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Yeah, don't worry about that warning. It's, as other have said, to do with the State of California.
They put that warning on just about everything there.
Having lived there for 11 years...you get used to it.
It's just covering their asses in case some yoyo decides to sue them...they have at least warned you
in advance.
It's also ironic that Calif. has shitty air..I wonder why they don't sky-write that warning
in the sky. Hmmm.
The warning is usually posted in the foyer of all buildings in Calif. warning that tobacco
smoke is carginogenic (cancer causing) even though smoking inside buildings has been illegal
for years. You also see it at petrol stations on the gas pump warning that the fuel is carcenogenic.
I wouldn't recommend making a meal of SP's though..far better in a fishe's gob!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Did anyone catch Channel Nine's News tonight?
They had a report on a new study of the dioxin levels in Sydney Harbour.
It now seems that fish taken East of the Harbour Bridge are showing lower dioxin levels than before.
Fish taken West of the Bridge still show high levels though, but at least it seems the harbour is
becoming cleaner than when the commercial fishing ban was introduced.
The bad news is that there is now talk of commercial fishing, even though limited, MAY be
reintroduced.
Here is the video of the report:
Pete.
http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm...p;mediaid=26466
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Yes, you sure have to be careful.
Flatieman (thanks Flattie) passed this website onto me a while back and it is pretty accurate
at predicting winds. It has the winds blowing up at right on noon yesterday.
Worth taking a look at as well as the BOM and other weather sites.
Pete.
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The fishing industry is having trouble selling its commercial fishing boats, in the wake of a federal buyback of more than 400 licences around Australia.
In the major southern port of Eden in New South Wales a $2 million vessel is on the market for just $200,000.
Processor and boat owner Titch Rodahl has accepted a buyout package and has sold his boat at 1 per cent of its value.
With the buyout, it's not viable to stay open with the overheads and all that sort of stuff, it's not worth running the boats," he said.
"I sort of gave my boat away because I got paid for it in the buyout.
"Three years ago I bought the vessel for $210,000.
"For tax reasons I had to accept [a sale for] $200."
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Good going Ron...one nice lizard there.
Glad too she swam away to breed.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Terrible news
you wont see me fishing from the stones without one of those inflatable PDF's
Yes, those inflatable PDF's are a great idea for anyone fishing from the stones. Just make sure
they are the "manual" type and not automatic inflation as they will
pop as soon as they detect water..even from spray or heavy rain, and they are buggers
to get recharged.
I see the manual ones on ebay for around $90.
A small price to save a life I reckon.
Pete.
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ONE man has died and a teenage boy is in a critical condition after being swept off rocks at a beach in Sydney's south east.
A third man is in a stable condition in hospital after being rescued from the water near Malabar Beach about 3pm (AEST) today.
Four men were fishing off rocks at Boora Point when two of the men were swept into the ocean, a NSW Police spokesman said.
"A third man dived in after to rescue the men," the spokesman said.
All three had to be rescued by lifeguards after struggling in deep water about 40m off the beach, a Westpac Helicopter spokeswoman said.
One man died at the scene while a 17-year-old boy had to be airlifted to Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital.
He remained in a critical but stable condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The third man, 18, was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital by ambulance and was in a stable condition, the spokeswoman said.
The age of the deceased man is not yet known.
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A CAMPAIGN led by Australia has received a boost as the US agreed to support a moratorium on fishers trawling their nets deep on the ocean floor in international waters.
The US's shift in position came on the eve of a United Nations debate aimed at banning the practice in unregulated waters.
Countries control fishing within their waters, but 64 per cent of the world's oceans are unregulated, allowing commercial fishing fleets to use new technology to trawl up to one kilometre deep using giant, weighted nets.
Last month the Australian Government announced it supported a timetable for banning the deep sea trawling where it was proven to be destructive to ecosystems.
Under the proposal, nations would have until next July to regulate fishing in the seas under their control, and regional fisheries management organisations would have until the end of the next year to implement agreements in the high seas. If there was no regional agreement in place or being developed, bottom trawling would be banned.
Australia has already moved to protect sensitive undersea mountains caused by volcanic activity in Australian waters - a stand applauded by environmental groups including Greenpeace and the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, and which is supported by New Zealand and the tiny island nation of Palau. More support came from the actor Sigourney Weaver, who introduced herself at a UN news conference in New York as "a citizen of the world, an earthling", who had dreamed of becoming a marine biologist "but the maths was beyond me".
