What
is Happening to our Seas?
Dr Floor Anthoni
June
2006
A
series of winter seminars by Dr Floor Anthoni, Seafriends
Most
fishermen must have noticed by now that fishing is not
as good as it used to be, and that things are getting
worse, despite all good intentions.
We see shellfish
beds disappearing and not coming back, even after years
of respite.
For those going
under the water, it has become clear that the species
we do not fish at all, like sponges and even seaweeds,
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Cheltenham Beach Caretakers shellfish
survey 2006 |
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Obviously, fishing is
not the only problem, so what is happening to our seas?
Dr Floor Anthoni from
the Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Centre in Leigh,
well known for his extensive web site www.seafriends.org.nz, now
visited by over 1.5 million visitors each year, has made a twenty
year study of this phenomenon.
Degradation of the sea
is known under the more common name of eutrophication (over-nourishment)
which causes a mysterious disease in the sea, little understood
by scientists. But now Dr Anthoni has made epoch-making discoveries
that explain how it all happens as he also found a new scientific
method to measure it.
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The
results of these findings are rather alarming, reason why
a series of seminars is held to inform community and business
leaders of its consequences.
New Zealand has
entered a new era in which conventional fisheries management
such as bag limits and the QMS, as also marine reserves,
can no longer be effective.
As the problems
grow like an invisible cancer, we must lose no time to act.
Counting cockles
and pipi at Cheltenham Beach |
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The
seminars present new knowledge and facts in a no-nonsense fast-paced
delivery that is not difficult to understand
You will gain new insight
and new ways of looking at problems. The information has never
before been presented, and the seminar gives you a unique opportunity
to meet the author to ask burning questions. Book now to avoid
disappointment.
July
2006 programme |
| Date |
Venue |
City |
Phone |
| Thurs 6 Jul |
Dickens Inn, Cameron Street |
Whangarei |
09 4300406 |
| Tues 11 Jul |
Harbour Function Centre, Oteha Valley Rd |
Albany, North Shore |
09 4140153 |
| Wed 12 Jul |
Ellerslie Motor Inn, 2 Wilkinson Rd |
Ellerslie, Auckland |
09 5251909 |
| Thur 13 Jul |
Alpers Conference Centre, 16 Alpers Ave |
Newmarket, Auckland |
09 5398888 |
| Mon 17 Jul |
Grosvenor Motor Inn, 165 Ulster St |
Hamilton |
07 8383399 |
| Tues 18 Jul |
Summit Motor Lodge, 213 Waihi Rd |
Tauranga |
07 5781181 |
| Wed 19 Jul |
Lake Plaza Hotel, 1000 Eruera St |
Rotorua |
07 3486199 |
Seminars from 13:00
to 16:00. 40 people max. The cost of $90 per person (incl GST),
includes a Seafriends CD valued $30, plus afternoon tea. Pay on
arrival. The profits from these seminars will help the non-profit
Seafriends organisation.
RSVP essential 09 4735433,
Diane Hughes, Mob: 021 1075288, diane@seafriends.org.nz
. www.seafriends.org.nz/seminars/
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