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Nice Narra Lake jewie Blacky
Well done.Seems almost every year, you hear reports of one or two being taken.
I got the urge (and a leave pass from
) to hit the lake early this morningas i wanted to give the old chicken breast a go as I've never tried it before.
Beautiful morning before dawn with mullet jumping and a mist rising
off the lake. Wish I'd taken my camera now.
Almost immediately, the bite was hot and a 33 bream hit the sand and released.
Then a big take and a nice run with the familiar headshakes and I knew
a nice lizard snaffled the chook.
Beached the old girl and she measured 59cm....nice, almost jet black fish
from living in the weeds.
Quickly released her and she happily glided back into the ribbon grass.
Heard a report of a 110cm model taken on the flats near the caravan park yesterday.
Three more legal bream and heaps of smaller ones made it an exciting morning's fishing. (all released)
So I guess the old chicken breast does work in the lake and when the bite is hot like that, it
makes for a fantastic session.
Gee, it's good to be fishing again
Cheers,
Pete.
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Saintly spectre or fishy tale?
IT’S a story likely to confirm whether you’re a true believer or a true sceptic.
Twins Phil and Mick Cahalane, 45, possess a family photo with an intriguing story.
According to the brothers, the photo was taken more than 100 years ago in Scotland and shows their great-grandfather with the image of a “saintly” figure.
The pair first saw the photo as children, when their mother produced it at a family gathering.
“What I heard was that he had gone on a boat trip out in the ocean somewhere and a really bad storm came through as he was fishing,” Phil, who lives in Quakers Hill, said.
“He started praying because he thought he was going to die. The storm passed and because he thought it was safe, he kept fishing, and that’s when he caught most of his fish.
“When he got to land he took a photo with all the fish he caught and this image showed up in the photo.”
The boys were told the figure was St Teresa of Avila .
Mick, who lives in Colyton, said his mother used to carry it around with her up until her death last year.
After that, his father carried it in his wallet until he died six months later.
At that point the family discovered it in their father’s possessions.
“I’m not a real big believer but this shows people that maybe something is out there, and that gives people hope,” Mick said.
The brothers’ inquiries into the photo’s origins proved futile.
“No one really talked about it (when we were younger). It was no big deal,” Phil said.
“Over 45 years I think I only saw it twice. Now no one really knows the story and everyone in the family who did has died.”
He said no one even knew his great-grandfather’s name because it changed when he migrated to Australia.
Phil said he would sell the photo if anyone wanted it.
“We’re not out to fool anyone,” he said.
“Mum was a very honest woman; it was a very personal thing for her,” Phil said.
“I don’t care what anyone thinks. I’m not out to waste anyone’s time and neither is Mick.
“I just think if someone wants to pay for it, why not? You only live once. Why not enjoy it?”
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Burmese men drift for 25 days on icebox after boat sinks
TWO Burmese men rescued from a giant icebox in the Torres Strait off Queensland had survived 25 days at sea after a fishing boat sank southeast of Indonesia.
The men drifted hundreds of kilometres in the red box before a Coastwatch plane spotted them on Saturday about 60 nautical miles off Horn Island, in the Torres Strait.
They told rescuers they were forced to crew a 10m-long Thai fishing boat that broke up about 200 nautical miles north of Australia, sources told The Courier-Mail.
As the wooden boat splintered into the ocean, the crew sent out distress signals but were ignored, the men told authorities.
The two survivors climbed into the icebox as other crew searched desperately for something to grab from the wreck.
They saw a Thai man floating past them in the ocean but were unable to help, they said.
It is understood the men managed to survive by drinking rain water that gathered at the bottom of the box and by eating pieces of fish that were also in the container.
It is believed that 11 other Burmese crew and seven Thais were on board but none has been found.
Drifting through shark infested waters, the men lost count of time but have told authorities they may have survived up to 25 days before they were spotted.
