Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
Lauren Cameo and Fiona McQueen enjoyed a new freediving experience when they visited Ardrossan jetty recently. They found hundreds of tiny sea cucumbers called Rowedota shepherdi there. The first sighting (Taken by Lauren Cameo) Details can be found on Facebook at any of the following: Facebook 1 Facebook 2 Facebook […]
There has been a recent revision of skeleton shrimp species following the discovery of thousands of skeleton shrimp on commercial fishing nets in the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia. The discovery led to the review of a species from Far East Asia, a review of previous records, and recognition of a […]
According to ABC News, scientists recently unveiled Seamap, a “mass online mapping tool revealing marine life on ocean floors”. Seamap was described as “A world-first internet portal … making it possible to access sea floor habitat research from around Australia in one place.” Further, A data analyst says the resource […]
David Muirhead has been writing a regular column titled “Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” for the monthly issues of Yankalilla Regional News since October 2021. He has now become known as the “Fish Whisperer”. David’s column is very interesting and beautifully illustrated with many of his underwater photos. There is […]
The article titled Uncommon Smooth Crassatella (Giant) Cockle found at Brighton SA featured photos taken by both David Muirhead and Peter Muirhead. As you might suspect, the two are related to each other. Peter was David’s cousin and he died recently after a long illness. David and I both attended Peter’s […]
AusOcean’s Trek Hopton sent in video footage from the Rapid Bay jetty underwater camera showing what appears to be a western cleaner clingfish on the lens of the camera. It can be seen at 11.12 at https://www.youtube.com/live/DW5VEhcmFsI?feature=share&t=672. Certainly, the little fish is, as Trek suggests, a “Bit too close for […]
Thousands of photos captured by everyday Australians reveal the secrets of our marine life as oceans warm Published: August 29, 2022 – This article is republished from Thousands of photos captured by everyday Australians reveal the secrets of our marine life as oceans warm (theconversation.com) As the planet heats up, many marine […]
I recently stumbled upon this guide to the identification of whale species (that may be seen off of our coast) from one of our 2005 newsletters: – How you can identify the most popular whale species off our coast (Courtesy SA Whale Centre: www.sawhalecentre.com ) Aside from our beloved Southern Right […]
To quote Sara Criddle from Facebook, “It’s still there!” I refer to the Western Crested Morwong, Goniistius gibbosus (aka WA Magpie Morwong), that has been sighted at Port Noarlunga jetty and reef this year. As I reported in Observations made during our recent dive at Port Noarlunga Reef, “Western Crested […]
As I reported in the March issue of the SDFSA newsletter, “According to a Facebook post by ASFB (@AustSocFishBiol), “Report your observations of fish tool use! A new citizen science project by @TarielJuliette and @CulumBrown is inviting divers, snorkellers and aquarium-goers to submit their observations of tool use behaviour, in […]