News Article: August/September 2005Local NewsTrawlers annihilating seabed-08-2005Bottom trawling is ‘absolute annihilation’ of the seabed and must be stopped says Dr Steve O’Shea a New Zealand Marine scientist. More Hauraki Gulf threatened by Asian seaweed!-08-2005Undaria, also known as Asian kelp has been discovered in Auckland’s Westhaven Marina. More DoC denies sonar kills whales-08-2005New Zealand has denied mass strandings of whales and dolphins in its waters are due to high-intensity sound, as claimed by an international environment coalition. In New York recently the Ocean Noise Coalition urged the United Nations to take steps to protect marine life from the powerful sound waves used in oil and gas exploration and by the worlds navies. Scientists believe there is a link between high-intensity sound and recent mass strandings of whales and dolphins in waters off Greece, Hawaii, New Zealand and elsewhere around the world since 1985. More Dead whale in gulf-08-2005While spearfishing at Great Barrier on Monday 20 June Darren Sheilds heard on the radio that there was a dead whale at Horn Rock in the Hauraki Gulf so on the return trip, in glassey calm conditions, it did not take long to locate it. More Rainbow Warrior-08-200520th anniversary of the bombing Members of the original crew gathered in Matauri Bay, New Zealand, on the second Rainbow Warrior, to pay tribute to a colleague killed and a boat bombed. More Dolphin harbour It’s official-08-2005The Manuaku Harbour is part of the rare Maui’s dolphins natural habitat. More Seal shooting charges-08-2005Three Otago men were remanded to appear in the Dunedin District Court after a seal shooting at the Otago Peninsula. More MSA changes name to Maritime New Zealand On 1 July 2005-08-2005MSA changes name to Maritime New Zealand On 1 July 2005, The Maritime Safety Authority changed their name to Maritime New Zealand. Habitat mapping investigation of the Poor Knights Island Reserve-08-2005In June 2005 a joint Department of Conservation – National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) carried out a project that collated and reviewed the information sources of relevance to research on marine natural features and ecology relating to the Poor Knights Island Marine Reserve. This project will provide a review of identified information gaps on habitats, species assemblages and geographic locations within the study site and provide recommendations for future habitat mapping investigations. More International NewsOceans being turned to acid-08-2005By the end of the century there could be wide-reaching and harmful changes in the ocean food chain, directly affecting a range of vital organisms from plankton to coral, and having a knock-on affect on larger marine animals, says the report from a working group of senior British scientists, which also warns that ocean acidification could itself be a possible cause of a speeding-up of climate change. More DEMA partners with Ocean Artists Society for 2005 Show-08-2005The DEMA’s Art Innovation Centre (AIC), an art gallery at the DEMA Show provides a place where the beauty of the underwater world can be seen by thousands of people. More Scientists to breed ‘test tube’ sharks-08-2005Australian scientists will attempt to breed gray nurse sharks in artificial wombs under a plan to boost the critically endangered species’ numbers, reported New South Wales state Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald. More Divers discover WWII US sub in Gulf of Thailand-08-2005A team of divers has discovered the wreck of a US submarine sunk by a Japanese minelayer 60 years ago in the Gulf of Thailand during the closing stages of World War II. The USS Lagarto, a 1,500 ton Balao class submarine, disappeared without trace on 4 May 1945 after attacking a Japanese tanker and destroyer convoy around 100 miles off the southeast coast of Thailand. More Shipwreck upright courtesy of Dennis-08-2005What man could not achieve, nature apparently has for the largest intentionally sunk ship in the world. More Artificial gill may revolutionise diving-08-2005An artificial gill that mimics the way fish breathe could allow divers to dispense with bulky tanks, was claimed recently. More Survey of divers in the December 2004 Indonesian Tsunami-08-2005Indonesian Tsunami This is a world-wide Internet survey of skin and scuba divers who were in or on the water in the Indonesian tsunami. More |
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