Plastic in the ocean
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
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The Cove
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
This is a club social outing to the 2009 New Zealand International Film Festival. We’re going to see The Cove at the Civic Theatre on Saturday 11th July at 10:45am. Visit their website to find out about purchasing tickets, then let Ali know, flotsam@akunidive.com, and we’ll meet up on the day. “Dolphins are the only [...]
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Hundreds gather to watch orca dine in Auckland
Posted on June 26th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
10:11AM Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 Have you been watching the orca? Send us your photos and video About 200 onlookers have gathered on Auckland’s Tamaki Drive to watch a pod of orca hunting close to the shore. Five or six killer whales have been chasing stingrays within five to ten metres of the shore – [...]
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Rethink the shark
Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
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The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Ryan
Purse Seine boats encircling school of fish The main way that tuna is caught is through purse seines in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Basically, after a large group of tuna is located, a miles-across purse seine net is closed around them via a group of small boats associated with a large factory ship. This technique [...]
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