Coastwatch pilots circled the men and called in a helicopter that winched them to safety.
Emergency Management Queensland helicopter pilot Terry Gadenne told Channel 7 the men were ecstatic to see rescuers.
"When we winched down the rescue crewmen into the water, the guy in the esky leapt out," Mr Gadenne said.
"He was desperately keen to get on and pulled them down into the water – he was pretty keen to get away from the water. When they got up they sculled two litres of water each within seconds.
"It's a bloody big ocean to be drifting around in."
Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman Tracey Jiggins said the men would have been unable to survive 25 days without a flotation device.
A Department of Immigration spokesman said both men were receiving medical care in the Thursday Island Hospital. They are in good condition and are expected to be released this afternoon.
"Representatives from the department have made initial contact with the people and will, in coming days, confirm their identity and determine their intentions," he said.
He said the men would be placed "in an alternative place of detention" on their release from hospital - not a detention centre, but possibly a motel room.
"At this stage we'll probably remain on TI (Thursday Island) while we go through the interview process, but they may end up being moved ... onto the mainland to allow departmental staff to interview them," the spokesman said.
The men claim they were being forced to crew the boat, which was fishing in Indonesian waters.
Found at sea ... two men spent 25 days floating at sea in an esky.
Photo: Australian Customs
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Two heads, one tale
Simon Webster
January 18, 2009
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Fishermen standing on one leg frequently toppled into the water ...
The discovery of two-headed fish in the Noosa River may give the floundering Australian economy a much-needed boost, analysts say.
Tourism operators were expecting anglers to head to the river in their thousands in the hope of twice as many bites.
Along the banks of the river, anglers were coming to terms with their changing world. Wild gesticulations and contortions were the order of the day as fisherfolk worked on their hand signals in a bid to accurately indicate the dimensions of "the one that got away".
Two hands held a metre apart would no longer suffice, a fishing official said. Both hands would be needed to represent the two heads of the fish, while a raised knee could be used to indicate the whereabouts of its tail.
This led to a busy day for Noosa River lifesavers as fishermen standing on one leg frequently toppled into the water.
The fish mutations were probably the result of pesticide spray drift from nearby macadamia farms, The Sydney Morning Herald reported last week.
The pesticide endosulfan and the fungicide carbendazim were identified in a report given to the Queensland Government by aquatic health expert Matt Landos.
While nothing has been proved, there were no other probable causes for the thousands of fish deformities and deaths at the hatchery.
"The timing between the mist spraying and the affected larvae fits hand in glove," Landos said.
Carbendazim is under review in Australia due to its links with developmental abnormalities in animals.
Last week New Zealand became the 56th country to ban endosulfan, an organochloride (the same family as DDT) and an endocrine disruptor that the United States Environmental Protection Agency rates as category 1: "Highly acutely toxic."
In 2006 in Kerala, India, compensation was paid to the families of 135 people who had died as a result of endosulfan spraying. Studies showed exposure to the pesticide had also caused birth defects and delayed the sexual maturity of boys.
It has been found in breast milk around the world and linked to autism when babies are exposed to it in the first trimester of pregnancy. In the US, environmental and workers groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for reregistering it.
In October the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will consider elevating the pesticide to the final stage of assessment, which may lead to a worldwide ban.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority insists it has everything under control. It completed a review of endosulfan's use in 2005 and toughened the rules governing its use. For example, plants treated with endosulfan can no longer be fed to livestock, which is great news for beef lovers, who should no longer find traces of it in their steak.
They may, however, find traces of it in their citrus, avocados, vegetables, cotton, macadamias and passionfruit. It is considered an important tool in growing all of these, said authority spokesman Simon Cubit.
"More than 200 chemicals are approved for use on macadamias," Cubit said. "We've seen no evidence that endosulfan, used correctly, causes problems." Any evidence that did arise would be considered.
