Our club is nothing without the valuable contributions of its voluntary committee who run the club for the benefit of its members, so we can all get out diving and having fun on a regular basis. AUUC will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 29th September. This is when we go through the [...]
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Good news for seafood eaters–the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) not only endorses, it encourages the eating of lionfish, a tasty species apparently flourishing in the Atlantic Ocean. “A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately [...]
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By Geoff Cumming 5:30 AM Saturday Aug 7, 2010 The good news from the first Census of Marine Life is: New Zealand’s waters are indeed teeming with wondrous creatures and plants; we are a hotspot for biodiversity in many respects. Our seas are home to more species found nowhere else in the world than previously [...]
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Peter de Graaf | 26th July 2010 A marine park covering much of the Whangarei District’s coast could generate $22 million a year for Northland, the proposal’s backers say. The park would see commercial fishing banned in an 1800sq km triangle between Whangarei Heads, Cape Brett and the Poor Knights Islands. Recreational fishing would still [...]
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By SARAH HARVEY – Sunday Star Times Last updated 12:35 07/08/2010 A rare colossal squid washed up dead on a Wellington beach this morning with experts saying they believe it had been attacked in the sea. The squid was found by residents at Houghton Bay on Wellington’s south coast and experts from Te Papa have [...]
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