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MARINE WILDLIFE NEWS

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.

24 September, 2001
100+ Common Dolphins, Delphinus delphis, seen chasing a shoal of Mackerel one mile off St. Martin's Point, Guernsey, during the evening. Calves were present and sounds were heard. Observers even managed to touch one or two of the dolphins. Some estimates said there were 30 pods of about 10 dolphins in each pod, so could be as many as 300.

Report by Martin Gavet

Channel Islands Dolphins
BMLSS Cetaceans

11 September 2001

My buddy counted 31 Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, in the group I was photographing at a dive site called Stack Rocks, near Littlehaven, SW Wales and another pair of divers counted over 50 on a different part of the reef. Each year the Triggerfish gather around these reefs and stay for about a month
before moving off.Report byPaul Parsons

15 September 2001
A Columbus Crab, Planes minutus and Goose Barnacles, Lepas anatifera, are washed ashore on the Belgian coast. These crabs are rarely recorded pelagic life with British records only from the extreme west coasts, with the only Cornish records of the crab coming from the 19th century. The stalked barnacles are washed up every year but are much commoner off the western coasts,
Planes minutus is also called the Gulf-weed Crab because the largest population of this abundant crab is believed to inhabit the open Atlantic Ocean area known as the Sargasso Sea. These crabs are also found on the east coast of America. This crab is also known as an epibiont of the Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta.

Report by Guido Rappé (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
via the Cornish Mailing List

BMLSS Crustacea Page

12 September 2001
BLUE PLANET
A new series on BBC ONE
from Wednesday, September 12 at 9.00 pm
Narrated by David Attenborough
From the BBC Natural History Unit, The Blue Planet is the definitive exploration of the Earth's final frontier - from the deep to the shore, from pole to pole. The eight 50 minute programmes will transport you around the globe revealing extraordinary life and behaviour that has never before been filmed. In some cases these have only recently been known to scientists.

Programme 1 - Introduction
"Our planet is a blue planet," says David Attenborough. "Over 70 per cent of it is covered by the sea and the Pacific Ocean alone covers half the globe." The oceans dominate the world's weather systems, and support an enormous variety of life, from the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth, the blue whale, to the tiniest plankton."
BBC Blue Planet Page
Television Programmes in the series (BBC)

4 September 2001

A 4 metres long Northern Bottle-nosed Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, was discovered washed dead by a a local fish farm employee on the shore near Secastle Bay on the Isle of Mull side of the Sound of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. The post-mortem revealed that the stomach was full of squid beaks.

Report by Davy Holt (Scottish Angling Homepage)

More Photographs
BMLSS Cetacean Page
Cetacean List (NE Atlantic)
Monitoring Marine Mammals in the Atlantic Margin

Summer 2001
A remarkable explosion of the nudibranch (sea slug) Geitodoris planata has occurred in the Oosterschelde Bay, in the southwest of the Netherlands. The first specimen recorded from the Netherlands was found in June 1999. By July 2001 it is not unusual to find more than 30 adult specimen and over 70 egg ribbons on a single dive. Furthermore they are all of a extraordinary size of up to 12 cm. in length. Bernard Picton reports 65 mm. as a maximum size!. They are only found in this single bay and nowhere else at the Dutch coast. This species will not be listed in popular books and is not even to be found in specialised synopses.
Geitodoris planata is often confused with the Sea Lemon, Archidoris pseudoargus.

Report by Peter van Bragt on the Sea Slug Forum

Full Report on the Sea Slug Forum
BMLSS Sea Slugs

31 August 2001
One Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, is seen from the Fair Isle (the small island between the Orkneys and the Shetland Isles), blowing and fluking, with 12 White-beaked Dolphins, Lagenorhynchus albirostris. Humpback Whales are reported in the seas just south of the Shetlands every summer.

Report by Ian Rowlands via UKCetnet

Year 2000 Report
BMLSS Cetacean Page including a Humpback in Cornwall
Humpback Whales (Shetland Isles) 2000

19 August 2001
A Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, is discovered in the sea to the north of the island Muck (Sound of Eigg) off the west coast of Scotland (north of Ardnamurchan, south of Rum, south of Skye). This fish was reported by skipper Andy Tibbets, seen by a diver on Godag Reef at a depth of 20 metres. This was the first one he has ever caught this far north, although another one was reported from the same area a few years ago.

