Mollusc mania at Jones Bay

Muck Diving Jones Bay (Part VIII) by Ali Perkins
Monday 27 October 2008
Sometimes you have to resort to desperate measures to entice people out diving. On this occasion it was the opportunity to gather scallops at Jones Bay that drew out Mike, Kathryn, David, Leah and Danielle. Cameron and Simon, like me, were there for the [...]

Wanna work in a dive shop?

Dive Shack are looking for a part time staff member for summer. They are after a serious diver, either a Dive Master or someone with 100+ dives.

Dive Shack can be a little flexible on hours/days, but the job will likely include a Saturday.
Contact Aaron on 021 815 037.
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Flotsam 2008 out now

Flotsam is the totally sporadic newsletter of the Auckland University Underwater Club. Read up on what happened around the club in 2008.
Download Flotsam 2008 from here.

Something fishy about the cod

3:58AM Saturday Oct 18, 2008
David Larsen
In the 1960s, the Canadian cod fishery was the largest in the world. Two thousand boats from a dozen countries were catching more than 800,000 tonnes of cod a year off the coast of Newfoundland.

Bottomfeeder: How the Fish on our Plates is Killing our Planet By Taras Grescoe. Photo / [...]

US$50 billion lost by marine fishing each year

New World Bank - FAO report reveals “the sunken billions”

Fleet overcapacity is a key reason underlying financial losses in the fishing sector.
9 October 2008, Rome/Washington - Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to a staggering US$50 billion per year, according to a new World Bank-FAO report released [...]

Music invades our final sanctuary

Now with the iDive 300, the final wall has been breached, the last line of defense has fallen, you can no longer escape from… that guy, anywhere! That guy, with his headphones turned up to 110 inflicting a tinny version of fiddy-cent on you as you seeth next to him on the bus.
Because now underwater [...]

Murky Matheson Bay

Muck Diving Matheson Bay (Part VII) by Ali Perkins
Sunday 19 October 2008

A pair of Common triplefins (Forsterygion lapillum) by Ali Perkins.
I wasn’t sure how many people were coming so it was a relief when people arrived for a dive at Matheson Bay on Sunday. Along for the ride were Mike, Kathryn, Matt, Tom, Alan, Hayley, [...]

Caution at Cape Brett Landing

What a blow!

Cape Brett gantry storm damage.
The Bay of Islands’ historic Cape Brett Lighthouse gantry – the concrete landing leading up to the lighthouse – has been severely damaged by the winter storms.
“We knew the winter winds had been breezy,” says the Department of Conservation’s Bay of Islands Area historic ranger, Andrew Blanshard, “and wind [...]

BP Expedition to Antarctica

From 25 March to 5 April 2009, BP will host an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula led by the polar explorer, Robert Swan

We will select 50 students to join us on the expedition, which will be a unique opportunity to unite the commitment and fresh insight of tomorrow’s decision makers, some of the world’s experts [...]

Seizure of 984 excess cockles from just 2 offenders emphasises reason for closure to shellfish gathering

10 October 2008
Honorary Fishery Officers apprehended 2 people at Cockle Bay in Waitemata Harbour in Auckland yesterday, Thursday 9th October, who had 984 excess cockles between them, the daily bag limits per person is 50 cockles.

984 cockles were seized, 50 per person is the limit, from 2 people at Cockle Bay in Auckland; pictured with [...]