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News Archive Press Releases

2005

(Please note that the active lifespan of current online news links may vary. If a link to an article below no longer works, try the archived section at that particular source.)


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


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