Report by Jim Anderson

Triggerfish are also being brought in by fishermen in a variety of pots and fishing methods from around the Channel Islands as is usual at this time of the year.

Report by Richard Lord (Guernsey)

BMLSS Triggerfish Database file

30 July 2001
A Ringed Seal, Phoca hispida, was discovered at Cullivoe (Yell) in the Shetland Isles. It is only the second record for Shetland of this Arctic species. The only other definite record was one shot on Whalsay in 1968 (Berry & Johnston 1980). This species looks similar to the Common Seal, Phoca vitulina, and has probably been overlooked before, although they are still rare in British seas. Their main distribution areas are the Arctic coasts of Europe, the USSR, Canada and Alaska, including Nova Zemlya, Spitsbergen, Greenland and Baffin Island. The Baltic population is the subspecies Phoca hispida botnica.

Report by Shetland Wildlife News
including a photograph.

BMLSS Seals page
Shetlands Seal Page
Ringed Seals Information

17 June 2001
An angler caught a Common Sea Bream, Pagrus pagrus (=Sparus), out of Hayling Island. It is only called common because it is common in the Mediterranean Sea and south of the British Isles.

Photograph by Chris Everson (Worthing)

It was previously rare in the English Channel and unknown any further north. However, in the last two years a shoal of juveniles have been discovered in a Cornish bay and large numbers have been caught around the Channel islands. This is the first record received of a fish as far east as off Hampshire.

Photograph and Report by Chris Everson (Worthing)

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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

2001

BIOSIS Conference Calendar for Zoology
(Major Link of all biological conferences around the world)

Southampton Oceanography Centre
2001

1st March Galapagos oil spill Ken Collins

5th April Cold, deep coral reefs Alex Rogers

3rd May Dolphins on our doorstep Andy Williams & Jenny Mallinson

7th June Wrasse watching Ken Collins

5th July Salmon migration Adrian Fewings

2nd August Honduras reefs Lisa Browning

6th September Swanage maerl Ken Collins

4th October Deep sea cucumbers Ben Wigham

1st November Solent, past and present Jack Coughlan

6th December Aliens of inner space Peter Herring

For more information, contact:
Jenny Mallinson
Tel: 023 80 596299
More Information Link
Map to Southampton Oceanography Centre

Best wishes
Dr Ken Collins
Senior Research Fellow
School of Ocean and Earth Science
University of Southampton
Southampton Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH.
U.K.
Email: kjc@soc.soton.ac.uk
http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/RES/groups/reef

DIVING SURVEYS Seasearch
http://www.seasearch.co.uk/takepart.html
Peter Tinsley, c/o Dorset Wildlife Trust, Brooklands Farm, Forston,
Dorchester, Dorset

WHALE & DOLPHIN SURVEYS Reporting line number for any sightings:
01929 421111

6th July Bay of Biscay, P&O ferries
25th October contact
Andy Williams

15 & 16th September
BEACHWATCH 2001
Volunteer survey of beach litter
20th October
Marine Conservation Society
Annual Conference, Southampton
Marine Conservation Society http://www.mcsuk.org/home.html

Devon Wildlife Trust
Wembury Bay Rockpool Rambles
Contact Wembury Marine Centre Tel: 01752 862538

Leaflet from Devon Wildlife Trust Tel: 01392 279244.

Diary Page (Link)

CETACEANS

Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Photograph by Nicolas Jouault

http://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/
The Sea Watch Foundation is the only charity in Britain dedicated to monitoring the status and distribution of cetaceans in British and Irish waters in order to obtain information vital to their future survival.
An extensive programme of specialised survey work is enhanced by a unique sightings network of volunteer observers throughout the UK which provides data essential not only for basic research, but also for evidence crucial in the conservation and protection of these marine animals.
The work leading to the formation of the Sea Watch Foundation began back in 1973 with zoologist Dr Peter Evans. Realising just how little was known about cetaceans in British and Irish waters, Dr Evans developed a network of volunteer observers - the Cetacean Group - with backing from the Mammal Society.
Company of Whales
Irish Whale & Dolphin Group web pages
UK CetNet eForum

Channel Islands (Marine Mammals)

Clicking on the Dolphin links to a BMLSS Cetacean web page on the Internet for links to dolphin watching sites in the NE Atlantic Ocean and around the British Isles as well links for lots of whale and dolphin reports.