Bottom trawling was devastating the ocean's last frontier, she said. "The high seas belong to no single country, and they certainly do not belong to these owners of large industrial fishing corporations … These corporations are raping these oceans beyond sight and beyond regulation."
Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, said a ban on fishing the deep ocean floor might be necessary because the marine lifeforms there grew extremely slowly and were highly vulnerable to being wiped out by overfishing.
"We know very little about the deep seas, but what we do know suggests it is the largest, most biologically rich place on this Earth," Dr Pikitch said.
"The threat is serious; the need for action is urgent."
Australia's UN ambassador, Robert Hill, said the global picture of conservation of the marine environment was dismal.
New Zealand supports the Australian initiative, but wants to make an exception for areas while they are being studied for a regional agreement.
Support for a ban on deep ocean trawling is growing, with the European Commission, Brazil, Chile, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, and most Pacific island nations also opposing it.
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Sewage is a growing threat to oceans and seas, putting at risk marine life and habitats as the pollution problem escalates, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) says in a new report.
The State of the Marine Environment report found that substantial progress had been achieved in reducing oily wastes and organic pollutants such as long-lived industrial chemicals in the past two decades, but other problems had grown worse.
In many developing countries, between 80 and nearly 90 per cent of sewage entering the coastal zones is estimated to be raw and untreated, said the report compiled by the UNEP global program of action for protection of marine environment (GPA).
"The pollution - linked with rising coastal populations, inadequate treatment infrastructure and waste handling facilities - is putting at risk human health and wildlife as well as livelihoods from fisheries to tourism," it said.
The report estimated that an additional $US56 billion ($A75.5 billion) is needed annually to address the global sewage problem.
There is also a rising concern over the increasing damage and destruction of essential and economically important coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests - needed for coastal defences and fisheries, as well as coral reefs and seagrass beds.
Growing coastal populations and overuse of marine resources are the main source of the problem, the UNEP said. Close to 40 per cent of the world's population live on the coastal fringe.
Threatened areas include the North Sea's bed, coral reefs in South East Asia, wetlands in North America, Southern and Western Africa, mangroves in many Caribbean countries, Ecuador and Colombia, and fisheries in Latin America.
The report also noted increasing levels of pollutants from sources like agricultural fertiliser, manure, sewage and fossil fuel burning, with the problem spreading from developed to developing countries as well.
This has led to doubling of the number of oxygen deficient coastal "dead zones" every decade since 1960, and degradation of seagrass beds and emergence of toxic algal blooms.
The UNEP highlighted progress made in reducing global oil and chemicals pollution. The world has cut oil discharges from industry and cities by nearly 90 per cent since the mid-1980s.
But concerns of further oil pollution remain as climate change and the loss of ice is opening up the North East passage across the roof of the world to shipping and oil exploration.
The findings will be given to over 60 member governments of the GPA initiative at a meeting in Beijing from October 16 to 20 to encourage a review of their planning and investment strategies to ensure they are genuinely marine-friendly, the UNEP said.
"An estimated 80 per cent of marine pollution originates from the land and this could rise significantly by 2050 if, as expected, coastal populations double in just over 40 years time and action to combat pollution is not accelerated, UNEP executive director Achim Steiner said.
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Red sea at morning sparks fish warning
John Morcombe
NSW HEALTH is warning people to avoid eating shellfish and to rigorously clean finfish following the appearance of an algal bloom off beaches at the northern end of the peninsula.
Algae have been cashing in on an upswelling of nutrient-rich deep water and abundant spring sunlight to form the large red bloom.
On Monday afternoon Surfwatch Australia photographed the bloom off Avalon.
The Metropolitan Regional Algal Co-ordinating Committee has taken samples of the algae for identification. Committee spokeswoman Frances Wood said people should avoid the discoloured water ``until we know what it is''.
``It's caused by an upswelling associated with the Eastern Australian Current, which brings deep water to the surface that is rich in nutrients.
``There has also been abundant sunlight, which also warms the water. It is a natural process and happens most springs.''
The algae appears as a red discoloration throughout the water column and is about 200m offshore between Newport and Whale beaches, she said.
NSW Health recommends that until the identity of the algae has been identified, people should avoid all contact with the affected water.
People are being warned not to eat shellfish collected in the area and finfish should be well cleaned, with the guts and gills completely removed, and properly washed and cooked.
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Red algal bloom off Avalon headland on Monday.
