The Marine Meganet brings together researchers working with marine megafauna including sharks, large rays, large finfish and turtles through the lens of an international network of passive acoustic receivers.
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- Founded:
- 2007
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REcovered tag 6214Created about 2 months ago
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Events
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- Symposium on Mesoamerican Shar...
Radisson Fort George
Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00am - Holbox field work
Holbox, Mexico
Monday, July 6 at 2:00pm
Marine Meganet
Calling all Floridians living between Boca Raton or Pompano Beach, keepa
look out for a small satellite location only SPOT tag that is rapidly
drifting towards you...the last location was N26.2519937 W80.0816200 -
$$$ REWARD for its retrieval and return!
Marine Meganet
asks all those who care about Belize's marine resources and who want to
support the fight of local fishers against unreasonable exploitation
ventures and th development of tranparent controls over the
exploitation of Belize's fish by foreign companies, please sign the
online petition.
www.thepetitionsite.com
Tell the Belize government to reject commercial fishing in Belize waters by foreigners. (32 signatures on petition)
Marine Meganet Anyone know anybody living south of Veracruz, Mexico near the coastalcommunity of Alvarado, I can provide an early Christmas present forfinding and returning my SPOT satelite tag!
Marine Meganet Is wondering where the loop current will take her SPOT tag 6225 to next...the Bahamas perhaps???
Marine Meganet There will be an unprecedented meeting of Southern Belize fishers, fishing guides and dive guides from Hopkins all the way to PG, in Punta Gorda tomorrow to discuss the Jamaican Fisheries issues...and the Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries is coming!
Marine Meganet Ok, now we are seriously worried for Belize's fish. We just found out last night in a town council meeting that there are apparently 3 Jamaican fishing companies in country, not just one...traps, deep water longline, trawlers...A meeting to discuss this situation of concern is scheduled for 3pm, wed 9th in Punta Gorda's Parrish Hall. Come all who can.
Marine Meganet The local fishing and conservation communities are collectively very worried about the impacts that a new set of fishers and fishing gears will have on Belize. Our resources are already under tremendous pressures and now we have 5 Jamaican boats that have arrived to fish with large traps and agreed to purchase 40,000 l...bs of fish a month for 15 years. This is not a sustainable venture.
Marine Meganet The close up map of Veracruz shows the location of SPOT tags 6215. If you know anyone in that area wanting to look for and retrieve the tag and of course receive an early Christmas present (reward $$$), please let me know.
Marine Meganet Time for an update on the old SPOT tagged whale sharks. All tags are now off and drifting around the GOM, even old 6225 who visited the Cayman trench but now appears caught in the loop current. I am thrilled with the data from these deployments though. Also 6214 was found and 6215 may soon be located... Any contacts in... Veracruz, Mexico wanting an early Christmas bonus?
Marine Meganet For those of you who have never heard of or seen the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, please visit their new Facebook page which shows off some of the many wonders of the banks, including the population of mantas that we are studying!
Park:333 fans
Marine Meganet Unfortunately the "landing sharks with fins on" proposal that Belize co-sponsored at ICCAT in Brazil failed to pass due to opposition from the European Union and China among others. Although there is a ban on the retention and sale of big eye thresher (bar an exception for Mexico) there is no protection for the short f...in mako, which is commonly caught as a byproduct of the bluefin tuna fishery. Back to square two....
Marine Meganet
Very happy to see that the latest field endeavour tracking whale sharks was considered a success. The sharks are transmitting their positions consistentely and can be seen at http://www.adoptashark.com/sharktracking
UnderwaterTimes | With The Help Of Volunteers, Iemanya Oceanica Whale Shark Tagging Expedition Deeme
www.underwatertimes.com
With The Help Of Volunteers, Iemanya Oceanica Whale Shark Tagging Expedition Deemed A Success. (UnderwaterTimes.com News Service - 2009-10-29 15:05:19)
Marine Meganet Tag 6214 HAS BEEN RECOVERED! If in good enough condition we may be able to redeploy it. Congratulations to Todd Neahr, who works for Texas Parks and Wildlife for the recovery and to Eric Hoffmayer for coordinating the quick response. Thanks also to Emma Hickerson and Marissa Nutall (NOAA- FGBNMS) for putting together a... flyer and contacts for the tag recovery. Photos are following shortly.
Marine Meganet Ok, SPOT tag 6214 s definitely off the whale shark and has come ashore in TExas somewaht close to Corpus Christi, Meganet colleagues Eric Hoffmayer and Emma HIckserson are deploying a net of known people in the area to recover the tag! Cross fingers for a recovery.
