Shore diving

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Tom Bergendahl is offering to let divers try out Kayak diving. It will be in Marblehead on October 15th. More details on the Shore Diving Calendar

If anyone else wants to lead a shore dive, let me know and I'll post it up on the calendar. It's some of the best diving of the year - the beaches aren't crowded, the water's clearer, and there's plenty of close parking!

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NEAq regains its accreditation

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

The Aquarium regained it's accreditation by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, which was lost in 2003 because of financial and maintenance problems.

"Basically, we are on a path now to make the New England Aquarium a world-class institution again," said Bud Ris, the aquarium's president and CEO, who has been at the helm for about a year. "The Big Dig is almost finished, and, with the Greenway coming, you can find the aquarium again. Financially we are much stronger. We will be running on a $1 million to $2 million surplus. That will allow us to put money back into the maintenance of the building. We still have a lot more work to do there."

More info from the Boston Globe

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Bay State Council meeting October 11

Thursday, September 21, 2006

There will be a Bay State Countil of Divers meeting on October 11. This is an open meeting to the public about the Gloucester dive flag ordinance. This meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Natick at 7:30pm

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Tropicals hunt Recap

At the Tropical fish hunt this past Sunday, one of our members brought in a Pacific Lionfish! The first reported in New England (according to the university of Florida) It was a great day with nearly 80 people showing up to the event.

There will be an article in this month's Alert Diver, and possibly other local news media.

More details coming soon!

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Hearings on new Area 2 Lobster Regulations

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

The Division of Marine Fisheries will hold hearings on Future Interstate Lobster Plan Amendments for Area 2 (Soutern Mass) Trap Transfer Reductions, and Area 2-specific V-notch Possession Rule. There will also be information about the issues facing American lobsters, as well as a range of potential management measures affecting the stock and dependent fisheries. It provides the public with the opportunity to identify major issues and alternatives relative to the management of lobster.

The issues discussed include (1) changes to the boundaries for the Lobster Conservation Management Areas; (2) uniform application of a V-notch definition and maximize size restrictions across all LCMAs; (3) more uniformity of minimum sizes across LCMAs; (4) restrictions on permits to control effort; (5) amending the non-trap sector daily allowances; and (6) adding a new objective to the management plan promoting more consistent regulations across all LCMAs.

Scheduled for September 25th (Gloucester) & 26th (New Bedford)

For further information on Draft Amendments and Addendums visit www.asmfc.org. For further information on DMF draft regulations visit www.mass.gov/marinefisheries.

To view the hearing notice, go here: The Full text is also on the Forum

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Tropical fish hunt & BBQ

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

The NEADC's Annual Tropical fish hunt and BBQ is THIS SUNDAY, September 17th in Ft Wetherill, RI. There will be great food, and plenty activities for non-divers too. There will be seining nets volleyball, music and raffles! Plus plenty of people on hand to tell you what kinds of fish have wandered up here!

This year's Flyer

More info about Collecting tropicals

Article from the 10/12/04 Boston Globe about the Dive Club's Tropicals collecting

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Assabet River clean up

Monday, September 11, 2006

Alan Budreau, is again leading the Assabet River clean up dive this year. It is a very pleasant, very shallow, freshwater dive in Stow, MA. In previous years, there has been a free light breakfast, water bottle, T-shirt, and pizza lunch.

Organization of the Assabet River (OAR) (www.assabetriver.org) sponsors this as a shore and wading cleanup, but the members who went and dove last year had a great time.

Directions and final meeting place are now posted, see the shore diving calendar for more info and how to sign up!

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