The Whale watching information was included in previous issues of Torpedo, but the bulletin has now been streamlined to avoid repetition.

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Under Sea Wind
MAN'S IMPACT ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

UK Environment and Planning
Under Sea Wind (BMLSS)
World Wide Fund for Nature (Global Toxics)

REPORT FORMS

Official Marine Nature Conservation Review (JNCC) Report Forms
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/mainfs.asp?page=/mit/recfrm.htm
Biomar Information Page (with links to their web page)
BMLSS Report Forms

FORUM

MARINE WILDLIFE
of the NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN
EFORUM PAGE (LINK TO)

Forum for discussion about the marine life of the North-east Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea, English Channel and all the seas around the British Isles including Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal.

This page can be used by members to report finds, ask questions, queries over identification, concerns about environmental issues etc.

This eForum is participated in by members of many groups studying the marine environment. Go to menu bar above and click on Database and then on Marine Life Organisations to find a list of web sites.

Photographs and illustrations are best uploaded to the Document Vault and should not exceed 75K in size (*.JPG).

Andy Horton (Manager)

WET THUMB (Marine Aquariology)
EFORUM PAGE

JOIN THE DISCUSSION GROUP ABOUT MARINE FISHKEEPING
CLICK ON THE LINK IN THE ABOVE BOX AND JOIN

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Other Smart Groups (selected)

Sea Slug Forum
http://www.seaslugforum.net/

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PUBLICATIONS

Photographic Guide to the
Sea & Shore Life
of Britain & North-west Europe
(Oxford University Press 2001)
ISBN
Pbk 0 19 850709 7
Hbk 0 19 850041 6

BLUE PLANET
Andrew Byaft, Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes
Foreword by Sir David Attenborough
Publication Date: 27th September 2001
Price: £24.99
Our planet is a blue planet, over 70% of it is covered by the sea and yet,
less is known about the world's oceans than is known about the moon.
The book is published to accompany a major new landmark television series from the BBC Natural History Unit, (which has taken 5 years to film), The Blue Planet provides a definitive guide to this final frontier.
More Information

CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR THE OFFICIAL BBC BLUE PLANET WEB SITE

BBC Wildlife September 2000
including a Special "Blue Planet" 32 page full size supplement.
The whole issue is virtually dedicated to the marine world but the main 100 page magazine virtually full up with articles about life beneath the oceans and a very long way down in the ocean depths, the last and largest uncharted habitat on Earth. There are photographs of some really strange critters of the depths and the microscopic animals that comprise the surface plankton.
£2.70 in all major UK newsagents.
The BBC1 television series "Blue Planet" begins on Wednesday 19 September 2001 at 9:00 pm.
There are several books in conjunction with the series, designed for the younger enthusiast or popular reader:

Biologist
Autumn 2001 Volume 48 No. 4
Volunteers assess marine biodiversity
by Stewart M Evans, Judy Foster-Smith and Rachel Welch
(Dove Marine Laboratory, Newcastle University)
pages 168-172

BMLSS: Marine Life Articles in Publications (Link)

LINKS

Marine Wildlife News 2001
(British Isles)

Reports of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents and conservation initiatives as they affect the fauna and flora of the NE Atlantic Ocean.

