News Article: February/March 2008Local NewsPaua and Scuba Equipment don’t mix1-02-2008Early in January Fishery officers caught four men at Whangara, north of Gisborne, New Zealand with more than 100 undersize paua and scuba diving equipment. More Marine Biosecurity Promotion1-02-2008New Zealand’s Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton, has asked boaties, fishermen, and other people enjoying our coastal waters over summer to keep their eyes peeled for potential marine pests. More Caution needed – paua disease on our doorstep1-02-2008MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) urges travellers to Australia to be mindful of a serious virus destroying abalone there (see October/November 2007 issue #102) and to take precautions to avoid carrying it back to infect New Zealand paua. More Baby Sea Bass1-02-2008Just before Christmas a juvenile sea bass (Polyprion americanus) was caught by a commercial fisherman at Leigh, north of Auckland, New Zealand. More 30 'finned' sharks washed up on New Zealand beach1-02-2008During December a New Zealand Department of Conservation ranger came across a gruesome find in the Marlborough Sounds: the bloodied carcasses of 30 sand sharks whose fins had been cut off by commercial fishermen and the bodies thrown back into the sea – some while still alive. More International NewsFace to face with white pointer shark1-02-2008Australian freediver and spearfisherman Rob Wills came face to face with a very large white pointer (4.5m plus) off Auckland’s front door step while diving at Horn Rock in the outer Hauraki Gulf on the east coast of the New Zealand’s North Island on 28 December 2007. More Underwater archaeologists find Captain Kidd’s 1699 shipwreck1-02-2008Resting in less than three and a half metres of Caribbean seawater, the wreckage of Quedagh Merchant, the ship abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd as he raced to New York in an ill-fated attempt to clear his name. More Egyptian resort labelled world’s leading dive destination1-02-2008The Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh was labelled the World’s Leading Dive Destination at the 14th World Travel Awards. More Robotic tag-team is headed for the seafloor1-02-2008Last Year engineers from WHOI’s Deep Submergence Laboratory proved they could operate an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) beneath Arctic ice. More Saving microscopic threatened species through artificial insemination1-02-2008The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, USA recently acquired 12,000 new animals—microscopic Elkhorn coral larvae—as part on an international collaborative programme to raise the threatened species. More Leatherback turtle makes longest migration of any ocean-going vertebrate1-02-2008What is one of the longest recorded migrations of any vertebrate, a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) that was satellite-tagged in Jamursba-Medi, Indonesia, has swum across the Pacific to the coast of Oregon, USA—a total distance of 20,558 kilometres (12,774 miles) over 647 days. More Signatures delivered to the EU Commission to demand shark conservation1-02-2008There were 20,000 signatures collected globally presented to the European Commission to demand an end to shark fishing. More Tuna fishing fleets pose danger to marine life1-02-2008Thousands of seabirds and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles are caught and killed each year in long-line fishing nets that target southern bluefin tuna, reveals a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report. More Seaweed transformed into stem cell technology1-02-2008Engineers at Rensslelaer Polytechnic Institute USA have transformed a polymer found in common brown seaweed into a device that can support the growth and release of stem cells at the site of a bodily injury or at the source of disease. More Divers find U12 German sub sunk off Scotland in 19151-02-2008German U-boat sunk off Scotland’s coast more than 90 years ago has been discovered by two divers. More |
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