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Newsletter
Volume 3 The
second issue for 1999 was sent out on 24 March 1999. The Bearded
Seal was the feature on the front cover, with all the other marine
wildlife news. Other features include Predatory Sharks, On Rocky Shores,
the Moon Jellyfish and the National Aquarium (at Plymouth) and Records
of Marine Life.
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TORPEDO
34
April
1999
Electronic News Service ISSN 1464-8156
Teacher:
“How can I educate the children on the seashore if the information is not in books?”
Reply:
“Well you can go down to the beach a thousand times and find out for
yourself, or/& you can join the British Marine Life Study Society and share
in experiences of others and make your own contributions.”
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The second Shorewatch Newsletter for 1999 was
sent out to members on 24 March 1999.
DIARY
In chronological order, the most recent events are at the top of the page. Events
open to the public, free or for a nominal charge only are included. Most Seminars need to be booked in advance
1999
Wembury
Bay Rockpool Rambles
Contact
Wembury Marine Centre Tel: 01752 862538
Leaflet
from Devon Wildlife Trust Tel: 01392 279244.
Friday 9th to Sunday
11th April 1999
Shark Trust Annual Conference 1999
National Marine Aquarium, Rope Walk, Coxside, Plymouth PL4 OLF, UK
Contact:
Telephone 01635 551150 or
01635 550380.
EMail
for EEA EMail: shark@naturebureau.co.uk
Monday 10th May 1999
The Marine Forum
for environmental issues
Fisheries & the Environment Conference
Brunei
Gallery Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental & African Studies
Russell
Square, London.
Contact:
Dr.
Bob Earll
Tel/Fax:
01531 890415
EMail:
bob.earll@dial.pipex.com
Conference
Fee £85 Academics £75 Marine Forum
Members £65
Booking
in advance is essential
15 May 1999
Len Nevell (BMLSS) and his daughter presenting the aquarium display at Brighton Low Tide 1998. The Exhibition has not yet been confirmed for 1999.
RORE Tel:
01273 234032
Details
to follow
8 June 1999
BMLSS
Exhibition & Official Links
VISITORS CENTRE
Coastal
Visitors Centre
Salisbury
Gardens
Dudley
Road
Ventnor
Isle
of Wight
PO38
1EJ
Tel:
01983 855400
EMail:
coastcent@iwight.gov.uk
The
Centre covers many aspects of the coastal zone, which include coastal flora
and fauna, marine and inter-tidal archaeology, coastal defence and particularly
coastal instability issues.
Reports of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents and conservation initiatives as they affect the flora and fauna of the NE Atlantic Ocean.
It was spotted by my childminder's family on a day out to Eyemouth, on the SE coast of Scotland. She was sure it was a turtle, about 1 metre long, and clearly saw the head and flippers/legs when it came to the surface. (There were seals around as well, so the only other option was possibly a baby seal) I'm not sure how frequently turtles turn up on this coast, but I would guess it's pretty unusual.
Did anybody else see the Turtle? Report by Alan Pemberton BMLSS (Facebook)
10 March 1999
A 103 kg (total weight) female Porbeagle
Shark, Lamna nasus, was landed at St. Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey.
It was caught in a monofilament gill net off
the south-west Coast of Guernsey in about 20 metres (60 feet) of water.
The gill net was set for Sea Bass,
Dicentrarchus
labrax.
The Porbeagle was wrapped in the net and dead
when brought aboard.
Report by Richard Lord (Guernsey).
EMail:fishinfo@guernsey.net
More information about this shark.
March 1999
A marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) for Harbour
Seals, Phoca vitulina vitulina, has been proposed
under the EC Habitats Directive for an area around the island of Sanday
in the Scottish Orkney Islands. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has begun
a public consultation exercise on the proposed site.
For more information, contact Ross Flett, Orkney
Seal Rescue, at
EMail: SelkieSave@aol.com or Tel: +44-(0)1856-831463.
SNH also announced that it has deferred
notification of the South East Islay Skerries, an important area for the
Harbour Seal, as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). SSSI designation
is necessary to underpin designation as an SAC, for which the area has
been proposed by the government as a candidate site. Although both the
U.K. Sea Mammal Research Unit and the Advisory Committee on SSSI's specialist
adviser supported SNH's view that the site met the requirements for designation,
the decision to defer notification came after the
objection and compilation of a report by a local
landowner, Sir John MacTaggart.
For more information, contact Nancy Fraser, Public
Relations
Officer, SNH West Areas, on Tel: +44-(0)141-951-4488
or John Robins, Animal Concern, at
EMail:
john@jfrobins.force9.co.uk or Tel: +44-(0)141-445-3570.
(Sources: Animal Concern; Orkney Seal Rescue;
SNH)
Report from Paul Haddow, Pinniped News.
February 1999
A 230 cm male Thresher
Shark, Alopius vulpinus, was taken in midwater 16 miles
SSW of Eddystone Rocks, south of Plymouth, Cornwall.
Report by Philip Vas.
British
Shark Guide
February 1999
Four Risso's Dolphins,
Grampus griseus, were found washed up dead on Cornish beaches this
year. Like the Common Dolphins, Delphinus delphis, which
are always washed up at this time of the year, the dead cetaceans showed
evidence of fishing net entanglements. Risso's Dolphins have only been
recorded on Cornish shores 16 times since 1914. One specimen was stranded
at Northcott Mouth, Bude, on the north coast.
