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Two boys, some bottletops and a big recycling idea
Tue, 18th Nov
A small town in New Jersey has become a collection centre for plastic bottle tops after two schoolchildren began collecting them to help the environment.
Environment - Marine
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Mako find excites scientists
Sun, 16th Nov
Marine scientists have been given a rare chance to unravel a mystery involving the world's fastest shark.
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Japan says no change to upcoming whaling expedition in Antarctic despite protest
Thu, 13th Nov
Japan has no plans to scale down whale hunts during its upcoming expedition in the Antarctic Ocean despite protests abroad and declining demand for whale meat at home
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Scientists dismayed by vanishing of seven orcas
Sun, 26th Oct
Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals.
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Dispute over whitebait begins as season ends
Fri, 14th Nov
West Coasters are disputing scientific claims there is a declining number of whitebait in our waterways.
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Census of the ocean finds new wonders including NZ brittle star city
Mon, 10th Nov
A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor are among the wonders discovered by researchers compiling a massive census of marine life.
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Shark protection plan useless says Forest and Bird
Fri, 24th Oct
The Government has announced a shark protection 'action plan' but Forest and Bird says it doesn't go far enough.
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Curious orcas pay Auckland kayakers a visit
Mon, 20th Oct
Kayakers in Auckland have had a close encounter with a group of killers, but survived to tell the tale.
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Korean boat captains lose boats get huge fines
Fri, 17th Oct
Two Korean fishing vessels have been ordered to be forfeited to the Crown and their captains fined $360,000 for illegal fishing in New Zealand waters.
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Wayward manatee spotted off Cape Cod
Fri, 10th Oct
Boaters off Cape Cod are being warned to watch out for an endangered manatee that appears to be lost.
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October 1 marks tax cuts and much much more
Tue, 30th Sep
Tax cuts, changes to policing laws and new fishing rules are part of a raft of changes to laws and regulation coming into force from tomorrow
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Dolphins will die following injunction on fishing ban, says WWF
Mon, 29th Sep
A High Court ruling putting a hold on some government-enforced fishing bans will cost the lives of at least 30 Hector's dolphins within three months, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims.
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Whitebait threat rubbished
Fri, 19th Sep
Veteran West Coast whitebait buyer Colin McKinney today scoffed at an academic's claims that the resource is under threat from over fishing.
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National promises a boost for aquaculture
Tue, 16th Sep
National says it will give the aquaculture industry a boost if it wins the election.
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Commercial fishers take aim at dolphin-protection measures
Sat, 13th Sep
Commercial fishers today lodged a High Court challenge to government measures aimed at protecting Hector and Maui dolphins.
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'Serial' paua poacher jailed three years
Tue, 09th Sep
The jailing of a man for three years will send the message that paua poaching will not be tolerated, says the Ministry of Fisheries.
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DOC and local residents hope to put a stop to mauling of seal pups
Thu, 04th Sep
The Department of Conservation is joining forces with far north residents to try and stop a repeat of the seal pup horror at Shipwreck Bay.
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Arctic paddler hopes expedition will fail
Fri, 29th Aug
An expedition to the arctic begins in a few hours but the explorer involved hopes he will fail.
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Foodies sign pledge against shark fin soup
Tue, 26th Aug
Some of the country's best-known foodies have signed a pledge to help stop shark finning.
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Hooker's sea lion found bludgeoned to death in Marlborough
Fri, 17th Oct
A rare hooker's sea lion has been bludgeoned to death on a river in Marlborough, far from its accustomed hunting grounds in southern New Zealand.
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Shark pup's birth confirmed as virgin birth
Fri, 10th Oct
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark.
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Gargantuan lobster spared from the dinner plate
Sat, 04th Oct
An enormous lobster has been spared from becoming dinner and is now a star attraction at the Scarborough Sea Life Centre.
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Fishing ban comes into effect tomorrow
Tue, 30th Sep
Several fishing bans aimed at preserving threatened species come into effect from tomorrow
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Ambergris hunters fooled by stinky cheese-like lump
Mon, 22nd Sep
Something of a gold rush has followed the discovery of a mysterious cheese-like lump washed up on a Wellington beach.
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Campers nab scallop poacher
Thu, 18th Sep
Campers at a Coromandel beach nabbed a Tauranga marine contractor who was later convicted and fined for possessing more than 100 undersized scallops.
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Councillor: Marineland's closure 'PC going overboard'
Sun, 14th Sep
Napier's well-known tourist attraction Marineland is now closed to the public since its last dolphin died there last week.
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Marineland mourns Kelly the dolphin
Thu, 11th Sep
Marineland's last remaining dolphin, Kelly, passed away last night after a short illness.
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NZ sharks may travel to tropics to eat baby whales
Mon, 08th Sep
New Zealand's great white sharks appear to be regular winter visitors to tropical waters, with scientists suspecting the trips may be to eat baby humpback whales.
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Whales spotted frolicking off Australia's southern coast
Fri, 29th Aug
An incredible spectacle has been drawing crowds of visitors to the southern coast of Australia. More than 160 southern right whales have been enjoying the clear blue waters and the tourists are lapping it up.
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Arctic sea ice has shrunk to second lowest level ever recorded
Thu, 28th Aug
US scientists say Arctic sea ice has already shrunk to its second-lowest level ever recorded, and polar bears were recently seen swimming far off the Alaskan coast in the Chukchi Sea.
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