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QUEENSLANDERS have been urged to be on the lookout for red-eared slider turtles (REST) this Spring, with the exotic pests expected to breed rapidly throughout the state's waterways.
Red-eared slider turtles were illegally imported into Australia as aquarium pets in the 1960s and 70s and some were released into the wild.
Queensland's Department of Natural Resources and Water (NRW) has declared the turtle a class one pest and is conducting a program to eradicate the species from the state.
NRW's REST project manager Scott O'Keeffe said the turtles were aggressive and had a potential to multiply rapidly and spread quickly throughout waterways.
“REST have no known predators and are incredibly tough, with an adult capable of inflicting a nasty bite,” Mr O'Keeffe said.
“A fully grown female can lay up to 70 eggs per year. They could eventually displace native turtles in our creeks and rivers.”
Red-eared slider turtles have a distinctive red stripe behind each eye.
The undersides are pale yellow with dark smudges. Males have very long, narrow claws.
Sliders withdraw their heads straight back into their shells, whereas native turtles fold their head in on the side.
Anyone who spots the pest should report it to NRW's slider turtle hotline on 1800 999 367.
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Brilliant report and one fantastic jewie inhlanzi.
Well done persuing those monsters and success at last!
You must be over the moon.
I'm yet to catch even his great great grandson.
One of these days I suppose.
Congrats again on a great report.
Pete.
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Thanks Mick, following your lead again today.
Some nice roughies in there, so should pay well if they get up.
Pete.
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I can't help noticing how much, in the future prediction, the East Coast of Australia
resembles the map of New Zealand.
I hope the fishing will be just as good.
By the way..here is the link to the study if anyone's interested:
http://www.dgl.salemstate.edu/Profs/Young/...e/Aus-Space.htm
Pete.
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There is a new exhibition on at the Uni of N.S.W. regarding the effects of global warming.
One of the predictions is that Australia will become a group of islands, with the most
part of central Australia underwatwer....so sea fishing at Ayres Rock may be on the cards.
It is a study of Australia called "Australia From Space" by Professor Young, of Salem State College, near Boston
Pete.
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IT IS Australia as we have never seen it before - a dry brown land transformed into an archipelago of disparate islands.
The six images, a fusion of art and science, portray what would happen if sea levels rose by up to 500 metres and the waters inundated the lower-lying regions.
The series is part of an exhibition, Australia from Space, created by a US geographer, Stephen Young, based on images of the continent captured by astronauts and orbiting satellites.
Professor Young, of Salem State College, near Boston, said remote sensing could now reveal extraordinary details about the land, oceans, atmosphere, ice caps and cities.
The starting point of his vision of Australia gradually disappearing was radar information from the space shuttle. Using the map of the rise and fall of the landscape this provided, he calculated how the continent would appear after each additional sea level rise of 100 metres. During the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago, sea levels were 100 metres lower than today.
Extreme global warming might eventually lead to another rise of 100 metres, he said. "And on a longer geological time scale the indundations shown are not out of the realm of possibility."
But his intention in producing the set of images - one of 80 in the exhibition - was not to warn of the dangers of climate change. "The piece was created purely for the beauty of seeing Australia in a different way."
Professor Young began using satellite imagery for his research on changes in vegetation more than a decade ago. "I would often come across truly awe-inspiring images of the Earth."
He hung some on his office walls, and found they were very popular with students. Since 1998 his images of landforms, weather patterns, pollution, oceans and bushfires have been shown in galleries around the world to try to inspire "a sense of wonder and curiosity" about the planet.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its last report predicted sea levels would rise by between nine centimetres and 88 centimetres by 2100.
The two-day exhibition, a collaboration with the NSW Geographical Society, opens today at the University of NSW.
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Hope you all filled your cars and boats early as petrol has skyrocketed again right before the long weekend.
Isn't it amazing how the oil companies jack up the price of fuel right before a long weekend?
Especially galling seeing that the price of crude has fallen of late.
Here's today's story:
Pete.
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PETROL prices skyrocketed today as motorists prepared to hit the road for a long weekend in several states.
The rises sparked outrage from motoring groups, but oil companies said they are actually doing it tough.
Motoring group NRMA said the hikes were proof of price gouging and the corporate watchdog should be given more power to crack down on the practice.
"We had that classic example a few months ago when there was a long weekend in the eastern states and not a long weekend in West Australia ... there was a jump of about 12 to 15 cents in the eastern states and the price in West Australia stayed at the previous level," NRMA president Alan Evans told a parliamentary inquiry into the price of petrol.
