H ALIBUT HERALD

November 12, 2009

The Best of Underwater Life: From Seals to Swimming Tigers

There are 27 photos in total so check the link for enlarged versions of these amazing shots!
NOTE: The Leopard Seal -- about to chomp the camera on the top right & the penguin on the bottom left -- is 12 ft long!
VIEW MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6537688/The-best-of-underwater-life-from-killer-seals-to-
swimming-tigers.html?image=8

VanAqua’s Jim Bolger Interviewed by National Geographic Weekend!

The conversation ebbs and flows around

the (POST) Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking
Project and his team’s contributions to
the international Census of Marine Life.
LISTEN HERE:
http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/j
im-bolger-interviewed-by-national-
geographic-weekend/
Wireless Electricity Is Near Harvesting Fog Provides Poor Nations Vow Low-
Drinking Water, Food to Carbon Path
Peruvian Slums

Imagine a world where cords do not exist.

Where surge protectors and extension
cords are obsolete and multiple wall
sockets are unnecessary.
What if your electronic devices could be
powered by air?
Sounds like something out of a Sci-Fi
movie, but that world of ultra-convenience
is right around the corner, according to
WiTricity, a Massachusetts-based
company that says it will have wireless
electricity on the market within the next two
years. It’s a bold statement and the first
time a company has publicly announced
plans to make the technology commercially
available.
READ ON:
http://www.good.is/post/wireless-
electricity-is-near/
Recyclable Paper Laptop
Five panels, 8m x 4m perched on the
mountaintop are able to collect up to 60L
per night in wintertime!
In Lima, Peru, more than 1.3 million people
have no access to drinking water. The
citizens without it are in the poorest areas,
where water trucked in can cost nine times
as much as it does in richer areas. So,
citizens have had to either make do
without running water, or, with the help of a
German NGO, make dew into drinking
water.
READ ON:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11
/harvesting-fog-provides-drinking-
water-food-to-peruvian-slums.php
The Battle Strategy of
the Eco-Movement (with diagrams)
Poor countries considered vulnerable to
climate change have pledged to embark on
moves to a low-carbon future, and
challenge richer states to match them.
The declaration from the first meeting of a
new 11-nation forum calls on rich countries
to give 1.5% of their GDP for climate action
in the developing world.
It also calls for much tougher limits on
greenhouse gas emissions.
The forum was established by Maldives
President Mohamed Nasheed to highlight
the climate "threat" to poor nations.
READ ON:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur
e/8354872.stm

How often do you buy a new computer? After two years? Four?
For such complex products, we go through them pretty quick, and
that adds up to a lot of ultra harmful e-waste.
READ ON: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/recyclable-
pape.php
Inflatable Boat Designed as Underwater Vehicle
Gloucestershire based
Severn (7) Shipbuilders has
designed and developed an
innovative rigid inflatable
boat that is able to
submerge and operate
underwater.
READ ON:
http://www.eurekamagazi
ne.co.uk/article/20681/Infl Watch this 4 min video. Take a moment. Stop & think. Ask
atable-boat-designed-as- yourself, “Who do you follow?”
underwater-vehicle.aspx VIEW: http://current.com/items/91366390_the-battle-
strategy-of-the-eco-movement-with-diagrams.htm
 Hi all,

We wanted to give staff and volunteers an opportunity to get tickets to an upcoming

event (that is sure to sell out) at a discounted price.

The 2nd Annual Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown will feature sustainable seafood
chowders from 10 of BC’s finest chefs competing for the honour of the best
sustainable chowder in BC. Better yet, we have teamed up with 5 of the best local
micro-breweries to pair with the chowders.

Staff and volunteers are welcome to purchase tickets for the event at the special
rate of $28 (20% off) – see E-vite below.
The event will take place November 25th from 6-9pm. Please feel free to tell your
friends – regular price is $35.

To purchase tickets just click the link below

http://www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise/chowder.html

Now this is just WRONG! -- LOVE outlawed at Oregon Farmers Markets.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture wants Redmond’s
Sarah Yancey to stop putting love into the bread, cookies,
jams and jellies she makes — or at least stop listing “love” as an
ingredient, like flour or fruit.” Apparently this past August an ODA
inspector told her that “love was an impermissible ingredient
because it can’t be measured.”

READ ON: http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/11/12/love-

outlawed-at-oregon-farmers-markets/
How Much Water Does the The Rosy Lipped Batfish:
Ocean Have? Apparently, it’s
like a pit-bull with
lipstick, except
it's a fish

I don’t know
people…

I think it’s cute!

