 4, 2005. Deutschlandfunk, Germany.
"Viele Überraschungen unterhalb der Meeresoberfläche"
http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/forschak/435307/
November 3, 2005. Innovations Report, Germany.
"Scientists to eplore Grand Canyon of the ocean"
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/
umwelt_naturschutz/bericht-51197.html
November 3, 2005. IDW.
"Into the Deep Blue"
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news134147
November 1, 2005. New York Times.
"Old Menus Provide Clues About Shifting Seafood Tastes and Harvests"
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?
res=F70B13F8345B0C728CDDA80994DD404482
October 23, 2005. Reuters.
"US menus and Romans may aid future fish stocks"
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?
type=topNews&storyid=2005-10-23T191229Z_01_MOL364346
_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-FISH.xml
October 23, 2005. BBC News.
"Menu prices track fishing impact"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4364984.stm
October 24, 2005. Terra Espana.
"La vida de las especies marinas vista a través de los menús"
http://actualidad.terra.es/ciencia/articulo/
vida_especies_marinas_vista_traves_557622.htm
October 24, 2005. Reuters UK.
"US menus and Romans may aid future fish stocks"
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?
type=scienceNews&storyid=2005-10-23T175351Z_01
_MOL364346_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT-FISH-DC.XML
October 24, 2005 Bloomberg.com
"Restaurant Menus Helping Ecologists Bid to Save Fish"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a9AAk4o.u2Kc
October 24, 2005. Environmental News Network.
"U.S. Menus, Romans May Aid Future Fish Stocks"
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9085
October 24, 2005. LeMatin.
"Des historiens rendent public un rapport sur la démographie dans les océan"
http://matin.qc.ca/monde.php?article=20051023160449
October 24, 2005. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Researchers ponder old menus to save fisheries"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1489061.htm
August 15, 2005. Voice of America.
"New Study Calls for Protection of Ocean's Big Fish"
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-08-12-voa51.cfm
August 13, 2005. Washington Post Editorial, USA.
"Fish hot spots are cooling off"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/08/12/AR2005081201448.html
August 9, 2005. ABC News Online.
"Census to measure Antarctic marine life"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1433155.htm
August 4, 2005. Yrpo.ru, Russia.
http://www.utro.ru/articles/2005/08/04/464779.shtml
August 5, 2005. OnKarriere.
"Meresforschung Arktische Tiefsee wimmelt von Leben"
http://www2.onkarriere.t-online.de/dyn/c/50/41/90/5041902.html
July 30, 2005. CBS Evening News.
"Arctic Ocean Expedition: Interview with Census Senior Scientist Ron O'Dor"
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=tech
July 31, 2005. Toronto Star.
"Cold beauty below ice cap"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1122760209972
&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907621263
July 30, 2005. Toronto Star.
"Deep-sea fishing for secrets of an alien world"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1122673811244
&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907621263
July 29, 2005. Toronto Star.
"Filling our eyes with the wonder of the Arctic"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1122587412683
&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907621263&DPL
=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
July 29, 2005. New York Times.
"Scientists Warn Fewer Kinds of Fish Are Swimming the Oceans"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/science/29fishing.html
July 29, 2005. The Washington Post.
"Oceans Have Fewer Kinds Of Fish"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2005/07/28/AR2005072801752.html
July 30, 2005. Globe and Mail.
"Icy Seas Teem with Iridescent Life"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20050730/CREATURES30/TPInternational/TopStories
July 30, 2005. Times of London.
"Hidden World Found Deep Below the Arctic"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1713537,00.html
July 29, 2005. Toronto Star.
"Panning for Science Under the Midnight Sun"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177
&c=Article&cid=1122155413944&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoQO
%2bYJDSbkFxAj%2bwoUO%2bYNDSbgFxMn%2bwkVO%2bUODSXhFxMv
%2bwkYO%2bQKDSTkFxUn%2bw8QO%2bMIDSPjFxUi%2bw8XO%
2bMMDSPvFxUu %2bw4RO%2bIIDSLhOw%3d%3d&tacodalogin=yes"
July 30, 2005. Reuters.
"Arctic ocean depths teeming with life -- explorers"
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?
type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-07-29T184557Z_01_N29449833
_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-ENVIRONMENT-ARCTIC-COL.XML
June 15, 2005. TV SYD, Danish television.
"Forskere i Esbjerg afslører havenes gåde"
http://www.tvsyd.dk/page/13?article_id=13355
June 2005, Mar Salgado
"O censo da vida marinha"
(in Portuguese) http://www.horta.uac.pt/intradop/marsalgado2/marsalgado_2_HQ31.pdf
May 2, 2005. New York Times.
"Tracking the Imperiled Bluefin From Ocean to Sushi Platter"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/science/earth/03tuna.html?8dpc
April 27, 2005. BBC News.
"Tuna fishing policy 'misguided'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4489191.stm
April 27, 2005. ABC News.
