Eternal Rest With the Fishes, as a Part of an Artificial Reef
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A company creates artificial reefs with cremation ashes and marine-grade concrete to honor the remains of the dearly departed.
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A rare reef fish called the humphead wrasse should be guarded from the trade that is threatening its future, conservation agencies have claimed.
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By Cammy Clark, The Miami Herald  Sep. 19--KEY WEST -- In 1996, dive boat captain Joe Weatherby started combing through files of 500 mothballed military ships looking for the perfect one to sink and turn into the Keys' largest artificial reef.
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The bluegill is a freshwater fish of many talents, able to elude predators by hiding in submerged tree stumps and to survive for weeks without food.
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A five-year survey of fish for sale at ports across the archipelago has revealed at least 20 previously unknown species, according to the Australian team that led the study.See photos >>
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A city aquarium has announced what it has called the first-ever birth in captivity of a Pacific angel shark, a sand-burrowing species resembling a ray or a skate that lives along the West Coast.
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NORFOLK, Va. - In an unusual experiment two years ago, unwanted toilets, sinks and other porcelain products were smashed to bits and shaped into two artificial oyster reefs...
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Marine biologists and U.S. military divers are trying to turn an environmental mess off Fort Lauderdale's coast into an Earth-friendly source of fuel. Their target: an ill-conceived reef of rubber tires sunk into the ocean in the 1970s.
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A tiny fish that no one eats or cares about may tell researchers a lot about the health of Caribbean coral reefs and where to focus conservation efforts.
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Some coral reefs are proving surprisingly resilient to global warming because of heat-tolerant algae that live with them.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 8--Military divers headed into the ocean off Fort Lauderdale this week to begin retrieving hundreds of thousands of tires dumped there 30 years ago in a failed attempt to create an artificial reef.
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Singapore's aquarium has tagged some  of its fishes using microchips to help visitors identify the  different species on display.
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A private group hopes to create a marine sanctuary for nurse sharks, angelfish, starfish and other sea life that live below an abandoned Florida Panhandle pier.
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Scientists attempt to pair coral with algae that is better able to withstand rising sea temperatures.
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By Tracy Harmon, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 10--CANON CITY - Correctional Industries will raise more than 3 million tilapia fish each year in its state-of-the-art nursery where inmates cultivate fish instead of flowers inside a converted greenhouse building.
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Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.