BARBARY COAST DIVERS NEWSLETTER
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Discover Sounds of the Sea at thisaudio website! |
Just wanted to let all my dive buddies and friends know about
some cool seat covers I picked up at Costco yesterday. They are made out
of neoprene, just like our wetsuits and they fit really good and are waterproof.
Curt |
| http://www.divenewswire.com/
See link above. Luxfer tank company is offering a $50 credit (good for the purchase of a aluminum tank) for anyone who sends them one of their aluminum tanks made between 1972 and mid-1988.
Michael Walsh |
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| The Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary website and web address at http://montereybay.nos.noaa.gov/ Check it out and bookmark it for future use, as it is a major update and addition to their previous site. Under resource management, new sections have been added summarizing an array of resource protection issues facing the sanctuary, and updates provided for many of their existing programs. |
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Now there's an alternative to hot airfillshttp://honestphil.net/Diver%27s%20Home%20Page-%20no%20flash.htm |
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AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY - MONTEREY BAY CHAPTER Monthly meeting at HOPKINS MARINE STATION, Lecture Hall, Boatworks Date: Thursday, January 30th 2003 Time: 7:30 p.m. Please join us for refreshments at 7:00 Title: Secret killers of Monterey Bay: a video on the orcas of our areafilmed by Paul and Grace Niska Atkins, with Anne Marie Hammers, narrated byEdward Norton. This new video, made for National Geographic, and recently shown on MSNBC,was created over three seasons by film makers Paul and Grace Niska Atkins,together with Anne Marie Hammers. It was filmed with the guidance ofwell-known local orca authorities Nancy Black and Richard Ternullo. Afterthe video, questions and discussion will be led by Richard Ternullo and AlanBaldridge. Among several areas of the world where killer whales occur and can bestudied, Monterey Bay is in the forefront of advancing our knowledge of manyaspects of this spectacular predator. Our local orca population is made uppredominantly of "transients" which range from SE Alaska to southernCalifornia and feed mostly on marine mammals with the occasional seabird orother prey. In addition to prey capture the video shows tissue sampling forpollutants and unique footage of the only recorded occurrence of theSouthern resident pods from Puget Sound. Note that some video footage may be graphic in its depiction. Please join us for an unusual opportunity to see these magnificent andpowerful animals of our local waters. |
Jan 19th marks the 13th anniversary of the Pier 39 California Sea Lions |
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Why is it significant that northern fur seals are stranding this late in the year? |
Save the Whales at this site |
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