The below is a copy of a video collated by the Calypso Sub-Aqua Club and presented at the Science in the City festival in September 2022 as part of an exhibition about diving in Maltese waters.
But if you want a fish ID guide, we can recommed FishID+ Malta by Bezz Diving and Bruno Pedreira which includes 269 different species around our shores (and we still found a few missing… )
Post and Video shared by Professor Alan Deidun on Facebook. “TIME TO WATCH! The CORALLO project….this is who we are and what we are trying to achieve……Championing the work of some of our best ocean ambassadors…….so that they can inspire others……Mark Galea Pace, Nikki Muscat, Henry Copperstone, Joe Borg, Patrizia Patti……..well done to Xavier Negreira Read More
Post by Professor Alan Deidun on Facebook on the 21/08/2023
From Maltatoday There are over 300 fish species and endless varieties of other marine species inhabiting the Central Mediterranean region, and nature enabled those organisms to develop mechanisms that aid in their survival and evolution, to catch food and defend themselves against predators. Dr David James Sammut, author of a two-part article ‘Dangerous creatures of Read More
Marine Biologist Alan Deidun shared this picture of a Sawback Angel Shark who was caught in Maltese waters as bycatch. It was nice to hear from Prof. Deidun that the fisherman involved has released it back alive! He also shared some interesting information, including a reminder that it is a proected and endangered species! A Read More
The Malta International Airport Foundation has released another of its series of documentaries about the underwater landscapes and wrecks of the Maltese Islands, this time on the HMS Maori Wreck. The documentary covers both the history behind the wreck, scuttled in situ after the end of WW2, as well as a very small selection of Read More
This summer, Ambjent Malta in collaboration with the Environmental Resources Authority installed various information boards around our coast in the vicinity of Marine Protected Areas. Two of these, covering protecting areas at Ramla l-Hamra and Comino are the below. The boards provide general information about Malta’s Marine Protected areas, QR codes to obtain more information Read More