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MEMBERSHIP FORM
 
British Marine Life Study Society Members may be interested to know what has happened to the year 2000 issue of Glaucus.
 

Glaucus 2000 should now have been received by all members.
The Renewal Subscription Forms for year 2001 were sent out with Glaucus..
 

The Glaucus 2000 CD-ROM has been issued to year 2000 Premier Membership subscribers. 

 
The Glaucus 2001 CD-ROM will be an improved version of the 2000 issue. This will not be available until later this year. Members joining with the Premier Membership (including the CD-ROM) have the option of receiving the current Glaucus 2000 CD-ROM or to wait for the new version.

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. 
21 April 2001
A couple of Common Cranes, Grus grus, were seen briefly at Fleck (Dunrossness) in the Shetland Isles early in the morning.
Report on Shetland Wildlife

20 April 2001
Jon Tonkin from Cadgwith on the Lizard peninsula caught a Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio,  whilst netting for Monkfish and Turbot. It was 2 metres long  and weighed 46 kg (101 lb). It was eventually served up in a Bath restaurant. Records of Sturgeon are very rare and the fish must be heading for extinction in the NE Atlantic as there are very few breeding areas left. 

4 April 2001
Thousands of tonnes of the 65 metres high chalk cliff at Beachy Head, East Sussex, collapsed into the sea, including the complete stack known as Devil's Chimney. After  the persistent rain with hardly a dry day since September 2000 a collapse seemed likely, and if the water inside the chalk had frozen and expanded, a much greater fall could have occurred.

2 April 2001
Seahorse (Photograph by Robert Jones)A Swanage lobster fisherman has just caught his second Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (=H. ramulosus), this week - the first was smooth, the second very fluffy! Seahorses have been reported from Weymouth Bay and the Fleet in Dorset and there are anecdotal reports of seahorses from Studland eelgrass beds, but about 20 years ago.

BMLSS Seahorse Page
 

The British Marine Life Study Society web pages were not available on 27 April 2001 for technical reasons.

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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)
 

Devon Wildlife Trust

Wembury Bay  Rockpool Rambles
Contact  Wembury Marine Centre   Tel:  01752 862538

Leaflet from Devon Wildlife Trust   Tel:  01392 279244.


  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    
1st November    
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


 
World Oceans Day


World Oceans Day was first declared as 8th June at the Biodiversity Conference “Earth Summit” of World Leaders in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Events will occur all around the world on and around this day. World Oceans Day offers the opportunity for people to join in with others to increase the understanding of the wildlife of the oceans and the marine environment. 
Members in other parts of the British Isles are encouraged to organise their own exhibitions. 
 

World Oceans Day 2000 (Link)
Diary Page (Link)


CETACEAN WATCHING
 
Striped Dolphin (Link to Cetacean Page)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.

 



WORLD OCEANS DAY
 

World Oceans Day was first declared as 8th June at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In June 1992, over 150 Heads of States signed the Convention on Biological Diversity at Rio de Janeiro. They did so to express a shared belief that action must be taken to halt the worldwide loss of animal and plant species and genetic resources. 
 

ADUR WORLD OCEANS DAY FAYRE 2001
MARINE LIFE DISPLAYS
Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea
 
 

Saturday 2 June 2001

The World Oceans Day Fayre on Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea, presents the world of the oceans both to the uninitiated with plenty to interest the experienced rockpooler, diver or fisherman.  The main display of live lobsters, crabs, will be complemented with a selection of smaller animals from the seas off Sussex, with rock pool fish, crabs, sea anemones and some of the more unusual life that can be seen through the glass sides of an aquarium.

Marquee Display Plan for Adur World Oceans Day

Children will be treated to the popular hands-on supervised display of the smaller marine life, together with a variety of colouring and interactive activities. 

Experts will be on hand to answer questions and there will be displays of underwater photography, sea birds, shingle plants, seashells and remains washed up on the strandline, and information about whales, dolphins and sharks. 

