Revised method to age Anchovy
November 29, 2009 by BayKeeper
Filed under Advocacy, Education, Wild Things
The Baywide Anchovy Study Milestone Report #1 (2008) caused great concern when it found a total absence of first year Anchovies in Port Phillip Bay. This lead to speculation that Anchovy recruitment had failed in 2008, with potentially dire consequences for the many other species that feed on them. However, the Baywide Anchovy Study Milestone [...]
Blue Jellyfish numbers up
November 28, 2009 by BayKeeper
Filed under Education, Wild Things
The thousands of dead Blue Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) on Port Phillip Bay beaches in recent months prompts the obvious questions: why are there suddenly so many; and why did they die? Is it a natural cycle, or was it something they ate? Blue Jellies are said to feed on micro-organisms, small fishes, and organic particles [...]
Short-tailed Shearwaters
November 22, 2009 by BayKeeper
Filed under Education, Featured, Wild Things
Short-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris aka Muttonbirds) have been reported dead on Port Phillip Bay beaches over the past week. I found five at Point Gellibrand today. Large numbers of dead seabirds prompts concern that they may have suffered from pollution or some other unnatural threat. But in this case it seems to be a cyclical [...]
