Electronic News Service                                                     ISSN  1464-8156

3-6 October  1999

WATER INFORMATION SUMMIT

Status, Challenges, and Future Opportunities of Internet-Based Communications
Supporting Sustainable Water Resources Management

Doubletree Guest Suites Galleria Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

This Summit is focused primarily on the role of knowledge and information management in meeting the global water crisis.
 

Complete information can be found on the WaterWeb site:
http://www.waterweb.org/
 
 

Marine Conservation Society
Annual Conference

Venue: Crawford House, Manchester University
Saturday 09:00 to 17:30

Full programme of speakers for Saturday &  Sunday.

Contact: MCS Tel: 01989 566017   Fax: 567815   EMail: mcsuk@mcmail.com
Address

Speakers:

Chris Venmore (South Devon & Channel Shellfishermen Ltd)
   Brian O'Riordan (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers)
   Jo Horwood (Chief Fisheries Science Advisor, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK)
   David Armstrong (Head of Conservation & Environment Issues, DG1V, European Commission) tbc
   Bernadette Clarke, MCS Fisheries Officer
   Dr. Liz Wood, MCS Coral Reef Conservation Officer

State of Our Seas Part 1 - Coastal Pollution
 the speakers:  Prof. Peter Evans (Durham University)
   Chris Davis, MCS Coastal Pollution Officer
Wonders of the Sea
 the speakers: Douglas Adams (Author)
   Gavin Parsons (Underwater Photojournalist)
   Dr Mark Woombs (NorthWest MCS Local Group )
   Richard Cooper (Round Britain & Ireland Windsurf Challenge)  tbc

Sunday  09:00 to 13:00  (including MCS Annual General Meeting)
Conservation & UK Marine Life
 the speakers: Chris Wood, MCS Members Dive Co-ordinator
   Paul Kay (Underwater Photographer)
   Dr. Dan Laffoley (Head of Marine Programme, English Nature)
   Jon Parr and Angus Jackson (Marine Life Information Network)
State of Our Seas Part 2 - Litter, Chemicals & Alien Species
 the speakers: Greg Brina, MCS Adopt-A-Beach Officer
   Dr Mark Simmonds (Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society)
   Roger Lankester (Friends of the Earth International)

For more information, contact:
Richard Harrington, Communications Officer on 01989-566017
or Sam Pollard, Director of Conservation on the same number

Marine Conservation Society, 9 Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5BU
Tel: 01989-566017 Fax: 01989-567815
www.mcsuk.mcmail.com         www.goodbeachguide.co.uk

THE BRITISH OPEN
CRABBING
CHAMPIONSHIP
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WALBERSWICK

A hot and sunny day at Walberswick attracted 432 oficial entrants to the championship, and as usual, lots of fun was had by both entrants and their supporters.
 

Winners 1999 Gold - Thomas Dolton of Sudbury (pictured right) Silver - Daniel Parker of Pulham St. Mary Bronze - Carl Free of Ipswich The winning crab weighed in at 5 1/4 onces. The prizes were presented by author Esther Freud

Each year in the delightful coastal village of Walberswick in Suffolk, The British Open Crabbing Championship is held.
http://www.blythweb.co.uk/crabbing/Index.htm

Steve Chapman (Stoke Newington) was swimming off the Camber Sands (near Rye), East Sussex, at the beginning of September 1999, when he felt a slight wasp-like sting, which was not really apparent until he left the water. The wound was on his lower leg and was small, not even finger sized, about 13 mm x 9 mm, red and sore with about 10-15 scab-like pin pricks which looked infected. After he rinsed his leg the slight sting was relieved and he was just left with a small wound.
 

Is this is a jellyfish sting? The species most often responsible for stinging swimmers is the Lion's Mane, but these are rare off Sussex. It could be the Compass Jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella, which is more often encountered in the eastern English Channel and has a reputation as a stinger. 

Is anybody able to confirm this is a jellyfish sting from their own experience?
Or could it be a Lamprey ?

