Happy Halloween from the NEADC
Monday, October 30, 2006


Happy Halloween!

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     REEF Newsletter features NEADC Lionfish
Thursday, October 26, 2006
The latest REEF newsletter features an article about the lionfish found by Chris Benoit at the tropical fish hunt. Here's the story from the REEF-in-Brief Newsletter.

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     BSC/Gloucester Dive Flag Update
Saturday, October 21, 2006
The minutes from the last Bay State Council meeting have been posted to the website. You can find them at http://www.neadc.org/BSC_Minutes_2006-10-11.html

These minutes discuss a brief summary of what is going on, and what has been done so far to fight it. The next meeting of the Bay State Council will be held on OCTOBER 25, at the South Shore Neptunes’ Clubhouse in Quincy (at the corner of
Quarry Street and Joyce Road) at 7:30PM. [Google Map] Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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     Bay State Council Mtg on 10/11/06
Friday, October 13, 2006
The Bay State Council of Divers met to discuss the Gloucester Dive flag ordinance. For those who don't know, ordinance requires all divers to carry a dive flag, plus divers are required to maintain a 25 foot avoidance zone from lobster traps/trap lines.

So far an attorney has been hired, and with that funds must be raised to pay him. The council stressed that they need the dive community's help in raising these funds. More info coming soon!

The next meeting between the council and the dive clubs will be held on October 25th. All divers are encouraged to attend (there were only about 30 at this meeting)

If you would like to donate, you can send a check to:

Bay State Council of Divers c/o South Shore Neptune's
P.O. Box 518
Quincy, Mass. 02169

Mass Diving has also set up a portion of their webite store for donations if you would like to donate via credit card.

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     Good and Bad Invasive Species Stories
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

First the good news: Mussels evolve quickly to defend against invasive crabs It looks like New England Mussels are evolving a harder shell to combat the increased attacks of invasive crabs. What's interesting is that this has occurred in about 15 years - rather than thousands of years that evolution usually takes

and the bad: Invasive sea squirts persist on Georges Bank Monitoring by Woods Hole has found that the invasive Tunicates (More info) have thrived. "The area of seabed covered by the colonies has doubled at 75 percent of the sites we observed in both 2005 and 2006"


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     2007 Elections
Thursday, October 05, 2006
It's that time of year again! At the November General meeting we will be taking nominations for the 2007 officer positions. ANYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO RUN FOR ANY POSITIONS! We are looking for candidates for all positions. Some officers may be running again, but don't let that stop you from running - we'd love to have elections with multiple candidates.

If you have some ideas for the club, or you want to see something happen, become an officer. Look for officer duty descriptions on the website, or newsletter, or email and officer

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     Lowell Lectures
The Aquarium's Lowell Lecture series has been updated. Upcoming topics are:

Tuesday, October 10, 2006:
Reframing the Debate on Aquaculture with Michael Rubino, NOAA

Monday, October 16:
New Orleans—The World’s First Major Global Warming Disaster
with William Sargent, environmental author

Monday, October 23, 2006:
“Aquaculture: An Update on the Evolution of the Blue Revolution”
with Barry Costa-Pierce, Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program

Monday, October 30, 2006
“Penguin Songs: the Behavior and Conservation of Magellanic Penguins”
with J. Alan Clark, University of Washington

Monday, November 6, 2006
“Opportunities and Challenges for Farming the Deep Blue”
with Dr. Richard Langan
Director of the Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center and Co-Director of the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology

More info can be found at http://www.neaq.org/scilearn/lecture/

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     NEADC on TV Tonight!
Monday, October 02, 2006
The news story about the Tropical Fish hunt (and a club member finding a Pacific Lionfish) will be on NECN tonight (10/2/06) at 9 PM.

The story is now on NECN's website The dive club isn't mentioned, but there is an interview with Chris Benoit who found the fish.

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