The Australian Macadamia Society said the macadamia farms on the Noosa River were using it correctly. Miss Marple has been sent to investigate.
The fact that other countries had banned endosulfan did not mean Australia was negligent for not following suit, Cubit said. New Zealand used endosulfan differently. Australian conditions were unique, and other countries deregistered chemicals for all sorts of reasons.
Some bans were the result of high-level policy decisions, such as those being made by the European Union. Despite intense pressure from big agribusiness, the EU is clamping down on pesticides and making a concerted push towards promoting organic agriculture.
This produces clean, healthy food that is better for people, better for the environment, and tastes of something other than cardboard.
What those crazy Europeans don't realise is the business opportunity they may be missing out on. Fish hatcheries throughout Australia last week said they had been inundated with inquiries about the mutant fish from pet owners with two cats.
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Scientific sub makes deep-sea discoveries
A four-week expedition to explore the deep ocean south-west of Tasmania has revealed new species of animals and more evidence of impacts of increasing carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals.
18 January 2009
The collaborative voyage of US and Australian researchers was led by chief scientists Dr Jess Adkins from the California Institute of Technology and Dr Ron Thresher from CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation and Wealth from Oceans Flagships.
“We set out to search for life deeper than any previous voyage in Australian waters,” Dr Thresher says. “We also gathered data to assess the threat posed by ocean acidification and climate change on Australia’s unique deep-water coral reefs.”
The survey through the Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve, south-west of Tasmania, explored the near vertical slice in the earth’s crust, known as the Tasman Fracture Zone, which drops from approximately 2000 metres to over 4000 metres.
“Our sampling documented the deepest known Australian fauna, including a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt, sea spiders and giant sponges, and previously unknown marine communities dominated by gooseneck barnacles and millions of round, purple-spotted sea anemones.”
All of these new species are located more than 2000 metres below the surface.
Vast fields of fossil corals were discovered below 1400 metres, and dated to more than 10,000 years old. The samples collected will be used to determine the periods over the last millions of years when reefs have existed south of Tasmania. They will also provide ancient climate data that contribute to models of regional and global climate change, based on historical circulation patterns in the Southern Ocean.
Modern-day deep-water coral reefs were also found, however there is strong evidence that this reef system is dying, with most reef-forming coral deeper than 1300 metres newly dead.
“We need to closely analyse the samples and measurements we collected before we can determine what’s caused this, as it could be the result of several factors, such as ocean warming, disease or increasing ocean acidity,” Dr Thresher says.
“Mathematical models predict that we could be seeing impacts of ocean acidification in this region. If our analysis identifies this phenomenon as the cause of the reef system’s demise, then the impact we are seeing now below 1300 metres might extend to the shallower portions of the deep-reefs over the next 50 years, threatening this entire community.”
The international research team aboard the research vessel RV Thomas G. Thompson deployed a deep diving, remotely operated submarine vehicle named Jason, belonging to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Jason, which is approximately the size of a small car, is capable of collecting samples and data, and photographing and filming areas as deep as 6000 metres. Jason made 14 dives lasting up to 48 hours each and reaching a maximum depth of 4010 metres.
A bright red, undescribed species of shell-less coral, called an anthomastid or gorgons-head coral, at 1700 metres deep at the Cascade Plateau, off south-east Tasmania.
The half-metre-wide mouth of a 2-metre high "waffle-cone" sponge,
found at a depth of 2197 metres in the Tasman Fracture Zone.
One of Australia's deepest residents – a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt, or ascidian, standing half a meter tall on the seafloor on the Tasman Fracture Zone at a depth of 4006 metres. The animal feeds opportunistically, triggered when a fish or any other swimming organism touches it. The animal is then trapped by the funnel-like front section, which collapses around the prey item.
Image credit – Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory WHOI
More IMAGES can be found here.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Two-headed fish larvae blamed on farm chemicals in Noosa River
Brian Williams and Sophie Elsworth
January 12, 2009 11:00pm
CHEMICAL contamination from farm runoff has been blamed after millions of fish larvae in the Noosa River were found to have grown two heads.
