News Article: February/March 2009Local NewsPoachers leave with bellies full of shellfish3-02-2009Shellfish gathering at Cockle Bay (Auckland, New Zealand) is banned for two years from October to the end of April to prevent cockles from being poached. More Largest coastal mapping survey3-02-2009The survey covers more than 3500 square kilometres of New Zealand’s Northland’s seabed and has revealed reefs, new information about the iconic Hole in the Rock and mapped a prominent wreck site. More Naval museum is moving3-02-2009Torpedo Bay, on Auckland’s (New Zealand) North Shore will be the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum at buildings once part of Auckland’s World War II defences. More Kiwi Freedivers voted best in the world3-02-2009Wellington freedivers Kathryn McPhee and David Mullins were voted the best freedivers in the world. More Dolphin mutilations treble3-02-2009The number of mutilated Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins found on New Zealand’s coastline has more than tripled in the past three decades. More Double amputee gets mermaid27-03-2009Most double amputees want prosthetic legs made, but Nadya Vessey from Auckland, New Zealand, wrote to the special effects company, Weta Workshop, Wellington, and asked if they could help her make a tail More Stabicraft secures Australian customs contract27-03-2009New Zealand aluminium boat manufacturer Stabicraft will be tasked with halting drug traffickers on Australian shores after the company secured a significant federal government Australian contract. More Lobster poacher loses boat27-03-2009Ian Wotherspoon, a 47 year old builder’s labourer from Whangamata, New Zealand, was caught taking illegal quantities of rock lobster and ordered to pay $3820 in fines. More Record fall in sea lion pups27-03-2009Department of Conservation researchers on New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic islands recorded a 31% fall in the number of New Zealand sea lion pups born this season. More International NewsOut of the soup3-02-2009A rare Vietnamese turtle, one of four believed left in the world, was swept away after floods washed it out of Dong Mo Lake near Hanoi. More Shark tag ends up on Tongan reef3-02-2009One of three electronic transponders discarded near Tonga by great white sharks tagged at the Chatham Islands was recovered from the Ha’ateiho Reef. More Light on turtle shell mystery3-02-2009The fossilised remains of an ancient reptile that lived 220 million years ago may have solved the puzzle of how the turtle got its shell. More The ADEX Ocean Conference 20093-02-2009Singapore’s largest marine conservation conference is targeted at conservationists, passionate divers, marine enthusiasts and underwater photographers. More Whale song drowned by humans3-02-2009The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world’s oceans. More Bizarre mysteries of the ultra-deep3-02-2009Bizarre carnivorous sea squirts, large spider-like creatures and an ancient fossilised coral reef were found in ultra-deep Australian waters. More Wreck zone protected3-02-2009The Australian Government declared a protected zone around a 180-year-old shipwreck found 2 January 2009 on the Great Barrier Reef. More New challenge faces whale hunters3-02-2009Officials are looking into claims of a possible new legal avenue to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean. More Anti-whaling activists to end protests?3-02-2009Anti-whaling activists are prepared to end aggressive protests against Japan’s scientific whale cull if Australia or New Zealand agree to challenge the hunt in an international court, protesters said. More Origin of species theory challenged27-03-2009New evidence uncovered by oceanographers challenges one of the most long-standing theories about how species evolve in the oceans. More Biofuel shift from soil to sea27-03-2009Biofuel research is shifting from plants such as corn and soybeans to sea-based marine algae, informs scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography USA. More Replica ship to attract divers27-03-2009A novel idea of constructing a replica of an ancient vessel from around 600 BC then sunk in an underwater park is the latest draw to attract divers to Underwater Archaeopark in Izmir’s Mordogan district, Turkey. More Danton wreck found27-03-2009A French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine was discovered in remarkable condition. More Search for dumped chemical weapons27-03-2009The University of Hawaii’s two submersibles will spend 15 days filming and taking water and sediment samples south of Pearl Harbour as part of an Army project to determine the risks of nearly 600 tons of chemical weapons dumped in 1944. More ROV market US$2.4 billion by 201227-03-2009One of the finding of a new market study shows that the expenditure on work-class ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) has more that tripled since 2003. More Tiniest fish a big find27-03-2009The smallest whale shark ever found was rescued from a hawker in the Philippines province of Sorsogon. More Imperial flotilla found27-03-2009Scuba divers discovered in the Gulf of Finland at 50 metres six ships, one dating to the epoch of Peter the First. More Shark attack dolphin better27-03-2009Vets have force-fed Nari the dolphin as he recovers from surgery on a gaping wound left by a shark. More Whales and Dolphins stranding Tasmania27-03-2009Australians missing at sea27-03-2009One Australian was rescued and another two are missing with five others after their dive boat sank off the Thai island of Phuket on 9 March. More Snapper poachers27-03-2009Three fishermen who hid 85 snapper under the floor of their 4.3m (14ft) trailer boat had their boat seized and face serious charges under the New Zealand Fisheries Act and Regulations. More |
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