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25.01.2022 Tomorrow night!
25.01.2022 Have you seen a whale this winter? Join us this Wednesday night for an evening celebrating the gentle giants of the deep.
21.01.2022 In August, Sea Stories will be exploring ways we can reduce our footprint and care for our oceans. Presenting 'the Ocean Friends Checklist ~ navigating eco ideas in 2019'. Speaker, Lia Pereira is part-owner of Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounters & cofounder of Sea Shelter. Lia grew up in the mountains with no electricity and no TV until her late teens. With a background in zoology, Lia has spent most of her adult life promoting conservation in one form or another. Along with he...r husband, Marine Biologist Ryan Pereira the pair have moulded Irukandji into a conservation hub to advocate for healthy oceans & launched Sea Shelter a non-profit organisation rescuing marine life and getting everybody involved with educational community events just like this. Join Lia as she explores some easy lifestyle hacks you can use to make an impact on the health of our ocean and environment. 7pm, Wednesday 14th August Waratah Room, Tomaree Library 7 Community Close, Salamander Bay.
21.01.2022 Join us in November for the last 'Sea Stories' event of 2019. The Life and Habits of Sea Urchins will be hosted by Greg Finn (Pristine Waters/Pacific Urchin) and agricultural scientist and diver, Ron Bowditch. Together they will explore the curious life of sea urchins, their role within the ecosystem and sustainable harvesting practises. 7pm, Wednesday 13th November Waratah Room, Tomaree Library 7 Community Close, Salamander Bay.
18.01.2022 Join us tonight!
17.01.2022 Hi all this years festival is looking to be a beauty, with some exciting things happening. Please feel free to share this poster around x the program will be going up on our website tomorrow #whales, #seashepherd #take3forthesea #whalewatching
12.01.2022 Marine Parks Association continues its series of Sea Stories in September with a presentation on a rehabilitation project on Broughton Island.
12.01.2022 Interesting read, nothing particularly new, but all the more reason for NGOs to be on the case and keep vigilant!!
10.01.2022 Shark nets kill thousands of innocent marine animals every year. But science shows they don’t even work to keep swimmers safe. There are plenty of non-lethal al...ternatives government should be using instead including eco-barriers, drones, and shark spotter programs. Please sign the petition to replace the nets: https://notothenets.com/ More than 15,000 animals have been caught in Queensland’s lethal shark control program including endangered species. Many died slow, agonising deaths. It’s time to get these out-dated and ineffective devices out of the water. Please add you name to the petition calling for humane alternatives: https://notothenets.com/
10.01.2022 Join us on Wednesday for the Ocean Friends Checklist! Sea Shelter Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounters
10.01.2022 What are you doing this Friday/Saturday afternoon? Operation Posidonia are asking 'citizen scientists' to collect any live shoots from their local beach and bring them to one of their collection spots. Operation Posidonia will then transplant these shoots into old mooring scars. Restoration trials using detached seagrass shoots have been very promising, with survival of 70% of planted shoots. DPI and UNSW scientists are inviting members of the public to join them for a stroll... along Salamander Bay. Learn all about seagrass, and collect some fragments for re-planting along the way. Walks will happen on Friday 1st November, 3:30pm, AND/OR Saturday 2nd November, 2pm. Bobs Cairns Reserve, Salamander Bay RSVP to [email protected] For more information visit: www.operationposidonia.com
09.01.2022 In September, Sea Stories will be visiting Broughton Island. The evening will focus on pelagic sea birds and other native wildlife which inhabit the islands and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service projects helping in the recovery and rehabilitation of those species. Presenter, Suse Callaghan has worked for NPWS for 15 years. For the last 12 years, she has been based in Nelson Bay and heavily involved in the rehabilitation projects on Broughton Island. 7pm, Wednesday ...11th September Waratah Room, Tomaree Library 7 Community Close, Salamander Bay. See more
09.01.2022 June is shaping up to be a big month for all things Nature! 2nd June Shoal Bay SUP are hosting Paddle for the Planet 8th June Sea Shelter are inviting you to participate in the Fingal Forage! Don't forget our next instalment of Sea Stories: Nature of Whales on 10th June... and.... We're still looking to add volunteers to our roster for the 2019 Port Stephens Community Dolphin Census (visit www.marineparksassociation.org.au to register). See more
07.01.2022 This Saturday is World Ocean's Day. To celebrate Sea Shelter have organised the Fingal Forage! It will be a fun morning, filled with lots of fun, educational, ocean themed activities. Visit the events page and follow the links to register.
05.01.2022 A big thank you to everyone who participated in last Sunday's dolphin census! More than 100 dolphins were recorded during the morning count. I'm looking forward to finalising the results and sharing then with you all soon. If you haven't submitted a census report, it's not too late! Head over to www.marineparksassociation.org.au . Remember, if you didn't see a dolphin during the count, that information is just as important!
05.01.2022 This is outrageous
01.01.2022 John 'Stinker' Clarke is a local legend who loves a good yarn... especially if it's told with a rod in hand. As author of four history books about the region and more than 16,000 articles on fishing for the Port Stephens Examiner, 'Stinker' has a yarn or two to tell. We're exited for 'Stinker' to present July's Sea Stories: Where we were, where we are going. Fishing in Port Stephens. 7pm, Friday 12th July ... Waratah Room, Tomaree Library 7 Community Close, Salamander Bay. *Please note date change*
