Keep your eyes peeled this summer, for the LIONFISH!
The Spot the Alien Fish competition is still on, as is our reward! We are insisting on the need of this early warning system since the lionfish is a highly INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES (IAS) and hence it’s numbers need to be managed so as to mitigate impacts on native marine biodiversity. Thanks to Alessio Marrone for the poster design!
Professor Alan Deidun on Facebook
From Times of Malta A 20-year-old turtle was released back into the sea in Golden Bay on Friday morning following ten months of medical treatment after it was found with a fishing hook stuck in its mouth and a fishing line trapped in its stomach. Yvonne, an adult male loggerhead turtle, was rescued by a Read More
Article and Photos posted by Frederick Galea on Facebook on the 30/03/2023. A Malta Police Report reads as follows: “23.03.1943. – A Spitfire struck a cliff near Fungus Reek, Dwejra, Gozo, whilst trying to land in a field nearby. The pilot was extricated and conveyed to Victoria Hospital”. A 1995 cross-check with the records at Read More
In a post on Facebook, Marine Biologist Alan Deidun anounced that the Spot the Jellyfish campaign website is currently offline. Until this is fixed, you can send your sightings reports through the campaign’s Facebook Page, by email to Prof. Deidun as per below or via SMS/Whatsapp on 79604109
TM announced last week (apologies for reporting it late – it slipped in our emails) in Notice to Mariners 147 of 2023 that the M/V Seabourn Pursuit would be carrying out submarine training near the site of the HMS Stubborn Wreck, off St. Paul’s Islands, between the 3 and 11th August 2023. Copy of notice Read More
Sidemount instructor Demis Farrugia of Diverse Scuba Solutions was recently interviewed on the Speaking Sidemount Podcast https://www.sidemountpros.com/speakingsidemountpodcast/2023/3/17/episode-83-demis-farrugia-unlock-your-full-potential The podcast developed into an interesting discussion regarding diving training and equipment, but also a lot about diving around the Maltese Islands.
Remora are infrequently sighted along the Maltese coastline, but their presence normally is understood to mean that some bigger fish were passing by. The fish has a curious habit of using the suckers over its head to stick itself to larger fish, and sometimes even attempts to stick with divers 🙂 Nice picture of a Read More