News Article: August/September 2000Local NewsStop Press – Notice to Divers-08-2000Christchurch’s existing hyperbaric chamber will be decommissioned on Monday 21 August. More Whale sanctuary battle to continue-08-2000The New Zealand Government will continue to fight to establish a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific, despite defeat for the proposal at an international conference. More Marine Flush Regulations-08-2000Boaties will now have to think twice about where they anchor in the Hauraki Gulf. More Oil spill fine handed out-08-200028 June - The Environment Court handed out hefty fines and costs to the companies responsible for the oil spill near the Poor Knights Islands late last year. More Restoring an island-08-2000From July to October this year the Department of Conservation (DoC), in conjunction with the Tuhua Trust Board, will work to remove Norway rats, kiore and feral cats from Tuhua (Mayor Island) in the western Bay of Plenty. Tuhua, a Maori-owned wildlife refuge administered by the Tuhua Trust, will be closed to the public throughout the three month eradication programme because toxins are being used. More Foreign poison hits shellfish-08-2000An organism that has never been found before in New Zealand is responsible for the ban on gathering shellfish, kina, crab and crayfish on the west coast of the North Island. More HMAS Hobart Gifted To South Australia-08-2000The recently decommissioned guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart, has been gifted to the State of South Australia by the Federal Government to be established as a diving wreck and marine reserve close to Adelaide. The vessel will be towed to Adelaide from Sydney, cleaned and prepared for scuttling in 17 fathoms, 4.5 Nautical miles west of Wirrina Cove resort, 80km south of Adelaide. More Keiko ‘walks’ out of harms way-08-2000Keiko, the orca star of the hit film Free Willy, took his first ‘ocean walk’ recently to avoid being in the vicinity of the dynamite detonated for harbour construction in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. More Probing a sea puzzle-08-2000The recovery of a pioneering Confederate sub may reveal why it sank minutes after its great triumph. More Save Whale Sharks-08-2000Continual illegal hunting of whale sharks for fins and meat is being reported in the waters of the Philippines, Indonesia and Bangladesh. More Antiquities recovered from seabed-08-2000Pharaonic statues and sphinxes as well as Byzantine coins have been found in the undersea remains of ancient cities off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. More The Stenmar Group’s ROVs used to search for the wreck of the Carpathia-08-2000The Stenmar Group recently provided a suite of observation ROVs with onboard digital cameras to Oceanpoint of Sheffield, to search for the wreck of the Carpathia in the Atlantic. More |
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