Hi there,
I was wondering if NZ had any plans for world oceans day? I think it is next week or the week after,
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Forest & Bird » Marine and Coastal
World Oceans Day
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World Ocean's Day was 8th June. Unfortunately due to a limited capacity to plan any major advocacy events, Forest & Bird did not highlight the day :(
On World Oceans Day 2007 we launched our proposal for a Marine Mammal Sanctuary to protect our critically endangered Maui's dolphins.
Quite nice to see that just under a year later (May 2008), the government announced exactly that, plus 3 other new sanctuaries and an extention to the Banks Peninsula marine mammal sanctuary. PLUS significant restriction on fishing in areas that overlap with Hector's and Maui's dolphins. For more information see: http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/campaigns/help-hectors-dolphins-/mauis-dolphins
Perhaps we should start planning now for World Ocean's Day 2010. Anyone willing to lend a hand??? Please contact me direct :)
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Oh,.. it's just been pointed out to me that we are only on 3rd June. Doh!
Ok, .. in which case there is time to act people. Who's doing what and where. If anyone needs resources for public displays / events just yell.
Re. National action,... whatch this space and we'll see what we can do!
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How about something with the Best Fish Guide Kirstie? That's incredibly popular.
For those who haven't seen what I'm talking about yet, take a look here: http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/publications/-best-fish-guidePosted 2 years ago # -
Hee hee we could all eat fish to celebrate the day!
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Today we had our own manuka smoked mussels, manuka smoked brown trout and very fresh paua sliced really thinly and snap fried in lemon and olive oil....and also spent the lunchtime thinking about World Ocean's Day.
Actually I realised just how much I didn't know about marine ecosystems. My son Mike and I yesterday did this 30km return tramp to an amazing area of flat limestone reefs. Here there were wall to wall paua under every rock and alongside them were the big black creatures that looked like paua without shells. We left them alone and only took 10 paua each of which was 150mm or more (the legal size is 125mm). Once home we googled away trying to find out about these sea slugs or nudibranchs....only to eventually learn that they are essentially shelless limpets. I'm sure Kirstie knows all about them. Mike wants to know if you can eat them?
The sea is wonderful. It is scary when the tide is rising and you have to walk home on wave platforms beneath coastal cliffs. It is so full of life and in many places it has been so abused.
We need to keep reminding ourselves what an extraordinary marine heritage we have in NZ and World Oceans Day is a good time to do this.
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I've just discovered this chat space - great to see F&B creating accessible ways to share green thoughts. Eating nudibranchs! Gerry what is that rogue son of yours thinking? It might help him get over that sea food addiction as I imagine they're pretty toxic given the stunning costumes they wear. Well I won't be eating sea life but I am planning on having a personal Oceans Day on Sunday and visiting a little tribe of sea hares hang out at Taputeranga MR in Wgton - they are damn delightful in a slothful way and lay the most stunning yellow ribbons of eggs. Also of interest down there are a few dotterel that stuck around to brave the winter and I'm hoping to see some more pipit if last week's storm didn't carry them all out to Cook Strait.
Now to choose from the sensational line up of World Environment Day events - gosh it's good to be in the Capital.
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Something I'd love to see is a school/flock/gaggle/herd (what's the plural?) of seahorses in the wild. Years ago my varsity research work had me trapsing out across what felt like miles of intertidal mudflats to a reef which extends into the Upper Waitemata Harbour (Auckland), and there were often others out there looking for (and probably catching) seahorses. I wonder if they're still out there? (the seahorses, not the people, before Helen mocks...8-)).
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Nice try Gerry. I'm not fooled! Well done Rachel - very nicely put!
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Hi Gerry,
Those black things that look like paua without shell are Scutus breviculus - or shield limpets. They have a shell that is hidden on their backs, under the mantle of their flesh. I used to love finding them in rock pools when i was a kid.Posted 2 years ago # -
Yup - here's a close pic from Welly S. coast.
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The butt of all Ocean's Day topics revealed by San Diego Statue University - check out the GreenRoom link: http://forum.forestandbird.org.nz/topic/butt-butt-butt-just-stop-it-cigarette-butts-are-killing-our-seas
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A few wise words from th UN:
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/oceansday2009.pdf
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More Ocean Day words from someone closer to home...
Metiria Turei - Green Party Co-leader:
http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/60165/our-seas-merit-stewardship
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