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01 November 2009 | Cairns

Maewo

21 June 2008 | 15 22'S:168 07'W, Maewo
Chris
20/06. This morning Mel and James did the fish survey in the propsed tabu area then we all went to a new area that was declared tabu just a few days ago where we did the substrate and Inverts. This area seemed to have a lot of juvenile fish in it as well as a good sized Moray Eel, our first sighting this trip. There were also some nice Nudibranchs.

21/06. First job was to get the final fish survey done on the west shore of the village. After that was done we visited the West (windward) side of the village with Nixon, the chief's son and had an exciting snorkel. The coral was in very good condition and there were lots of fish, from small damsels amongst the coral heads to some larger Grouper, Snapper and Parrot fish, plus a couple of glimpses of black and white tip sharks. This part of the reef does not suffer much from over fishing as it's exposed and not
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Vessel Name: Magic Roundabout, Cat Knapp & Anna Rose
Vessel Make/Model: Sweden Yachts 34, Anna Rose '43 yacht
Hailing Port: Whangarei, NZ
Crew: Chris Bone, Irene Llabres, Katherine Rainone, Anna Pohl
About:
Permanant skipper Chris is a professional yacht skipper and runs a yacht delivery company- Pacific Yacht Deliveries. He has been an environmental activist for many years, including 2 years as a skipper for Greenpeace on the yacht Vega. [...]
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The long term use of Magic Roundabout was donated to OceansWatch to carry out Marine conservation and provide humanitarian aid to the coastal communities in the Pacific. OceansWatch has set up an ongoing training system for yachties and divers to monitor reef health throughout the Pacific using the [...]
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Oceanswatch Expeditions

Who: Chris Bone, Irene Llabres, Katherine Rainone, Anna Pohl
Port: Whangarei, NZ
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