The disfigured larvae are thought to have been affected by one of two popular farm chemicals, either the insecticide endosulphan or the fungicide carbendazim.
Former NSW fisheries scientist and aquaculture veterinarian Matt Landos yesterday called on the Federal Government to ban the chemicals and urgently find replacements.
Dr Landos said about 90 per cent of larvae spawned at the Sunland Fish Hatchery from bass taken from the river were deformed and all died within 48 hours.
"It certainly looks like the fish have been exposed to something in the river," Dr Landos said.
"I wouldn't like to be having kids and living next to a place that uses these chemicals and I wouldn't like to be drinking tank water where they are in use."
Hatchery owner Gwen Gilson blames chemicals used by macadamia farmers near her Boreen Point business for the deformities.
"Some embryos split into two heads, some had two equal heads and a small tail and some had one big long head and a small tail coming out of the head," she said.
Farmers nearby declined to comment.
Dr Landos said the chemicals were potentially human carcinogens and could have entered the river through any number of sources such as spraying or run-off even though there was no evidence of improper use.
Carbendazim had a history of causing embryonic defects and had been banned in the US, while endosulphan was banned in New Zealand.
"These chemicals mess up cell development," he said. "There's no other plausible explanation for what's going on."
Biosecurity Queensland chief Ron Glanville said an investigation into the claims started two years ago.
No evidence of chemicals used on an adjoining property were found in water, fish, fish eggs, chooks and horse samples.
"These things are notoriously hard to track down," he said.
Dr Landos and Dr Glanville said there was no danger for people either swimming or eating fish from the Noosa River because if chemicals were in the water, levels would likely be exceedingly low.
The Federal Environment Department has been asked to investigate.
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Fed up stingray takes revenge on jet-ski rider
06 Jan 09 @ 05:01am by Jake Dean
A MAN was hospitalised after he jumped on a stingray and was pierced in the arm by its barb in a bizarre and dangerous start to the holiday season on southern beaches.
Moana Surf Lifesaving Club captain Terry Semmens said patrols spotted the young man on a jet ski circling the stingray close to shore at Moana on Sunday, December 20, about 3.30pm.
``We advised him to stop antagonising it but he took no notice and after he was told twice he decided he’d jump on it,’’ Mr Semmens said.
``He ended up with the barb from the stingray stuck in his arm.’’
Mr Semmens said the man was taken to a nearby hospital by friends.
``You’ve got to use a bit of brain and if you see a marine animal like that just steer clear and, of course, if it’s a shark get straight out of the water.’’
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Saw This this morning.
A worm vending machine...
Somehow...I don't think it will take off here, especially using maggots!
Cheers,
Pete.
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i'd love to see this video. 4.5m white shark in northern beach? is it even possible~!!!!!!! i have never heard of white sharkes in sydney.
PS do they ever attack a 3-4metre boat? if so I will never go on a small boat again
never!PPS Walrus welldone mate. You're a hero.
Here's the Video of the attack posted on the UK Sun website.
And the Channel 7 Video. (Look in video archive called "Shark Spotting")
Cheers,
Pete.
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Scientists discover giant Irukandji cousin
A new dangerous jellyfish has been discovered in Queensland.
Scientists say they have positively identified another member of the extremely venomous Irukandji family living along the eastern coast of Australia.
Marine scientist Dr Lisa Gershwin has given it the name Morbakka Fenneri, and it is a dangerous creature.
"We had a sting that was attributed to this species and it was extremely serious," she said.
"The person required life support so it is very potentially dangerous.
"In the Brisbane area and Moreton Bay it hospitalises about a dozen people a year so it is something that is potentially dangerous but it's also fabulous from a scientific point of view because it's new."
