Stellwagen Shipwrecks

Friday, November 30, 2007

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is presenting:
A View into the Past: Historic Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary
Saturday, December 1, 2PM - 4PM

Join maritime archaeologists Deborah Marx and Matthew Lawrence at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center for a tour of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary's historic shipwrecks to uncover the mysteries and secrets hidden beneath the waves. The two hour event will include a showing of the 45-minute Science Channel's Viewers Choice Award documentary "The Wreck of the Portland," followed by a presentation on Sanctuary maritime heritage projects and a tour of the Sanctuary's exhibit in the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester, MA

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Frozen Turkey dive & Treasure Hunt

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Aqua Center's Annual Frozen Turkeys Treasure Hunt Dive is THIS Saturday, November 17, 11:00 AM
This is the original Aqua Center event, a hybrid treasure / hunt holiday party. Prizes will be drawn based on the amount of "treasure" (markers) recovered. The more booty you find, the better your chances are to win!

The prizes are:
-A $20.00 cash prize will be awarded to the diver finding the most markers.
-A $50.00 cash prize will be awarded to the diver who finds the Gold Coin!
-The top prize is a $100.00 Aqua Center Gift card

Treasure Hunt Prizes Are:

* $100.00 Aqua Center Gift Certificate
* $50.00 Aqua Center Gift Certificate
* $50.00 Cash Prize
* $20.00 Cash Prize
* Assorted Bottles of "Holiday Cheer"
* $50.00 Gift Certificate to "Carrie's Candles" for hand-made holiday candles
* Food Goodies
* Assorted Booty
* ....and one Frozen Turkey!

The entry fee for this event is $10.00. All Monies collected from entry fees will be donated to the Sandwich Food Pantry.

E-Mail AQcenter@aol.com, or call 508-888-3444 for more details!

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Seafood Watch - on your cell phone

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

When ordering seafood, The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch site is a fantastic reference to check out a particular fish's abundance, fishing practices and impact. You can look up the fish in question, and support only those fish and fisheries that practice sustainable fishing.

Now, you don't even have to be near a computer! Going to www.seafoodwatch.org on a web-enabled mobile phones and PDAs will bring up a site specially formatted for the device. Fishphone.org from the Blue Ocean Institute offers a similar service.

If you don’t have a web-enabled phone, you can send a text message to 30644 with the text, "FISH" and the fish type (for example: text "FISH swordfish" to see the info on swordfish). You will receive a text message back with all the fish's info! (normal text messaging rates apply)

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