Link to the NE Atlantic Marine Cetacean Portfolio	WORLD OCEANS DAY eForum
MARINE FISH LIST (Around the British Isles)

PHOTOGRAPHS

	Marine Life of the NE Atlantic Ocean "Smart Groups" Photographic Portfolios
	Marine Life of the Channel Islands Homepage Marine Life of the Channel Islands Index to Photographs by Sue Daly
	Norwegian Underwater
	Photographs (Marine Life Photo Agency: Paul Kay)
	Underwater Photographs
	Jim Anderson's Scottish nudibranch pages
	Dolphins of the Channel Islands (Photographic Portfolio by Nicolas Jouault)
	Espen Rekdal's Underwater Images Corals of the Abyss (NE Atlantic)
	British Marine Life Study Society Portfolio
	Norwegian Marine
	Slide Show: Inshore Marine Fishes (British)

SEASHORE ILLUSTRATIONS

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.

Eelpout (Photograph by Luke Richards, Isle of Wight)

Photograph of the Eelpout or Viviparous Blenny
Zoarces viviparous
by Luke Richards (Isle of Wight)
from a specimen caught in pools on the Orkney Isles
The Eelpout is an Arctic fish found in shallow seas, but absent from the English Channel and rarely found south of the Yorkshire coast on the east coast of England.
Link to Rock Pool Fish Index

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 *.JPG format can also be considered for the web site. They should not exceed 100K in size.

Shore Topography Portfolio

GATEWAY: LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The British Marine Life Study Society Web Site has been included as an Encyclopaedia Britannica Recommended Site and included on the BBC On-line Internet Guide.

There are more entries on the GATEWAY pages of the BMLSS Web Site and on the Torpedo File on the web site (click on this text).

GATEWAY PAGES ON THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR LINKS TO OTHER MARINE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS GATEWAY PAGES ON THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR LINKS TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND
MARINE LIFE ORGANISATIONS

Cornish Wildlife
Vince Smith's One-List/Cornish Wildlife
Seaquest SW (Devon & Cornwall)
(Cornwall Wildlife Trust web pages)

EVERY SINGLE FISH IN ALL THE SEAS AND EVERY SINGLE RIVER, LAKE AND DRAINAGE DITCH

Marine Nature Conservation Review Survey Database
(MERMAID)

'Strandwerkgroep' (Beachworkgroup)

MARLIN
(Marine Life Information Network)

National Biodiversity Network
National Biodiversity Network (Search)

BIOMAR

Ocean Portal
(Ocean Services Section IOC)

UK Environment and Planning
EFORUM PAGE

SPONSORS ARE INVITED FOR THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR 2001

WEB SITE PAGE LINKS

BMLSS (England) HOMEPAGE

INFORMATION & HOW TO JOIN	GENERAL INDEX	GLAUCUS JOURNAL	SHOREWATCH PROJECT
WILDLIFE NEWS (MARINE) 2000	TORPEDO BULLETIN	DIARY WORLD OCEANS DAY 2001	GATEWAY: LINKS TO OTHER SITES
FIVE KINGDOMS SPECIES INDEX	SERVICES	GENERAL SPECIES LIST	EMAIL

News 1999

News 1998

News 1997

News 1996

BMLSS (Facebook)

Rockpooling

Popular Guides

Diving Reports

BRITISH MARINE LIFE ORGANISATIONS

Printing the two column version of Torpedo (from issue 28)

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FULL MEMBERS 1999/2001

The 2000 issue of Glaucus with 48 information filled pages has been sent out to members.
Renewals:
Renewals 2001

New Members
Subscribers to Torpedo who wish to receive the written material on paper in the journal Glaucus and the Shorewatch Newsletter as a New Member can find the Application Form at:
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The new Premier Membership for the year 2000 also entitles the member to the Official BMLSS CD-ROM, which will contain the BMLSS web pages and more information about marine life, together with a selection of other exclusive marine life information, electronic back copies of BMLSS publications, and the full version of TORPEDO Electronic News Bulletin sent to them every month by Email, as well as the other BMLSS Electronic Information Services. The CD-ROM will also contain useful shareware and freeware programs, and should be at least as good value as a computer magazine CD-ROM for the second aspect alone.

Membership 2001	Premier	Ordinary

New Member	£35.00	£25.00
Renewal	£30.00	£20.00

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26 September 2001

FIVE KINGDOMS TAXONOMIC INDEX TO BRITISH MARINE WILDLIFE
Use these links if your are familiar with the scientific classifications of marine life

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