READ ON:
http://www.yesbutn
The calculation of variations in the sea level is
obutyes.com/archiv
relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to
es/2009/07/the_ros
then determine the change in the water mass.
y_lipped.html
The ocean mass depends, however, not only on
the volume, but also on the temperature and on
the salt content. Water expands when heated.
Shark Bite Prompts Surprise Birth
Warm water, thus, weighs less than the same
quantity of cold water.
READ ON:
http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/how-
much-water-does-the-ocean-have/

Deep-sea Fish Captured on Camera

A pregnant shark at a New Zealand aquarium was bitten by

The deepest living fish ever spotted in the southern hemisphere
have been caught on camera.
READ ON:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8353329.stm
another shark, unexpectedly releasing four baby sharks as
visitors watched.
READ ON & VIEW 21sec VIDEO:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8353867.stm
ICE COLD-BLOODED! Frigid Frogs:
Amphibians Freeze to Survive Winter

Intense! Dramatic! Beautiful! Graphic!

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.
Baby Elephant Birth Caught on Film

WATCH: READ ON: http://magblog.audubon.org/frigid-frogs-

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/656611/d1dfcfee/live_ amphibians-freeze-survive-winter
olifant_geboorte_tv.htm
A 'Lush' Natural Deodorizer A surprising natural, fabric- Elephant Seals Take Naps During Slow
safe deodorizer: vodka,
and the cheaper the Dives Through the Sea
better. Spraying costumes
and curtains with vodka is
an old theater trick for
keeping fabrics fresh;
mixed with a little essential
lavender oil, a sprig of
rosemary, a cinnamon
stick, and a few drops of
lemon: The result is light
and effective.
READ ON:
http://magblog.audubon.
org/lush-natural-
deodorizer
“[They] resemble a leaf that has dropped from a tree branch
and is falling toward the ground, fluttering from side to side,”
Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea READ ON:
Killer With An Upside http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/11/11/el
ephant-seals-take-naps-during-slow-dives-through-the-
A chemical culprit
sea/
responsible for the
rapid, mysterious
death of First Film of a 'Giant' Stingray
phytoplankton in the
North Atlantic Ocean
has been found by
collaborating
scientists at Rutgers
University and the
Woods Hole
Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI).

READ ON: http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/newly-

discovered-fat-molecule-an-undersea-killer-with-an-upside/

Scripps Scientists to Develop 'Swarms' of The smalleye stingray is the largest of all 70 species of
Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers stingray, attaining widths of more than 2m. The elusive
creature, first discovered in 1908, has only ever been seen
alive off Tofo in southern Mozambique.
READ ON: http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/first-
film-of-a-giant-stingray/

The Deep-Sea Crab That Eats Trees

Jules Jaffe and Peter Franks of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at

UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National
Science Foundation to develop swarms of autonomous underwater
explorers (AUEs), new ocean-probing instruments that will trace fine
details of fundamental oceanographic processes.

The miniature robots also can aid in science's development of marine

The crab survives by eating wood that has sunk to the
protected areas by following currents for determining critical nursery
ocean floor, comprising trunks and leaves swept into the
habitats, tracking harmful blooms of algae and potentially even
sea, as well as the odd shipwreck. Inside the stomach of
contributing to monitor events such as oil spills and airplane crashes.
the crab, also called a squat lobster, are bacteria and fungi
READ ON: http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/scripps-
that help digest the wood.
scientists-to-develop-swarms-of-miniature-robotic-ocean-
READ ON: http://www.oceanleadership.org/2009/the-
explorers
deep-sea-crab-that-eats-trees
Archival Photo

Skana performing with new pool being built in the background. 1969.
http://www.tourismcares.org/save-our-sites/polling-options
Library News
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News on Environmental conservation and education will soon be available via the Conservation Current
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Did you know that the Library has access to over 100 journals and magazines??
At least 80 of these are available full text online.
For a complete hyperlinked list, visit the library journals page on Aquanet:
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As well, you can find new books and movies listed on this page of Aquanet:
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Events
From Earth to Ocean: Stories from Gwaii Haanas
Parks Canada has identified the waters around Gwaii Haanas
National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site (Queen Charlotte
Islands) as a potential national marine conservation area reserve.

To present the stories of Gwaii Haanas, Parks Canada has

partnered with The Vancouver Aquarium to offer a unique speaker
series open to the public. Participation is free, though seats are
limited. Each engaging event allows audience members to explore
a different aspect of the region and understand the benefits of its
protection. Starting in September, join us to find out more about:

Session 3: Changing Seascape

Monday November 16
Learn about ancient Haida villages, changing sea levels and how historical trade practices have all played
a role in shaping today’s Gwaii Haanas.
Session 4: Healthy oceans, healthy people
Monday December 7
Whether it’s dining out or reporting a whale sighting, your actions can make a difference to our oceans. Join us for this special
conclusion to find out what you can do to help

Each session takes place at The Vancouver Aquarium from 7 – 9 pm.

Please enter at the AquaQuest Administrative Entrance.
To confirm your seat, email: lectureseries@vanaqua.org or call 604-659-3432.
Please identify which session you would like to attend. Seating is limited.
 This group has
been working
on a mosaic
project to
beautify an
alley in the
West End. If you
are interested
in participating
in a public art
project, here’s
your chance!
http://makeitproductions.com/vancouver/welcome-to-make-it/
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2009&month=11&day=18&Itemid=139