Dr Gershwin says Irukandji are normally small, inconspicuous, and fragile, but this member of the family is enormous.
"It's huge, it's about 15 to 18 centimetres in height the body and it's an Irukandji," she said.
"Most Irukandjis are quite small - about one to two centimetres, and this one is absolutely huge.
"It's a species which we have known about for a long time but it has been really mysterious a lot of people don't understand what it is and what it isn't. It's an amazing animal."
The Morbakka Fenneri, a newly discovered stinger believed to be cousin to the dangerous Irukandji. (Lisa Gershwin : Lisa Gershwin )
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Octopuses give eight thumbs up for high-def TV
Richard Macey
December 21, 2008 - 12:30PM
Sharing a movie with an insensitive eight-armed animal may not be every woman's perfect date.
Renata Pronk did it for science, and made two significant discoveries.
Her unsettling news for Christmas revellers preparing to tuck into seafood platters is that octopuses can watch television and understand at least some of what they see. Discriminating viewers, however, they enjoy only high-definition programs.
In a second finding, the Macquarie University marine biology researcher resolved a long scientific debate, discovering that octopuses, despite their intelligence, lack individual personalities.
"Octopuses," Miss Pronk said, "are very smart. I have seen my octopuses open Vegemite jars by unscrewing the lid. They can find their way through mazes to reach food rewards at the end.
"And they can learn simple puzzles", recognising that symbols, such as squares or circles, mean food is available.
"The definition of personality," she said, "is having repetition in your responses, for example, being consistently bold, or consistently shy, or consistently aggressive."
To resolve the debate she collected 32 common Sydney, or gloomy, octopuses from Chowder Bay, near Mosman, and showed them a series of three-minute videos screened on a monitor in front of their tank.
One video featured a crab, an octopus delicacy.
A second starred another octopus, while a third had a "novel object" they would not have seen: a plastic bottle swinging on a string.
Miss Pronk then watched each octopus for any consistent response pattern, such as boldness or aggression.
When the crab movie was screened "they jetted straight over to the monitor and tried to attack it", she said, adding that was strong evidence they knew they were watching food.
When the octopus movie was screened some became aggressive while others changed their skin camouflage or "would go and hide in a corner, moving as far away as possible".
On viewing the swinging bottle, some puffed themselves up, just in case the object was a threat, while others paid no attention.
But significantly, when the experiment was repeated over several days, she found no consistent response from any octopus. Such random responses implied octopuses have no individual personalities.
She suspected previous efforts to show movies to octopuses failed because their sophisticated eyes were too fast for the 24-frame per second format of standard-definition video.
"They would have seen it as a series of still pictures," said Miss Pronk, who had success using high-definition, operating at 50 frames per second.
She confessed that her work made it difficult to dine on octopus. "I know how smart they are. They are beautiful animals."
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The Western Wedding Cake marker in Sydney harbour has been restored
to it's former glory after it fell down in Dec. 2006.
Sydney Ports finished the works this week and she's up and running.
I wonder how long before the kingies take up residence.
Here's some info from the Sydney Ports website.
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Please remember to vote in the Official Fishraider Poll
This NPA proposal WILL impact on YOUR fishing.
I urge everyone to vote.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Please remember to vote in the Official Fishraider Poll
This NPA proposal WILL impact on YOUR fishing.
I urge everyone to vote.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Please remember to vote in the Official Fishraider Poll
This NPA proposal WILL impact on YOUR fishing.
I urge everyone to vote.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Today's Manly Daily has the results of their poll
with 80% voting against the MP at Long Reef.
I urge ALL Fishraider to vote in our official Fishraider Poll
This NPA proposal will impact on YOUR ability to fish in these zones.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Geese pete you are on realy good terms with your fisheries officers aren't you. My girlfriend only gives me maybe one or 2 x's at the end of each message not the 20 something you get!!!
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NSW Fisheries have investigated the fish kill and have
concluded it is by-catch from trawlers.
