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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Basking shark video
The BBC website has a short video from Dan Burton of basking sharks arriving off Cornwall as part of their annual migration. Even though hundreds are now arriving, they are still pretty difficult to spot. Like their larger cousins, whale … Continue reading
WWF’s Seafood Guide
As part of their Seafood Choice Initiative to encourage people to choose what seafood they eat responsibly, WWF Hong Kong have also published a Seafood Guide. In it seafood is broken down into 3 categories: Recommended Think Twice – Ask … Continue reading
Robotic sub reaches Challenger Deep
On 31 May, a robotic sub named the Nereus reached a depth of 10,902 metres at Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. This is the deepest known part of the ocean. In 1960 The Trieste, a bathyscaphe, reached a depth … Continue reading
Don’t rubbish Hong Kong waters
The Marine Department says that the amount of trash collected from Hong Kong waters has more then doubled in the last 10 years, from 6,750 tonnes in 1998 to 12,900 tonnes last year. This excludes 15,500 tonnes that were collected … Continue reading
The Plastic Vortex
The Plastic Vortex is an area of the Pacific Ocean which contains millions of tons of floating plastic waste. No-one knows how large it is, but some estimates put it as wide as Texas or nearly 4 times as large … Continue reading
Diver pleads guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife on a dive
David Watson’s wife Tina died on the first dive of a 10 day trip to the Great Barrier Reef off Townsville in October 2003. Afterwards Mr. Watson went back to the US, but in mid-2008 the coroner found that it … Continue reading
Report into the Port Island fatality
I’ve just come across a report into the fatal accident off Port Island (Chek Chau / 赤洲) on 27 July 2008, where a diver was killed by a turning propellor. It was compiled by the Marine Accident Investigation Section of … Continue reading