Recent changes to Marine Centre Board
This is the new line up for our Marine Centre Board. We thank them all for their commitment.
- Kerry Pfeiffer (Chair)
- John Tanner (Treasurer/Company Secretary)
- Anne Felton
- Allan Broadhurst
- Tony Esplin
- Ann Montague
FILM PREMIERE - 'See Our Seas'
We are proud to
present the premiere of 'See Our Seas', a magnificent
film by Pete Constable of The Natural Picture Company.
Created specially to promote the Sapphire Coast and
raise funds for the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery
Centre.
Special Guest and keynote speaker for the evening is
Ian Keirnan AO, founder of Clean Up Australia Day.
This is one event
you do not want to miss! Book now.
Where:
Pambula-Merimbula Golf Club
When: Saturday 29th March
Bookings: Call
Alan Hepburn 6495 9175
Cost: $50pp and includes a 2 course
dinner and film premiere
EUROPEAN
GREEN CRAB PROJECT - Update!
(This
project was made possible by a Grant through the Southern
Rivers Catchment Management Authority)
Under the guidance
of Associate Professor Ron West from the University
of Wollongong and with the help of a team of volunteers
and Marine Education Officer Luke Brown, SCMDC is helping
to control and reduce numbers of the introduced pest
species known as Carcinus Maenus (European Green crab)
in Twofold Bay.Beginning in February 2007 at Fisheries
Beach (Google
Earth Placemark), south
of Eden, the work involves the monthly setting of traps
to monitor the numbers and gender of these pests.
Anyone interested in helping out can contact SCMDC Marine
Education Officer Luke Brown on 6494 4143 or you can
leave a message on the office phone 02 6496 1699. .
Read more...
WHAT'S THE
LATEST WITH OUR MOBILE MARINE LABORATORY?
(Our mobile marine laboratory and the
employment of Luke Brown, our Marine Education Officer,
was made possible through a Grant from the NSW Environmental
Trust.)
Since its launch in March 2007, our Mobile Marine Laboratory
has been involved with a number of exciting educational
and research programs up and down the Sapphire Coast.
Luke Brown has worked closely with regional schools
– both State and private and involving all ages
– to develop educational programs that mean we
can help deliver the most up-to-date information on
marine research on our own environment.
The Mobile Lab has featured in a number of regional
community events such as the Bermagui Seaside Fair,
the Eden Whale Festival and Pambula Markets and has
been spotted a number of times near both Merimbula and
Wallagoot Lakes where its equipment has helped with
species survey work.
For more information, call the office on 02 6496 1699.
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