Here is an email I just received from Fisheries.:
G'day Peter
As discussed, here is the information from the DPI Aquatic Biosecurity Unit:
1. NSW DPI has spoken to the caller to the DECC pollution line who reported Cabbage Tree matter & has confirmed discard of by-catch from commercial vessel in the vicinity of Chowder Bay
2. NSW DPI Fisheries Officers are talking to commercial fishers re discard of bycatch
NSW DPI has received a number of reports of leather jacket kills in the past 6-8 weeks. While investigating the Oct leather jacket kill in Newc NSW DPI officers were advised by a commercial fisher in the Newc area that commercial fishers are currently catching very large catches of leatherjackets & that the price achieved for the smaller fish is such that the worth of processing & getting them to market is questionable.
Therefore in light of all the above Aq Biosec has advised DECC that processing samples from Manly for ecotox is not required. Further EMAI will conduct gross pathology (& limited histo if considered required by pathologists) on the samples at EMAI.
On the basis of currently available info I consider all recent leather jacket kills to result from discarded by catch. I do not believe this is a disease event.
Regards, xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Fisheries Liaison Officer
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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I've just spoken to NSW Fisheries and they say they
are aware of the reports along the coast.
They have a team in Port Stephens now and samples are being taken.
I'm waiting on a call back from their scientist up there on what she
knows about the incident.
Keep you posted.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Check out THESE great photos in the Australian.
Some excellent shots of things not quite what they seem to be.
My favourite is the jet powered bird.
Cheers and enjoy,
Pete.
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Endangered fish released into refuge dam
December 1, 2008 - 11:30AM
About 50 Yarra pygmy perch fish have been released into a refuge dam in South Australia to help ensure the long-term survival of the threatened species.
Department of Environment and Heritage westland officer Russell Seaman said the release was part of a program to protect native fish in the Murray-Darling Basin during the ongoing drought.
Earlier this year a number of endangered fish, including the Yarra pygmy perch and the endangered southern purple spotted gudgeon, were rescued from the lower lakes and taken to Adelaide's Cleland Wildlife Park as part of a captive breeding program.
"This program is a fantastic way of ensuring the survival of some of our most endangered fish species who are at risk of extinction in the wild," Mr Seaman said.
"It is indicative of the program's success so far that we have been able to breed enough fish in preparation for release into surrogate dams.
"Ultimately we plan to re-introduce these fish to their natural habitat once critical drought conditions pass and river flow returns to the Murray River and lower lakes."
Mr Seaman said a number of privately-owned dams had been identified as potential temporary homes for endangered fish and further releases were planned over the next year.
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Sydney scientists crack sea monster mystery
Jessica Batty
December 1, 2008 - 8:08AM
Floating more than two kilometres below the surface, this alien-like creature seems more like a monster straight out of 1950s science fiction than a rare inhabitant of the sea.
An email with 25 seconds of jerky FOOTAGE of the creature under the subject title "What is it?" spent a year circulating the globe before landing in the inbox of an Australian marine biologist last week.
The University of Sydney researcher, Adele Pile, and her student Dan Jones were able to help solve the mystery by identifying it as a rare Magnapinna, or "big fin", squid.
This rare glimpse of the "elbowed" Magnapinna squid was captured by a remote control submersible camera at one of the world's deepest drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 300 kilometres off the coast of Houston, Texas.
A report in National Geographic News this week said it was filmed by the Shell oil company in November 2007.
The eerie deep sea footage shows the squid's huge fins rippling whiles its curious tentacles hang down from elbow-like appendages.
Despite remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) having filmed the Magnapinna squid more than a dozen times in the Gulf and the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, the species remains largely a mystery to science.
Dr Pile, from the University of Sydney's Institute of Marine Science, was sent the video because of her involvement in an international project called SERPENT - Scientific and Environmental ROV Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology.
