Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Ali Perkins
Two dives – one clip – featuring the historical twin bridges in Lake Dunstan, Central Otago, Queenstown, New Zealand.
The first bridge is the Cromwell Bridge, built 1864. The second is the Lowburn Bridge, built 1938. Both bridges were submerged in 1992 with the flooding of the Clutha River for a hydro electric dam development forming [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
Becky Kagan, Owner of Liquid Productions, LLC gives you tips and tricks to shooting both topside and underwater video.
When you jump into the water to shoot video or stills do you know what you’re shooting? I love watching videos and others’ work, but I’m always plagued by one thought as I watch, There’s no storyline. [...]
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Posted on August 19th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
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 formal [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
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 27 [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
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 be allowed, albeit [...]
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