My Squid Squad Sightings
During the presentation by Society members at our September 2023 meeting, I mentioned that I had some video footage (of a ‘squadron’) of squid taken during a night dive at…
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During the presentation by Society members at our September 2023 meeting, I mentioned that I had some video footage (of a ‘squadron’) of squid taken during a night dive at…
Following on from the presentation by some of our members at our September meeting, I thought this whole concept of ‘small group’ members presentations/discussions on current topics of interest was not…
These are the notes prepared for the presentation given by Chris Iwanicki, David Muirhead and Steve Reynolds at our September General Meeting. There would have been some ad-libbing and questions…
I posted details on iNaturalist regarding my sighting of what appeared to be Giant Chitons, Plaxiphora albida at Fishery Beach on 15th September 2023. “These were quite common on this…
Congratulations to Professor Sean Connell, Ms Sandy Carruthers, Dr Dominic McAfee, Ms Anita Nedoskyo and Mr Alan Noble (The University of Adelaide) on being a finalist for the SA Science…
PhD student Brad Martin has made some exciting research findings. Brad, with Ryan Baring, was seeking to understand how the different bivalve habitats within the Port River estuary are supporting…
The Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) has been involved in researching and monitoring Goolwa pipi (cockles) population dynamics and associated aspects e.g. recreational pipi extraction impacts. Open season is currently November…
There have been a couple of blanket octopus sightings recently. Jacinta Shackleton filmed one whilst snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef. According to the Twitter post, “This species of pelagic…
This was actually going to be my first lock-down story before I got carried away with the story about how my nose surgery affected my diving. (These ‘Lock-down’ stories aren’t…
In The Advertiser this week, the CEO of Clean Seas, Rob Gratton, claimed that if yellowtail kingfish farming returns to Fitzgerald Bay, upstream of the Point Lowly giant cuttlefish aggregation…