"Scientists call for limits to protect tuna"
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=708475
April 28, 2005. The Guardian, UK.
"Scientists call for urgent action to save Atlantic tuna"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/
0,,1471690,00.html#article_continue
April 27, 2005. Portland Herald, USA.
"Web site reels in Gulf of Maine Data"
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/
coast/050427gulf.shtml
April 12, 2005. ScienceBlog.
"Overfishing of Sharks Key in Coral Reef Decline"
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7522
April 12, 2005. PhysOrg.com.
"Research Shows Overfishing Of Sharks Key Factor In Coral Reef Decline"
http://www.physorg.com/news3688.html
March 17, 2005. Nature.
"'Lophenteropneust' hypothesis refuted by collection and photos of new deep-sea hemichordates".
A summary of this article is available at :
http://www.mar-eco.no/mareco_news/
news_analysis_phase2005/
a_mystery_is_solved
March 17, 2005. Nature.
"'Lophenteropneust' hypothesis refuted by collection and photos of new deep-sea hemichordates"
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/
DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v434/
n7031/abs/nature03382_fs.html
March 17, 2005. IMR, Norway.
"Et mysterium er løst"
http://www.imr.no
March 2, 2005. Hamburger Abendblatt, Germany.
"Tiefsee: Auf der Suche nach den Tintenfischen"
http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2005/
03/02/405089.html?prx=1
March 1, 2005. Innovations Report, Germany.
"First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf"
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/
environment_sciences/report-41087.html
March 2, 2005. InterPress Service, Global.
"US cod stocks down by 96 percent"
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/
interna.asp?idnews=27694
March 2, 2005. Planet Ark, Norway.
"US 1850 Schooner Records Hint at Fish Abundance"
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm?
newsid=29783&newsdate=02-Mar-2005
March 1, 2005. Radio Canada, Quebec.
"Le dernier stock de morue en péril"
http://radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/
nouvelles/200503/01/004-morue-peril.asp
March 1, 2005. National Post, Canada.
"North Atlantic cod stock just 5 percent of what they were: study"
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/
financialpost/story.html?id=8777855d-
7cb2-45d9-bd41-22033ad4b25c
March 1, 2005. Globe and Mail, Canada.
"Scientists cast further back in time to measure cod decline"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/
ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050301/
COD01/TPNational/Canada
March 1, 2005. Eurek Alert.
"First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf"
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/
2005-03/coml-fee022305.php
March 1, 2005. Reuters, UK.
"U.S. 1850 schooner records hint at fish abundance"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/
newsdesk/L28629004.htm
March 1, 2005. Financial Times, UK.
"Cod off NAmerica 'has fallen by 96%"
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7108c97e-89f7-
11d9-aa18-00000e2511c8.html
March 1, 2005. Keralanext, India.
"U.S. 1850 schooner records hint at fish abundance"
http://www.keralanext.com/news/
indexread.asp?id=132287
March 1, 2005. Toronto Star, Canada.
"North Atlantic really was full of cod"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article
&cid=1109631011096&call_pageid=970599119419
March 1, 2005. Alaska Highway News, Canada.
"History bears witness to cod stock's decline"
http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id
=aae1cb86-f73c-4ef9-b1a8-035e56163e58
March 1, 2005. Halifax Herald, Canada.
"Study: Cod stocks at 4% of 1850s numbers"
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/
03/01/f252.raw.html
January 24, 2005. Weekly Reader.
"Census goes swimmingly"
http://www.weeklyreader.com/featurezone/
article_12805.asp
February 22, 2005. Europa, The Netherlands.
"Dutch scientists plumb the depths for microbes".
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/headlines/
news/article_05_02_22_en.html
February, 2005 Florida Sportsman.
"Headed for the Abyss: Industrial fishing is leading to the extinction of apex predators".
http://www.floridasportsman.com/casts/050218A/
February 15, 2005. Holland Sentinel.
"New signs of decline in big fish"
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/
021505/lif_021505049.shtml
February 10, 2005. The Guardian, UK.
"Search for life goes deeper"
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/
story/0,12243,1409146,00.html
February 9, 2005. United Press International, Washington Times.
"Fish populations drop in North Atlantic"
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/
20050211-043019-6762r.htm
February 4, 2005. Innovations Report, Netherlands.
"First worldwide search for all microbes of the oceans starts now"
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/
umwelt_naturschutz/bericht-39856.html
February 4, 2005. MSNBC News.
"New organisms found in deepest seas story illustrated with Census slide show"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6908077/
January 24, 2005. Weekly Reader.
"Census goes swimmingly"
http://www.weeklyreader.com/featurezone/
article_12805.asp
January 10, 2005. Masmar.
"Más de 13 mil especies nuevas de fauna marina encontradas"
http://www.masmar.com/articulos/art/
66,3465,1.html
January 10, 2005. Scholastic News Magazine.
"Creatures of the Deep"
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
magazines/edition4/current/index.asp