MON, 31 MAY 2010 6:00P.M By Charlotte Tonkin The Department of Conservation (DOC) is asking the public to be on the lookout and report any sightings of southern right whales, as they make their way north in their annual migration. The number of sightings doubled between 2008 and 2009 and DOC hopes this year will [...]
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KERI MOLLOY – Northland 27/05/2010 THE public awareness campaign launched by the Bay of Islands Maritime Park to highlight destruction of fisheries globally and the need to do something locally has picked up speed. A working group will meet tonight at 6pm at Island Life cafe, on the Paihia waterfront. Under discussion will be a [...]
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The Fish Team of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has been sampling the deep fish diversity around White Island, an active volcano (New Zealand) in March 2009. Deep sea baited videos have captured fish diversity from 50 to 900m of depth and fish traps have collected specimens from 50 to 1500m. This [...]
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4:00 AM Thursday May 27, 2010 A tear of joy rolled down Ingrid Visser’s face as an orca gave one last flick of its tail and swam off from Ruakaka Beach. The experienced whale watcher and Tutukaka-based orca expert punched her fists into the air and let out a whoop of joy after a battle [...]
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New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune has pleaded guilty in a Tokyo court to four charges, including trespassing and destruction of property, over his alleged attacks on a Japanese whaling vessel. The Sea Shepherd activist admitted in court today that he boarded the Shonan Maru 2 in Antarctic seas and pleaded guilty to two other [...]
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