Can anybody identify this nudibranch?

August 1993, St. Abbs marine reserve, near Cathedral rock. 25mm long in approx.  7 metres. What is it?
No wild guesses please!
EMail: Jim Anderson
Please also send the reply to:  Glaucus@hotmail.com
Jim Anderson's Scottish nudibranch pages
http://members.aol.com/jander4454/scotnud1.html

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Photograph by Frank Emil Moen (Dyreliv i havet) © 1999
Can anybody identify this sea anemone found in the seas off Norway?

EMail: Frank Moen, :frank.emil.moen@marinbi.com
Click on the flag to go to the web site
Please also send the reply to:  Glaucus@hotmail.com
Please include the title "Red Unidentified Anemone"

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September 1999

• Andy Horton's Shore Watch column in the Aquarist & Pondkeeper magazine:

August 1999

The  UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY HANDBOOK
by  ANNEMARIE AND DANJA KÖHLER

Published by Stackpole Books,
part of Gazelle Books Tel:  +44 (0)1524 68765
ISBN  0-8117-2966-4

At first glance this looks like an exceptional book!
 
 

A similar exhibition is planned for the year 2000. 
Print photographs should be sent in to Glaucus House from March 2000. 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:

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 *.JPG 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. 

      Lesser Octopus          Eledone 

  Photograph by Dr Peter Tannett

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.
 
 

NEW  Marine Pollution (journal of)
The WaterWeb Ring [ Prev 5 | Prev | Random | Next | Next 5 ]                          [ List | Add ]	The Water Web Ring
Friends of the Earth SSSI Navigator http://www.foe.co.uk/wildplaces/intros/intro2.html	Useful site to identify SSSIs  If the URL has changed,  please go to the FOE Homepage.
	BIOSIS and the  Zoological Society of London
Biodiversity News (JNCC)	Regular News Bulletins
U.K ANGLER'S SHARKS, SKATES AND RAYS	For anybody interested in British sharks, this site is a must.
CoralRealm	"A coral reef marine life education web site with 1000 fish, sharks and rays in a searchable database."
The Museum of Paleontology University of California, Berkeley	Probably the best site on the Internet for biological information about groups of organisms Click on the Cowrie to go to the site

Dungeness, Kent, England Orford Ness:  Coastal Ecology of a Shingle Bank (excellent references) Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Shoreham Beach	Shingle Beach sites
Worldwide Sea Anemone DataBase(External Site)
The Fossil Company - Picture Gallery of Fossils	This might help with fossil identification,  but it best on the ecology of the   prehistoric
Geology of the Dorset Coast	Lots of detail
NEW Georgian Center for Environmental Research  (Black Sea)	Tip:  use the "Open in New Window facility"
NEW European Register of Marine Species	Not checked yet
NEW Norway:  Assessment Report on Fisheries and Fisheries related Species and Habitats Issues	North Sea Fishing Stocks

Aquarium Net	Internet Publication for aquarists with extensive marine coverage.  Very Good.
Fishing News Homepage	Recommended, especially for books.
	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.  It is a good tip to used the Advanced features  like typing in a Phrase.
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 BIODIVERSITY
FISHBASE FISHFINDER
CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINE WILDLIFE PAGE
NORWEGIAN MARINE WILDLIFE
PUBLIC AQUARIA DATABASE
SHETLAND NEWS WEBSITE
BRITISH MARINE FISH DATABASE (UK SEA FISHING)
including the EBlast Internet Search method
BBC Web Guide
SHARK TRUST (EUROPEAN ELASMOBRANCH ASSOCIATION BRITISH BRANCH)
FRANK BUCKLAND & THE BUCKLAND FOUNDATION
MarLIN Marine Life Information Network
National Geographic
Dept. of the Environment, Transport & the Regions  - Press Releases -
EUCC   European Union for Coastal Conservation
Aquatic Conservation Network

UK DIVING INFORMATION

DIVER MAGAZINE

BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB

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