Photo Taken by Shark Victim “Kitty” Macully
Kathleen “Kitty” Macully was a keen photographer. This photo was taken by her: – (Source: State Library of SA, courtesy of ‘Grant GT’ on the Brighton South Australia and Beyond.…
Links to some recent events in the media
Below are some links to some recent events in the media: – (1) The recent fish kill was reported on KI, both North and South sides. There was a good…
Snorkel Trip to Morgan’s Beach
A pair of Society members visited Morgan’s Beach near Cape Jervis for a snorkel recently. Unfortunately, the water was pretty murky and it seemed that most fish were hiding that…
Port Noarlunga Anchor Trail
There are several known anchors to be seen at Port Noarlunga. Certainly, most of them (4) are underwater and can only be visited by divers. There are, however, now three…
White-nose Pigfish, Perryena leucometopon, Sightings
Both Charmain Rogers and Eben Viljoen have photographed the rarely seen, very colourful, juvenile White-nose pigfish, Perryena leucometopon recently. These were seen at both Edithburgh and Port Hughes. (Photo courtesy…
The Future of the Maugean Skate Looks Bleak
The Maugean skate, Zearaja maugeana is being threatened by pollution caused by salmon farming in their Macquarie Harbour habitat in Tasmania. The Federal Government allocated $28.6m in the Mid-year Economic…
The landing of the First Mail at Glenelg jetty & the Masonic Ceremonials for the Commencement of the Construction of the Jetty
I wrote about the old Glenelg jetty in three of our old newsletters: June 2002 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/june2002.htm July 2002 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/july2002.htm September 2007 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/september2007.htm Those three articles were all linked together. A…
Injured Rock Ling Sighting
One of our members recently came across an injured Rock Ling, Genypterus tigerinus, and filed the following report: – “It was not doing well, having a significant injury on the…
“Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” Update
We reported at ‘Pretty Fishes’ File that we had started a file of David Muirhead’s regular column titled “Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” for the monthly issues of Yankalilla Regional…
Odd Growth seen on Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber
As posted on iNaturalist , “This Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber, has an odd growth or hypertrophic tissue response to something like a traumatic or parasitic injury on its head: –…