By NICK ROSS – SMH Last updated 05:00 13/05/2009 SUBMERSIBLE: The Olympus Mju Tough 8000 (bottom) and Panasonic DMC-FT1. Everyone would love to take more pictures at the beach. The sand and sea are typically the most fun places for friends and family and naturally great for capturing special memories. However, cameras can be ruined [...]
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As part of Forest & Bird’s marine reserves campaign, they’re asking snorkellers, fishers, divers, swimmers and sailors to tog up and leap into the depths of their memory, so they can put together an account of the way in which our seas have changed. As well as providing literary accounts of our seas of yesteryear, [...]
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Please be on the lookout for this possibly rare, certainly easily overlooked, tiny stalked jellyfish. It may be a new species. Stalked jellyfish photograph courtesy of Sheryl Miller, NIWA. It has been seen only twice – on kelp (Macrocystis and Marginariella) in Stewart Island in 1998, and recently by NIWA’s Sheryl Miller on Cystophora in [...]
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Last updated 05:00 11/05/2009 The eco-labelling of New Zealand fish will dupe consumers in the international market unless backed by sustainable fishing, environmentalists say. The fishing industry is applying to have hake, ling, Nelson-Marlborough scallops, southern blue whiting and troll-caught albacore tuna granted Marine Stewardship Council eco-labels. The sustainable logo, which is held by New [...]
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Half a trip report – Bay of Islands 3rd May 2009 by Gabrielle Beans I’ve managed to be an occasional member of the AUUC for the past 3 years and yet had never ever ever ever been diving up at the Cowshed with Northland Dive. I did at one point get a great ride over [...]
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