The Manukau Harbour (Auckland) is part of the rare Maui’s dolphin’s natural habitat. More-04-2005
In separate incidents a 53 year old woman and a 27 year old man died recently while diving
at the popular site of the Rainbow Warrior. More
-04-2005
The marine reserve will stretch for five kilometres from Glenduan,
on Nelson’s landmark Boulder Bank, to Ataata Point, at the south-western entrance to Cable Bay,
and extends out one nautical mile from the shore. More
-04-2005
Marlin and yellowfin tuna have been caught in large numbers from New Plymouth, around North Cape,
to Napier as weather patterns have pushed the warm ‘blue’ water that the fish prefer close to both coasts,
putting them within reach of anglers in small trailer boats. Scientific study indicates that the marlin fishery
is recovering well from the damage done mainly by Japanese long-liners after they moved into the southwest
Pacific in the 1980s. More
-04-2005
New Zealand researchers are trying to find out whether deep ocean currents around the country slowed in
the last ice age in an attempt to better understand global warming. More
-04-2005
Several more shellfish species are to be introduced into New Zealand’s world leading quota management
system (QMS), Fisheries Minister David Benson-Pope announced. More
-04-2005
The way has been cleared for mussel farms to expand in Golden and Tasman Bays. More
-04-2005
Scientists at Otago University welcome plans to establish the region’s first marine reserve. More
-04-2005
Statistics New Zealand has released the first three articles in a series about New Zealand’s commercial fish species. More
-04-2005
Finding out how New Zealand butterfish ‘buck the system’ is the aim of a study by researchers at The University of Auckland’s School of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science. More
International News
-04-2005
The mighty Boxing Day tsunami has revealed what archaeologists believe to be the lost ruins of an ancient
city off the coast of Tamil Nadu in southern India. More
-04-2005
Floating shadecloths have been placed over parts of Agincourt Reef on Australia’s far northern
Great Barrier Reef in a desperate attempt to protect corals from bleaching and death. More
-04-2005
Thailand broke the world record for the largest mass dive recently when 750 divers took part in an event
off the coast of Koh Tao, an event which the provincial authority hopes will put the southern island firmly
on the world diving map. More
-04-2005
Tiny single-celled organisms, many of them previously unknown, have been discovered beneath nearly
seven miles of water in the deepest part of the ocean. More
-04-2005
Plans are afoot to declare the Rekawa beach area as Sri Lanka’s first Turtle Conservation Sanctuary. More
-04-2005
Project AWARE Foundation in collaboration with the Shark Trust, have developed the International
Whale Shark Project to promote conservation of the whale shark. More
-04-2005
There has been no damage to the coral reefs in Malaysia due to December’s tsunami although there
were traces of sediment re-suspension. More
-04-2005
Scientists have recently crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global
network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world’s oceans. More
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