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18
December 2008
My
trawler caught a
Ray's Bream,
Brama
brama, at mouth of the River Thames.
It measured 50 cm (20 in) long. It weighed 1.65 kg. This
fish was a new species for the River Thames.
Link
to the Photograph by Leon Roskilly
Many
more Ray's Bream Reports
Notes
on the Ray's Bream (by Doug Herdson)
21
November 2008
A
juvenile Loggerhead Turtle,
Caretta
caretta, washed ashore in the southerly province of Zeeland, near
Westenschouwen, Netherlands.
BMLSS
Turtles
5 November
2008
A White-beaked
Dolphin, Lagenorhyncus albirostris,
stranded at Tynemouth, north-east
England, was euthanased because of its poor body condition and being unable
to maintain its balance.
BMLSS
Cetaceans
Whales
& Dolphins (by Steve Savage)
30
October 2008 to 16 November 2008
Ray's
Bream,
Brama
brama, were washed ashore dead on the east coast of England, notably
on the Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk coasts. Just
a few were reported, including a live
stranding.
Photograph
by David Taylor (Cleethorpes)
Full
Reports
29
October 2008
A
small 12.6 kg
tuna, discovered in Plymouth Fish market in the morning, was caught in
gill net off Mevagissey,
south Cornwall. It was identified as a small Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus
thynnus.
It
was originally though to be the rarer Big-eyed
Tuna,
Thunnus
obesus.
25
October 2008
A
one metre long Albacore, Thunnus
alalunga, was found washed ashore
at the head of Loch
Long
in the Firth of Clyde,
south-west Scotland. This pelagic, oceanic
and migratory fish In the Scombridae
family of Tunnies and Mackerel
is usually found in large shoals in the mid-Atlantic in temperate and tropical
waters in a more southerly latitude of British Isles and in the Mediterranean
Sea. This is the first record on the BMLSS News
Pages. The identity of this fish has not
been confirmed. It may be another Bluefin
Tuna, Thunnus
thynnus.
Image
(by Davy Holt)
BMLSS
Tunnies
23
October 2008
A
juvenile Loggerhead Turtle,
Caretta
caretta, washed ashore in the province of North Holland along the
North Sea shoreline at Callantsoog, Netherlands.
BMLSS
Turtles
12
October 2008
I
found a small Portuguese Man-o'-War, Physalia
physalis, washed up on Cape
Cornwall, west Cornwall. This is the first
report this autumn.
11
October 2008
This
unusual fish was caught at Abbotsbury
on Chesil Beach, Dorset, on rod
and line with a Pouting
bait at 8.30 pm
by Kevin Hill from Crediton.
The yellow
mouth of this Bass-like fish rather gives away its identity as the rare
Meagre
Drumfish,
Argyrosomus
regius. It is so rare in British seas
that there are no angling records. It is a southern fish with a population
in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas. This is a juvenile as meagre
it is not and the name arose because of a transcription mistake in an old
book.
BMLSS
Drumfish
9
October 2008
A
Cornish Blackfish, Schedophilus
medusophagus, was caught in three metres of water from a 10 metre
long trawler fishing for the Brown Shrimp,
Crangon
crangon, off the coast of Maplethorpe,
Lincolnshire. This is a deep water fish usually
found at depths of 300 metres or more and the incidental catch was very
unusual.
Report
by Jim Walker
More
Information on the Cornish Blackfish
6
October 2008
Thousands
of By-the-Wind Sailors, Velella velella,
were reported on Barvas Beach, Isle
of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland.
2
October 2008
The
first By-the-Wind Sailors, Velella velella,
reported this year are washed up in small numbers between
Loch
Ewe
and Black Bay, Wester
Ross,
on the west coast of Scotland. The White-tailed
Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus
albicilla,
can be seen in this area. Its main diet is
reported to be other sea birds including Fulmars
and Kittiwakes.
BMLSS
Velella
Gairloch
Marine Life Centre
Eagles
& Crofters
BMLSS
Beachcombing
Report
by Roddy Maciber
British
Marine Life News 2007
Cornish
Marine Life 2007 (Ray Dennis Records)
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