Report and photograph by Colin Speedie, Seaquest
SW.
Cetacean Page
25 - 30 January
1999
A cetacean, first believed to be a Porpoise was spotted in the River
Trent at Gainsborough. It was identified as a Dolphin, but the exact
species was not identified. The dolphin was believed to have stayed around
for at least two days and a pair of Dolphins were spotted later in the
week.
The River Trent branches off the Humber estuary a few miles north of
Gainsborough, where it is a tidal inlet about 20 metres wide before it
narrows north of the town.
FORUM
The Marine Life Forum is for observations and discussion items. The information of interest of other readers should be EMailed to:
EMail Glaucus@hotmail.com and marked "Forum" in the title of the message.
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Dolphins from the River Trent
A report of dolphins has been received from the Trent at Gainsborough.
Has anybody seen these cetaceans or able to provide any more information?
Can you identify the remains of this animal that is occasionally washed up on the strandline in Sussex? Length = 71 mm.Answers marked "Mystery Creature" to:
Dear Sirs,
A Dutch friend of mine is doing research on glass animal models
(mainly invertebrates) made by father and son Blaschka (Dresden -late 19th
century). although the Blaschkas acquired fame through the glass flowers
at Harvard university, their glass animals are definitely equaly fine examples
of combined craftmanship, scientific accuracy and
esthetic refinement.
It is possible that early in their career (ca 1860-1870) the Blaschkas
made glass sea-anemones for "dry" aquariums! I am looking for any kind
of information on these "dry" aquariums, used,of course, as decoration
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Do you know if there is an aquarium society , or any other organisation
or individual that can put me on the right track????
Many thanks in advance. Sincerely,
Peter Vanderputte St.Thomasstreet 18
2018
Antwerp Belgium PS my E-mail address
is at my work in Brussels.
EMail: Peter.VANDERPUTTE@VRT.BE
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
- Andy Horton's Shore Watch column in the Aquarist & Pondkeeper magazine:
School Aquarium: Prawns and Shore Crabs.
NEW BOOKS
The Biology of Rocky Shores
by Colin Little and J.A.Kitching
Oxford University Press 1996, reprinted 1998.
ISBN 0-19-854935-0
Recommended for our "rockpooler" members.
BOOK REVIEWS
Reviews in the next issue of Torpedo by Andy Horton
FEATURED SPECIES
A New Series as part of the TORPEDO initiative is now planned for 1999. This will feature a selected species of fish, crab, molluscs, sea anemone or some other invertebrate every month. If you wish to receive this service please indicate.
Torpedo EMail: Glaucus@hotmail.com
Originally, this service was planned for 1998. Try the following web pages:
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Featured Species Trial DataBase: Short-spined Bullhead, Myoxocephalus scorpius
PHOTOGRAPHS
The BMLSS will be presenting the Annual Photographic Exhibition to celebrate WORLD OCEANS DAY on 8 June 1999.
Print photographs should be sent in to Glaucus
House from March 1999. They could also be used on the BMLSS web sites.
However, if you have a large selection of your
own photographs, I would suggest that you should arrange your own exhibitions
at a Local Library or similar venue. We will help to advertise the event.
World Oceans Day: Details of the BMLSS Exhibitions:
SEASHORE PHOTOGRAPHS
This is a simple project or request to members and readers of this Bulletin. It is to take pictures of the coast when you are next down on the shore. Even general views have value, but ideally we would like photographs of the shore showing the type of rock, topography and rock pools, dominant fauna, and information that cannot be described adequately by words on the Report Cards. The name of the particular coast should be included and the grid reference, if known. Print photographs can be included in Exhibitions and on the BMLSS Web Sites and electronic publications. Electronic images in *.JPEG format can also be considered for the web site. Transparency photographs are the best choice of film but these cannot be transferred to the web pages at the present time, but these will be suitable in the future.
Dorset Coast. English Channel
Photograph by Robert Jones (Trowbridge)
GATEWAY: LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The British
Marine Life Study Society Web Site has been included as an Encylopaedia
Britannica Recommended Site and included on the BBC On-line Internet
Guide.
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The Water Web Ring |
| Friends of the Earth SSSI Navigator | Useful site to identify SSSIs |
| Aquarium Net | Internet Publication for aquarists with extensive marine coverage. Very Good. |
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| Fishing News Homepage | Recommended, especially for books. |
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Contains information
on seals and
photographs. |
| Seaweb | Links and News Bulletins |
| ENN (Environmental) News | News and campaigns |
| Planet Ark (Reuters) | News |
| Sea Mammal Research Unit | Update on seal populations,
diets,
telemetry etc. |
| Profusion Search Method | One of the best Search
methods for
environment and serious information. Multiple Search Engines. |
| Capt.
Tom's Guide to New England
Sharks, USA |
Really useful stuff on shark recognition. |
| BMLSS GATEWAY 1 |
| BMLSS GATEWAY 2: Britain & Europe |
| BMLSS GATEWAY 3: America & the Rest of the World |
| UK DIVING INFORMATION |
| DIVER MAGAZINE |
| BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB |
SPONSORS ARE INVITED FOR THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR 1999
THE MINIMUM STARTING FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THE
PLANNED BMLSS 2000 SITE IS £250 PER YEAR
WEB SITE PAGE LINKS
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