In this interview conducted in the Republic of Palau in October, 1987, Mr. John You, then Chief of the Marine Resource Office in Yap State, Federated State of Micronesia, describes a conservation program in which thousands of cultured giant clams, Tridacna derasa, were shipped from Palau and planted in clam gardens in the villages of […]
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Micronesia’s Clam Gardens – 8,000 Tridacna derasa
Posted: 3rd October 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: ICOD, Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center, MMDC, MMDC Giant Clam Hatchery, Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation, Tridacna derasa clam
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Largest Clam Farm – MMDC ocean nursery
Posted: 3rd October 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: giant clams, MMDC, MMDC ocean nursery for giant clams, Palau Mariculture Demonstration Center, Tridacna derasa
This video presents an extended look at the MMDC ocean nursery for giant clams as it appeared in 1989. MMDC is the acronym for Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center in Koror, Palau. The facility is now (2010) called PMDC, the Palau Mariculture Demonstration Center. By 1990 the MMDC ocean nursery contained over 10,000 mature, captive-bred broodstock […]
12 Sites Closed To Tourists Due to Coral bleaching
Posted: 22nd July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: coral bleaching, diving, Langkawi, Pahang, Terengganu
21 July 2010 Nine marine park islands and three islands off Langkawi, Terengganu and Pahang are closed to tourists from July 2 to Oct 31 due to coral bleaching. Marine Parks Department director-general Abdul Jamal Mydin said the coral degradation, which was caused by global warming, was worse than in 1998. He said in Langkawi, […]
Help Save Bluefin Tuna
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, News, VideosTags: bluefin tuna, save tuna, tuna
Adrian Grenier Wants To Stop Bluefin Tuna From Going Too Fast, Short Version from Oceana on Vimeo. Watch “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier swim alongside bluefin tuna, one of the fastest and most endangered fish in the ocean. Join Adrian and sign up to help Oceana save bluefin, before they’re gone for good. Go to oceana.org/goingfast. […]
Monster Tuna found in Japan fish market
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, NewsTags: giant tuna, japan, monster tuna
AFP – Friday, July 16 TOKYO (AFP) – – A monster tuna caught off Japan turned heads at a Tokyo fish market Friday, where the 445 kilogram (981 pound) bluefin — the biggest caught here since 1986 — sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700 dollars). “Many of the people who work at the market have […]
Giant Catfish weighs over 600LBS
Posted: 20th July 2010 by admin in Fish, News, VideosTags: giant catfish, mekong, mekong catfish
Attaining an unconfirmed length of 3 m, the Mekong giant catfish grows extremely quickly, reaching a mass of 150 to 200 kg in only six years. The largest catch recorded in Thailand since record-keeping began in 1981 was a female measuring 2.7 m (roughly 9 feet) in length and weighing 293 kg (646 lb). This […]
Coral reefs reported suffer mass bleaching throughout south east Asia, Indian Ocean and Pacific
Posted: 19th July 2010 by admin in NewsTags: coral bleaching, coral reef
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, 18 July 2010 Coral reefs are suffering widespread damage in what is set to be one of the worst years ever for the delicate and beautiful habitats. The phenomenon, known as coral bleaching because the reefs turn bone white when the colourful algae that give the coral its colour and […]
Giant Pacific octopus set free with a kiss
Posted: 18th July 2010 by admin in News, VideosTags: giant octopus
POULSBO — Floating in the middle of Liberty Bay, Patrick Mus kissed “Mr. Bob,”the giant Pacific octopus, goodbye on Thursday. The director of the Poulsbo Marine Science Center bid farewell to the octopus nearly a year after it took up residence in a science center tank, the second such octopus to be caught and put […]