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TORPEDO
31
January
1999
Electronic News Service ISSN 1464-8156
I wish everybody a Happy New Year
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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
14 January 1998 (Thursday)
Irish
Sea Forum
Seminar
21: Marine Archaeology of the Irish sea
at The Senate Room, University of Liverpool
Tel:
0151 794 4089
Fax:
0151 794 4099
EMail:
H.Davies@liverpool.ac.uk
19 January 1999
Integrated
Coastal Management Information & Management
Contact:
Dr Bob Earll, CMS Ltd. Tel: 01531 890415
20/21 January 1999 (Wednesday, Thursday)
Coastal
Management & Sustainability Conference
Review
of 1998 & Future Trends
University
of London, Russell Square, London.
Further
Details: Tel/Fax: 01531 890415
Advance
registration = £90
Devon Wildlife Trust
Wembury
Bay Rockpool Rambles
Contact
Wembury Marine Centre Tel: 01752 862538
Leaflet
from Devon Wildlife Trust Tel: 01392 279244.
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.
December 1998
A dozen Dolphins reported from Gerrans Bay from Portscatho, south Cornwall, which is unusual this late in the year.
- 7 December 1998
New Fishing Quotas by scientists at The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) for 1999 are drawn up. They are due to be unveiled at the Fisheries Ministers meeting on 17 December 1998.
December 1998
A Lobster,
Homarus
gammarus, weighing 6.12 kg (13.5 lb) was caught 4 miles out
of Eastbourne, Sussex, by a fishermen after Cod. This a huge specimen.
It is being kept alive. On 15 December 1998 it was transferred to the Brighton
Sea Life Centre.
- Lobster
Page.
- November 1998
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- A record shore caught Ballan Wrasse, Labrus bergylta, was landed from the rocks at Portland, a Dorset hotspot at the end of November by angler Pete Hegg from Portland. It weighed 4.1 kg (9 lb 1 oz). The fish is being kept alive. It is slightly lighter than the largest specimen caught on rod and line from a boat but exceeds the current record from the shore of 4.0 kg. The Pulpit Rock area is famous for large wrasse which are usually returned alive.
- The photograph shows a very small specimen in an aquarium.
- British Wrasse link page
- A large Sunfish, Mola mola, was washed up dead on Gibraltar Point beach, near Skegness, Lincolnshire. This specimen of a normally large fish weighed an estimated 68 kg (150 lb) and measured just of over a metre long (3½ ft). The height, including the fins was 1.38 metres (4½ ft). Even when alive these fish tend to be infected with parasites. This specimen had over 100 tapeworms in it gut.
- Report by Andy Colls (Chesterfield)
- Report by Andy Colls (Chesterfield)
One the west coast the Sunfish is reported several times every year, and not unusual enough for every single entry to be included in these News Reports. We still like to hear of observations of this fish. It is rarer in the North Sea. Off Dorset a specimen has even been seen by diver underwater.
A Blue Shark, Prionace glauca, was washed up on Gibraltar Point beach, near Skegness, Lincolnshire in November 1998. It was just over 2 metres long and was damaged by what looked like another shark bite. Although usually regarded as a southern shark, specimens have been reported before from off the north-east coast of England. including a specimen in shallow water earlier in the year.
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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Examples:
- December 1998
Lobsters in captivity often die at the ecdysis stage of the moult. Have you any information why this should be the case, and what are the best requirements of lobsters in captivity?
A M (name supplied).
Yes, we have full details of the requirements of the English Lobster, which are compiled are in the post to you. However, most of the information is experience and not hard scientific facts. Therefore, we are still eager to hear of experiences from aquarists and workers at Public Aquaria?
e.g.
Do lobsters thrive and moult in the smaller tanks OK?
or do they do better in the large tanks?
How much do they eat?
What is their life span in captivity?
Are mineral supplements added to the seawater?
Is the seawater in the Lobster tank changed frequently?
What species are incompatible with Lobsters?
Are there any success stories of moulting by the very large Lobsters?
The Lobster information will appear in Glaucus in 1999 when all the information is finally collated.
Please send any comments to:
Requests for Information:
Stalked Jellyfish (British species) by Jon Makeham
EMail: makeham@eccabi.demon.co.uk
Do you have any reliable information as to the usual diet of the Cornish Sucker Lepadogaster lepadogaster ?
Thanks
Ben Totterdell
Marine Warden
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre.
EMail: Charhercen@aol.com
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
- Andy Horton's Shore Watch column in the Aquarist & Pondkeeper magazine:
Rare Fish finds summary for 1998.
NEW BOOKS
None notified this month.
BOOK REVIEWS
The "Christmas Book List" has been uploaded to the BMLSS Web Site.
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: Halibut
Hippoglossus
hippoglossus
PHOTOGRAPHS
The BMLSS will be presenting the Annual Photographic Exhibition to celebrate WORLD OCEANS DAY in July 1999.
Print photographs should be sent in to Glaucus
House from April 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.
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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| BMLSS GATEWAY 3: America & the Rest of the World |
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FOR THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR 1999
THE MINIMUM STARTING
FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THE
PLANNED BMLSS 2000 SITE
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