Marine Education Society of Australasia
 
Home | About MESA | Contact MESA | Seaweek | Site Resources | Marine Links | International News | Marine Careers | Forums
  Welcome to MESA    

What's New?
Marine Careers
Marine Research & Community Volunteering - Worldwide - Voluntary Position Available... Read More
Marine Links
''Henry'' (the troublesome) Australian Visit Site
Seaweek 2008

Fish survey - NSW View Latest


Hot Forum Topic
"Sheree Marris on ABC's Catalyst program" by Admin
Last night (April 8, 2008, Catalyst featured Sheree Marris, Parks Victoria Board member, Kama Seatra writer, the Octopus... Read More

On this Site

About MESA
Contact MESA
Seaweek
Resources
SeaChange
Marine Links
International News
Marine Careers
Marine Ed Forums
Conferences
Aus Marine Educators
Friends of MESA
Events Calendar
Articles of the month



 
 
 
 

MESA is a national organisation that brings together people interested in the study and enjoyment of coastal and marine environments.

MESA provides a forum for sharing ideas to facilitate the development of leading environmental education and interpretation programs.

MESA also promotes the sustainable use of marine and coastal environments through education.

Seaweek is a national initiative conducted annually to focus community awareness, provide information and encourage an appreciation of our marine and coastal environments. Each year a different theme is chosen.


   
Seaweek is a celebration of the uniqueness of our "Ocean Planet"
   

Our aims are to:

  • Support educators in delivering best practice marine education in the Australasian region
  • Promote networking through the MESA website, forums and the MESA newsletter "Undercurrents"
  • Facilitate training, workshops and conferences for members
  • Develop community understanding, appreciation and action for the marine and coastal environment through activities.
  • Encourage and contribute to national and international marine education initiatives.
 
April 2008
 

Special Offer for MESA Members

A Reef in Time
The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End
A new book by Charlie Veron

A copy is available to a MESA member who wishes to review it. Email the web manager if you are interested.

304pp...Hardback…Available now!

10% discount for orders placed by 31st May

RRP $49.95
Special MESA Price $44.95

more ...
 


Information Sheets, Sawfish videos,Teaching activities and more online

In 2008 Seaweek’s theme is "Extinction - a Saw point" highlighting the plight of the declining sawfish.

“Sawfish populations have declined over the years because of pressures imposed on them from fishing and modification of their habitat. Sawfish are vulnerable to most forms of fishing in particular net fisheries as at any size their toothed rostrum is easily entangled in the mesh“

   

more ... 

Victoria - Seaweek
Banner Competition

Your school's task is to design and construct a banner highlighting some aspects of this year's theme relating to threatened Australian marine species.

more ...

   

Green sawfish listed as vulnerable

CANBERRA, March 2 AAP - The green sawfish has been listed as vulnerable under federal environmental laws, making it illegal to catch the fish within 200 nautical miles of the Australian shoreline.

The sawfish, which takes its name from its flattened head and elongated snout studded with up to 28 pairs of teeth, is virtually extinct in south-east Asia and rare outside of northern Australia.

 


Find out about Seaweek at Oceanworld Manly

more ...

"This listing will make it illegal to kill, harm or take green sawfish in Commonwealth waters," Environment Minister Peter Garrett said in a statement. "The green sawfish faces ongoing threats from accidental catch in fishing nets, from illegal fishing for fins and rostrums - the distinctive saw-toothed snouts - and from habitat degradation through coastal development."

The green sawfish was once found as far south as Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, but is now rarely found south of Cairns. It is listed as endangered in NSW waters, vulnerable in the Northern Territory and totally protected in Western Australia.

 

 

The International Sea Turtle Society convenes an annual symposium to bring people together to promote the exchange of information that advances the global knowledge of sea turtle biology and conservation

more ...    

 

The International Youth Coastal Conference 2008
19th to 22nd October 2008
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

The International Youth Coastal Conference is the culmination of a process. Students prepare 40 minute workshops to present to their peers at the conference on a marine or coastal topic, relevant to their local area.

more ...    

 
Articles of the month

This new section contains summaries of recent articles from scientific journals related to the marine environment.

more ...    

 
Virtual tour of the RV Southern Surveyor

Onboard crane


In 2005 MESA vice-President and SA Rep Alex Gaut attended the Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Conference in Darwin in mid-July.

One of the highlights of her time at the conference was the opportunity to go aboard the CSIRO’s research vessel, the RV Southern Surveyor.

more ...   

 

Lloyd and a student holding
a model BioSUB.
Photo: Border Mail

Atlantica Expeditions
A working group known as the Atlantica Expedition has set the goal of establishing the first undersea colony for permanent human habitation. A crew of former astronauts, NASA engineers, aquanauts, medical personnel, filmmakers, educators, and people from other walks of life has been assembled to participate directly.

The crew includes Australian Lloyd Godson. Lloyd recently won the $50,000 Australian Geographic "Live your dream" wildest adventure competition for his BioSUB project. The project was an international sensation, resulting in Lloyd being named as the Australian Geographic Society's "Adventurer of the Year Award" for 2007.

more ...  

 


International Pacific Marine Educators Conference '08
Marine educators worldwide will gather in the tropical Australian city of Townsville to share resources and to continue to ongoing efforts to build a network aimed at ensuring the health of the Pacific and the communities who depend upon it. The conference dates are October 16 to 21, 2008 and web conferencing will allow virtual participation for educators who are unable to travel to Australia.

Detailed information is now available.   


What's On
April 2008
S M T W T F S
   1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30

My MESA
Email :

Password :

Remember Me!


Email My Password

Search site
Search For :


Advanced Search

Sponsors

We would like to sincerely thank the following organisations for their support of the MESA website and marine education.

more ...    

   Contact Web Manager © MESA 1999 - 2008
0.00000 secs   
  BriTer Solutions   SpiderByte Web Design Top