Mr Evans said prices would have probably dropped if there was not a long weekend ahead in NSW, the ACT, Western Australia and South Australia.
Schools are on holidays in most states as well.
Rather than relying on an industry whistleblower, Mr Evans said the answer was to give the competition watchdog more power.
Also appearing before the inquiry, Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan cried poor, saying Australian oil refineries were doing it tough.
"It's really difficult for little refineries to compete in an ugly world," he said.
"It's very, very important those refineries operate perfectly to maximise what they can do in a competitive world."
Treasury officials appearing before the inquiry said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had all the power it needed to probe claims of anti-competitive behaviour.
"We would say that the ACCC has extensive powers to investigate alleged breaches of the Trade Practices Act," Treasury's market groups executive director James Murphy told the inquiry.
Later in the day, Mr Caplan refused to publicly answer a question about the details of the deal between Shell and retail giant Coles Myer.
In July 2003, Shell and Coles Myer began opening petrol stations that offered motorists a four cent per litre discount if they used a Coles shopping docket.
Prior to going behind closed doors, Mr Caplan said about 90 per cent of Shell's petrol was sold via its Coles service stations.
But Mr Caplan baulked when inquiry chairman George Brandis asked for details of the deal.
"I would be prepared to discuss in camera, but I would not be comfortable discussing in open session because they (the agreements) do contain commercially sensitive elements which I'd not really want to disclose," Mr Caplan said.
The inquiry went behind closed doors for about an hour as the question was answered.
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Just noticed that the Sydney Morning Herald online site has upgraded
their weather page today.
It's not too bad now and includes marine forecasts and warnings, 8 day forecasts, even
dam levels, radar, satellite, tides and offshore wind speeds..all in the one page.
Good if you need a weather check at a glance.
it's here if you want to bookmark it.
Pete.
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Fascinating stuff there.
Who knows what else is lurking in the depths eh?
There must be a lot we still don't know about.
Thanks again for the links.
Pete.
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Thanks Flattie...you are a mine of information when it comes to
stuff like this...many thanks.
Pete.
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Reminds me of the Antarctic icefish that can be frozen in ice floes for extended periods, thaw out and swim off - they too have the antifreeze in their blood.
Flattieman.
Flattie...you will probably know this.
Someone once told me that flatties are actually prehistoric fish.
Is this true?
They sure look like they could have come from way back when.
Pete.
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There ya go, mate:
Flattieman.
Thanks Flattie.
Just doing some reading on the Patagonian Toothfish and boy, they are a special kind of fish.
Like having an anti freeze protein substance in their blood (which is clear, not red) that stop
ice crystals forming in their bloodstream.
Aint nature amazing!
Pete.
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There are heaps heaps better spots at long reef than the wrecks. Pretty sure it is the old dee why ferry and possibly another ship or two down there. There are fish on it, but there are better areas IMO.
Here's a website that has ALL the wrecks listed as well as the AUS66 Datum GPS co-ords.
There are even pictures and history of each wreck...a good read.
http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/articles/nswwrex.htm
Cheers,
Pete.
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Two Spanish fisherman have been fined for illegally fishing endangered Patagonian toothfish in Australian waters in the Southern Ocean last year.
Alfonso Dacruz Amoedo and Enrique Dominguez had 143 tonnes of toothfish on their Cambodian flagged boat, the FV Taruman, when it was intercepted by Australian authorities near sub-antarctic Macquarie Island in September last year.
The vessel was later escorted to Hobart.
Documents later proved only that 3.9 tonnes of the fish were illegally caught in Australian waters within two or three days in June last year.
The fish were caught with long lines and processed on board the vessel.
In the District Court in Sydney today, Judge Stephen Norrish fined the two men $65,000 and $53,000 respectively, although the maximum penalties under the law were a fine of $1.375 million.
The judge found that the men were not pirates because most of their catch had been caught legally and said they were industrious men of good character.
It is believed they will soon be deported from Australia.
Amoedo, the ship's fishing master, and Dominguez, the captain, are both residents of Uruguay.
Patagonian toothfish is also known as Chilean sea bass. It was once shunned by many seafood lovers but it came into fashion in the mid-1990s.
Nowadays it is one of the most expensive seafood items on the world market and conservationists fear overfishing means its numbers are on the verge of collapse.
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Keep 'em coming Flattieman.
I just love reading these wierd and wonderful fishy news bits.
You must be digging like a coal miner to find some of them.
A great new feature for Fishraider.
Pete.