News Article: August/September 2001Local NewsDive instructor changes plea-08-2001The instructor of a dive training session that resulted in the deaths of three students at French Pass has pleaded guilty to charges laid as a result of the fatalities. More Seaquel Wetsuits Mercury Bay Open 2001-08-2001The weather could not have been more perfect for Mercury Bay Spearfishing Club’s major competition of the year over Queen’s Birthday weekend. More Blake leaps into new role-08-2001Sir Peter Blake is the first New Zealander to be made a special envoy to the United Nations Environment Programme, and he is wasting no time in living up to the role. More Aluminium oxide blocks diver’s regulator-08-2001A diver had to terminate his dive after experiencing difficulties breathing from his regulator. More Andy Belcher burns rubber-08-2001Andy Belcher has recently achieved his dream to race in the Dunlop Tyres Targa New Zealand Rally. More Dive boat Safe Operating Plans-08-2001Recent changes to Maritime Rule Part 40A will affect operators of commercial dive boats used for recreational diving. More Hector’s dolphin verdict awaited-08-2001Auckland conservationists are waiting to hear what action the government will take to protect the North Island Hector’s dolphin. More Goat Island poachers-08-2001Two men were recently caught red-handed surfcasting off the beach at the Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve. More Marine Education Society of Aotearoa (MESA)-08-2001Within MESA and the NZ Association for Environmental Education we are still applying for money from the Sustainable Management Fund towards Seaweek. More Deep-sea extinction discovered-08-2001Auckland palaeontologist Dr Bruce Hayward has discovered a prehistoric extinction event among tiny organisms which lived in ocean floor sediment off the east coast of New Zealand. More Australian Senate condemns killing sharks for fins-08-2001The Senate condemned the practice of taking fins from live sharks but failed to permanently ban the practice in tuna fisheries. More International NewsConserve fish stocks by hunting whales, says Japan-08-2001For several years Japan has argued that whales are competing with fishermen for limited resources and that whales could be hunted to save fish stocks. More HMAS Perth to be scuttled-08-2001On 24 November divers will receive a rare and exciting opportunity when HMAS Perth is scuttled off the coast of Albany, Western Australia, creating one of the largest artificial reefs in the world. More Chinese shipwrecks discovered-08-2001Several shipwrecks with artifacts dating from the late Yuan to the early Ming periods of Chinese history, approximately 600 years ago, have been discovered in the South China Sea. More Secret is in the whiskers-08-2001Scientists have discovered that the secret to how seals find their food lies in their luxuriant whiskers, which are sensitive detectors of motion in the swirling wake left by swimming fish. More Divers bring up 1200 year old treasure-08-2001Six kilometres off the Egyptian coast, divers have recovered colossal statues, bronze vessels, gold coins and jewellery lost when the city of Herakleion sank into the Mediterranean sea in an earthquake. The city was discovered by French underwater explorer Franck Goddio last year. More |
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