"We identified it as a big finned squid and as the adult forms have never been collected, we recommended that the ROV pilots try and capture one if they see them again," Dr Pile told The Age.
She was confident that improved collaboration between the oil and gas industries and scientists would improve knowledge about the sea depths, despite the concerns of some stakeholders.
Valuable footage of deep-sea animals is being captured as industry sends ROVs deeper and for longer periods to explore the seabed.
"The petroleum industry routinely uses robotic technology to work at deep depths and wherever they are working there is the potential for scientists to use this equipment to explore and research Australia's deep sea," Dr Pile said.
"If it were not for the voluntary collaboration of our industry partners Australia could not meet it's moral and legal obligation to understand the deep sea environment, which comprises two times the area of dry land."
However Andrew Shepard, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Undersea Research Centre in the United States, said that while he was excited about the potential of this global project he also had concerns.
"These discoveries may, in fact, have a negative impact on very expensive and valuable lease tracts if someone decides a rare species needs to be protected," Mr Shepard told National Geographic News.
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NSW Maritime have been trialling Live Streaming Webcams
on some of the more dangerous bar crossings in NSW.
They are located at:
North Coast
* Brunswick Heads
* Coffs Harbour
* Iluka \ Yamba
* Port Macquarie
* Tweed Heads
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Hunter
* Shoal Bay, Port Stephens
* Swansea
* Nobby's Beach, Newcastle
South Coast
* Merimbula Bay
* Moruya River
* Narooma
Other web cameras are to be located at: Manning River, Harrington; Sussex Inlet; Bermagui; Richmond River, Ballina; Clarence River, and will be online over the coming months.
Certainly worth a look before your next trip.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Locals sickened by 'fish graveyard'
November 28, 2008
RIVERLAND residents want Murray cod relocated from Lake Bonney at Barmera in South Australia into the River Murray to stop them from dying in the drought.
Hundreds of golden perch, redfin, bony bream and carp have been found dead on the shores of the lake, where 10 dead Murray cod also have been found.
The dead fish have not been found at the township end of the lake but on northeastern and northwestern shores 5km away.
Regular Riverland visitor Kelly Lewtas, from Salisbury Heights, found several dead cod on the shore last weekend.
One cod, estimated to be about 25 years old, was more than 1.3m long - almost as tall as her son Jack, 8. "It was a sickening sight . . . it's like a graveyard," she said.
Freelance fishing writer and photographer Brian Bochow said the poor water quality of the lake, which has been blocked off from the River Murray for 14 months, would have caused the fish deaths.
"The authorities should go ahead and try to relocate huge cod as much as they possibly can," Mr Bochow said. "It's a bit of a shame to see cod that size dead."
The SA State Government began partially refilling the lake with 10 gigalitres of water on Wednesday and has not yet determined why the fish have died.
Well done.
) to hit the lake early this morning
never!
Boat Ramp Upgrades
in Boating
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Good news for Raiders with boats.!!
Long Reef boat ramp is to get an upgrade finally!!!
Tunks Park Ramp to get a new pontoon.
Thanks to a NSW Maritime grant of $120,000, Warringah Council
will reconstruct and repair the boatramp at Fisherman's Beach, Collaroy
which has been one of the worst (and most dangerous) in Sydney.
No word on when work will begin.
Tunks Park boat Ramp at Northbridge is also to get a new $295,000 Pontoon
The grants formed part of a $3.55 million package from the State Government to encourage the construction and upgrade of boating facilities across NSW.
Sydney Harbour will get improvements to the value of $1.31 million.
Projects range from dinghy storage racks and boat ramps to jetties, pontoons and vessel sewage pumpout facilities.
Great to see the NSW Govt. spend some of our cash in worthwhile causes.
Cheers,
Pete.
ps: I don't know if anyone picked it up, but the date on that press release about Tunks
is a tad out!
Maybe 3009 is when they will send the cheque.
Cheers,
Pete.