News Article: June/July 2004Local NewsA twinge of sadness after record catch-06-2004The 156.6 kg striped marlin was speared by David Mullins during a dive on Good Friday at South East Bay on the remote Three Kings Islands, 64 km northwest of Cape Reinga. More Whalewatching venture at risk-06-2004Sperm whales are the world's largest toothed whales and were the main target of commercial whaling in New Zealand. More Call for Papers Gold, Wars and Whaling - the trans-Tasman connection'-06-2004The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) and the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) Fourth Joint Conference in Wellington & Picton, New Zealand 23- 27 September 2004. More Family of five to face 120 fishing charges-06-2004Five members of Kawhia family are facing 120 charges in connection with a black market fishing operation. More Appeal won by squid fishermen-06-2004Squid fishermen have won an appeal doubling the number of sealions they can kill before being forced to end their Auckland Islands trawling season. More Illegally taking rock lobster-06-2004A recreational fisher has been fined $15,000 in the Gisborne District Court for illegally taking rock lobster. More Amateur fishing regulations review-06-2004Fisheries Minister David Benson-Pope announced a review of the amateur fishing regulations providing for customary fishing. More Albatross kill set to fall-06-2004The number of albatross killed in New Zealand fisheries is set to fall with the implementation of a new National Plan of Action to save seabirds. More Kiwi diving schools defend funding-06-2004Diving schools have hit back at critics of their taxpayer-funded scuba courses, saying it is money well spent in offering training to people who fall through cracks in the education system. More Association of Diving Contractors AGM-06-2004The Association of Diving Contractors is having its AGM on Saturday 21 July 2004 at the Angus Inn, Lower Hutt, Wellington. More Divers locate pirate Morgan's lost ship-06-2004An international dive team discovered the remains of Welshman Captain Henry Morgan's lost frigate, HMS Oxford, off the coast of Haiti. More Twinge of Sadness after Record Catch-06-2004NEWS TEMPLATE More International NewsTreatment for DCI highest in dry centre-06-2004Alice Springs has one of the highest rates of potentially fatal deep-sea diving sickness in Australia - despite being 1500km from the ocean. More Al-Qaeda attack at sea on the cards-06-2004Al-Qaeda may have developed a terrorist naval force of 15-30 vessels, a terrorism expert says. More Aussie sharks 'threatened' by demand for fins-06-2004Asia's increasing demand for shark fins is placing shark species in northern Australian waters under threat and harming the marine ecosystem. More Killer whales extend the length of their calls-06-2004Killer whales living off the west coast of the US are extending the length of their calls to each other to be heard above the din of heavy boat traffic. More Police: Poison gas from rotting squid guts kills 3-06-2004Three of four crew members found dead aboard a South Korean vessel at a fishing port in Oda, may have died from lack of oxygen due to a gas caused after the guts of squid in the hold of the ship rotted, police and Japan Coast Guard officials said. More Eternal sleep on the seabed-06-2004The prospect of death is bad enough. More Seal hunt goes on despite protests-06-2004The largest seal hunt in almost 50 years continues on the ice floes and islands off eastern Canada. More The Ted Eldred Rally 2004 (Albury, South Australia) by Peter Fields-06-2004Des Walters, owner and operator of Descend Underwater Training Centre organised another successful Ted Eldred Rally. More Admiral Horatio Nelson's HMS Agamemnon Found off the Uruguay Coast, 'One of the Most Important Maritime Finds in History'-06-2004ADMIRAL Horatio Nelson's favourite ship, on which he is said to have seduced Lady Hamilton and lost an eye in battle, has been found off the coast of Uruguay. More Piranha let loose in Berlin aquarium petting pool-06-2004Berlin aquarium staff were startled to find that a carnivorous piranha fish was recently released in the facility's petting pool for children. More UN warns about Dead Zones-06-2004So-called 'dead zones,' oxygen-starved areas of the world's oceans that are devoid of fish, top the list of emerging environmental challenges, the United Nations Environment Programme warned in its global overview. More Piracy-06-2004Pirates armed with guns and knives stormed a diving ship crewed by New Zealanders and other nationals in the notoriously dangerous Malacca Straits. More China muscles in on New Zealand shellfish-06-2004Counterfeit packaging – right down to the Greenshell trademark turns up in the US. More Tanya Streeter to donate to Locks of Love-06-2004Tanya Streeter is a nine-time world record holder in the sport of freediving. More Mauritania Fishermen burn nets to save sharks-06-2004The white fishing nets were piled onto pickup trucks and driven into Mauritania's windswept dunes. More |
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