Participants include Jim Partridge (Monteum Ltd), Adur Environmental Health (Natalie Brahma-Pearl), Andy Horton and Len Nevell (British Marine Life Study Society), West Sussex County Council Countryside Management Unit, Steve Savage (Sea Watch Foundation), Melanie Blunden, David Wood, Sussex Sea Fisheries District Committee, Southampton Oceanography, Sean Clark, Ray Hamblett and Willows First School, Lancing.

Contact:  Natalie Brahma-Pearl, Adur World Oceans Day, Tel: 01273 263347
Alternative contact: Andy Horton, British Marine Life Study Society, Tel: 01273 465433

Year 2001 web page:
WOD2001.htm

GREAT ESCAPE EXHIBITION AT THE MARLIPINS MUSEUM

1651 Royal Escape

After the Battle of Worcester (3 September), Charles II had to flee from the Cromwellian forces. He eventually made his way to Bramber were he had to cross the substantial bridge over the River Adur. The route to the coast then followed the present hill route from Beeding Hill to Old Shoreham via Erringham. The story then says he ventured to Brighthelmstone (Brighton) where he met the skipper of the Surprise, Nicholas Tattersall, in a pub called the George. The King and Tattersall and crew boarded the 60 ton coal brig "Surprise" which departed from Shoreham (15 October) for Fécamp in France when the tide was right.

From 25 May 2001 (Anniversary of King Charles II return at Dover) there will be an Exhibition to celebrate the 350th anniversary of his secret departure from Shoreham.

ADUR BIODIVERSITY EXHIBITION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORLD OCEANS DAY

4 June to 15 June 2001
Adur Civic Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea

The Adur Exhibition will celebrate the varied wildlife of the lower Adur Valley including the whole of the Adur District.

The display will contain a collection of photographs and information on the undersea world of the English Channel and the Sussex seashore. 

Contacts:
Andy Horton, British Marine Life Study Society, Tel:  01273 465433.
Natalie Brahma-Pearl, Adur World Oceans Day  Tel: 01273 263347

Web Site:
Adur-Bio.htm

 



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PHOTOGRAPHS 

The BMLSS presented the Annual Photographic Exhibition to celebrate WORLD OCEANS DAY on 8 June 2000.

Seal  (Photograph by Nicolas Jouault, Jersey)

Common Seal on a rocky shore of Jersey, 
with a monofilament net around its neck
Photograph by Nicolas Jouault

A similar exhibition is planned for the year 2001. 
Print photographs should be sent in to Glaucus House. They could also be used on the BMLSS web sites.

World Oceans Day: BMLSS Exhibitions (Slide Show)

 


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. 
 
 

Photograph  by Nicolas Jouault

Green Island, Jersey (RAMSAR site)

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 (Link)
Marine Nature Conservation Review Survey Database 
(MERMAID)
De Strandwerkgroep
'Strandwerkgroep'  (Beachworkgroup)
MARLIN
(Marine Life Information Network)
National Biodiversity Network
National Biodiversity Network
National Biodiversity Network (Search)
BIOMAR


UK Environment and Planning
EFORUM PAGE

SPONSORS ARE INVITED FOR THE BMLSS WEB SITE FOR 2001


WEB SITE PAGE LINKS


BMLSS (England) HOMEPAGE

NEWS   2001


INFORMATION & HOW TO JOIN GENERAL INDEX GLAUCUS JOURNAL SHOREWATCH PROJECT
WILDLIFE NEWS (MARINE)
2000
TORPEDO BULLETIN DIARY

WORLD OCEANS DAY 2000

GATEWAY: LINKS TO OTHER SITES
FIVE KINGDOMS SPECIES INDEX SERVICES GENERAL SPECIES LIST EMAIL
News 1999
News 1998
News 1997
News 1996

 
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Rockpooling
Popular Guides
Diving Reports
BRITISH MARINE LIFE ORGANISATIONS

 
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FULL MEMBERS 1999/2000

 

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:
New Members 2001

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

The work of the BMLSS is funded by entirely by member's subscriptions and we do not receive any grants. 


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