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Electronic News Service September 2000 ISSN 1464-8156
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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
2000
Marine Conservation Society Dives Link 2000
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Oceans in Bath MCS Oceans 2000 Marine Life Conference The seas around the UK are home to a fascinating and rich diversity of marine life. Did you know? But as an island nation surrounded by sea, we still so often ignore the benefits it brings us, and the life it contains. The health of our seas is threatened by overfishing and pollution, and many animal species are threatened along with the livelihoods and health of people who depend on the sea for work and pleasure. Oceans 2000 will outline many of the initiatives to protect marine life, with an emphasis on how you can get involved and contribute to these conservation projects, both at home and overseas. Entry to Oceans 2000 is open to everyone. Tickets cost £25 for the Conference, inclusive of lunch and refreshment. Entry to Bristol Zoo on Sunday 29th October will be at reduced entry rate. Oceans 2000 is also the Annual Conference for Members of the Marine Conservation Society. For tickets, please contact: Marine Conservation Society, 9 Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5BU or call 01989 566017 Website http://www.mcsuk.org NOTES [1] The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is one of the UK's most respected environmental charities. It seeks to protect the marine environment for both wildlife and future generations by promoting its sustainable and environmentally sensitive management. Publications include the "Good Beach Guide", the independent, comprehensive guide to the best of Britain's beaches (http:://www.goodbeachguide.co.uk), and "Marine Conservation - the UK Action Guide". [2] English Nature is the Government agency that champions the conservation of wildlife and natural features throughout England. |
Devon Wildlife TrustWembury Bay Rockpool Rambles
Contact Wembury Marine Centre Tel: 01752 862538Leaflet from Devon Wildlife Trust Tel: 01392 279244.
Details of autumn Marine Life Courses in Sussex (Brighton) and Yorkshire (at Boggle Hole (NZ 954040), near Robin Hood's Bay) can be found on the Diary Page.
Southampton Oceanography Centre 2000 14th September Maerl off Swanage Ken Collins 5th October Underwater Photography Ben Hextall 2nd November Deep Sea Creatures Jon Copley 7th December Coral Reefs Alex Mustard 2001 4th January Running a Marine Aquarium Jenny Mallinson 1st February The Secret Life of the Lobster Phil Smith 1st March To be announced 5th April To be announced 3rd May Wrasse Watching Ken Collins 7th June To be announced For more information, contact: Tel: 023 80 596299
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CETACEAN WATCHING
 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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MAN'S IMPACT ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Information has been received about the proposed use of a chitin-inhibiting insecticide on farmed salmon cages in Scottish seas.
Chitin is the main component of the exoskeleton of all crustaceans.Teflubenzuron File (insecticide)
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
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BRITISH MARINE WILDLIFE FORUM PAGE (LINK TO) |
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PUBLICATIONS
- JNCC
Annual Report 1999-2000
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
(available August 2000)
BIOMAR 
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NEW BOOK
The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of all the Creatures that have ever lived, by Colin Tudge
ISBN 0-19-850311-3 £35.00 (Oxford University Press, March 2000)
The report was included in the last issue of Torpedo.
FEATURED SPECIES
Sue Daly produces
a Creature Feature
every month on her web site.
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We
had originally planned to bring this service to our members. However,
as Sue is already producing this series, I have decided to devote my energies
to producing other information.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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The BMLSS presented the Annual Photographic Exhibition to celebrate WORLD OCEANS DAY on 8 June 2000. A similar exhibition is planned
for the year 2001.
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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 *.JPG format can also be considered for the web site. They should not exceed 100K in size.
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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.
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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).
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Printing the two column version of Torpedo (from issue 28)
These pages are not designed
for the default settings on the Page Set-ups of your browser. I recommend
viewing in Internet Explorer 5 and altering the right and left hand columns
in the Page Set-up menu to 9 mm (from 19 mm).
The page set-up can also
be amended in Netscape Composer, and this has the advantage of enabling
the specified number of pages to be printed and the information about the
file (name, path, date) to be deleted.
The 1999 issue of Glaucus with 52 information filled pages has been sent out to members.
Renewals:
Thank you for renewing your subscription as a member for 2000. No further Renewal Forms or Shorewatch Newsletters will be sent out to 1999 members.
However a form is available from the web site at:
Renewals 1999
Renewals 2000
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:
New Members 1999
New Members 2000
The
new Premier Membership for the year 2000 also entitles the member to the
Official BMLSS CD-ROM (available Spring 2000), 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.
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do not receive any grants.
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am unable to cater for all the Email software in use nowadays. I am looking
into this problem.
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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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