News Article: December/January 2004Local NewsHMNZS Wellington going down in Wellington-12-2004The New Zealand Government has sold the Navy Leander class frigate the HMNZS Wellington, F69 for $1.00 plus a free tow from Auckland to Wellington. More Cruelty row-12-2004Bay of Islands SPCA inspector Jim Boyd commented ‘The law is clear: hunting and fishing are allowed but there is a fine line from hunting and fishing into cruelty’. More Trashing the seabed-12-2004Bottom trawling is devastating to the fragile underwater environment. More Crayfish enjoying the reserve life-12-2004Nelson’s Tonga Island marine reserve is attributing to the rise in crayfish numbers. More Rare whale gets beached-12-2004A Gingko-toothed beaked whale washed up in early November at Puponga in Golden Bay. More Strange life forms in the belly of a monster-12-20041800m below the surface on the sea floor of a volcano in the Bay of Plenty scientists from New Zealand and Japan may have discovered new life forms. More Ozone hole gets smaller-12-2004New Zealand’s, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), scientist Dr Stephen Wood advised that satellite data shows that the area of the hole peaked at about 24 million square km, compared to 29 million square km in 2003. More Tagging Hector’s Dolphins proves low risk-12-2004The short-term risk from the capture and tagging of three Hectors dolphins earlier this year appeared to be low. More Fishermen facing charges-12-2004Four fishermen caught off Chatham Islands in early November were believed to be diving for paua illegally. More ORNZ challenged DoC’s alleged science-12-2004The chairman of Outdoor Recreation New Zealand, Paul Check, has challenged an assertion by a senior Department of Conservation official that ‘they [marine reserves] are worth the wait’. More Ngatikura Hapu-12-2004Notice is hereby given that from the 20th December 2004 all water craft will be prohibited from entering the Hapu of Ngati Kura, or fishing/diving between the island of Flat Motueka and Cape Brett extending 400 miles out to sea. More International NewsDivers find French invasion wreck-12-2004Divers off the Pembrokeshire coast UK may be about to re-write history after discovering an unidentified shipwreck in 30m. More Shark too close for comfort!-12-2004Australian underwater cameraman John Harding was steering a inflatable dinghy following a tiger shark which filmmaker Ben Cropp was filming near Batt Reef off Port Douglas north Queensland in late September Harding said, ‘All of a sudden this bloody great head came out of the water and latched on to the side pontoon of the dingy’ As half of the air escaped from the dinghy the shark slid back into the water threatening to drag the dinghy under! A near by boat came to their rescue. More Dolphins are losing out-12-2004Illegal feeding and interaction of dolphins in Cockburn Sound, Australia is leading to a large amount of dolphins dying. More South African diver breaks world record-12-200434 year old Verna van Schaik from Gauteng was the first woman diver in the world to break the diving world record with a depth of 221m. More Skeletal remains freak diver out-12-2004An attempt at a world record dive in South Africa was cut short when Australian diver, David Shaw came across the remains of Deon Dreyer. More |
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