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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Sea Lice Monitoring In the Broughton Archipelago - BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Sea Lice Monitoring In the Broughton Archipelago - BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
The objective was to gather information on the levels of sea lice on farms and work with the industry to develop management actions to minimize the levels of lice during the migration of wild salmon smolts, including pink salmon.
Fallow Route for Pink Salmon Migration in the Broughton Archipelago
www.agf.gov.bc.ca /ahc/fish_health/sealice_BA_monitoring.htm   (675 words)

  
 Liveaboards Indonesia, Indonesia Liveaboards
Archipelago Resorts and Fleet has set a new standard for luxury liveaboards.
The Archipelago Adventurer II specializes in voyages throughout the Banda Sea, becoming the first dive vessel to predominantly focus on the magic of the incredible region, the Maluku Province.
Indonesia as a whole is a proven destination, be amongst the first to experience the exceptional treasures of Banda and Maluku aboard the premier vessel amongst Indonesia liveaboards.
www.archipelago-fleet.com   (139 words)

  
  Wild Pink Salmon Crash Blamed on BC Fish Farm Lice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Sea lice are naturally occuring parasites on adult salmon, and they seem to do the larger fish little harm.
A temporary removal of all farmed fish from their open net sea pens would have to be completed by the end of February 2003, six weeks before the tiny pink smolts hit the ocean, if the sea lice life cycle is to be broken.
Stressing that sea lice occur naturally in the wild, Blackburn and Grydeland said their companies will ensure that levels of sea lice on their individual farm sites are as low as possible by establishing a standardized program and treatment prototcols for their farms in the Broughton.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/salmoncrash2002.htm   (1429 words)

  
  Archipelago Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archipelago Sea (Finnish Saaristomeri, Swedish Skärgårdshavet) is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, within Finnish territorial waters.
The tendency for non-identical twin births is partly hereditary, and the necessary genes are prevalent in the archipelago.
In the Åland convention of 1856 the Åland side of the archipelago was demilitarised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archipelago_Sea   (1344 words)

  
 North Sea Archipelago - Uncyclopedia
The North Sea Archipelago was an island group that lay before the great flood in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
The central sea basin of the island is a large caldera that resulted from the decline and fall of Atlantis; the Isle of Men is a volcanic cone that rose at the approximate site of the former summit.
The North Sea Archipelago was settled by Vikings, who drove the native fairy inhabitants to leprachaun colonies established in what remained of Atlantis.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/North_Sea_Archipelago   (701 words)

  
 Fishery Monitoring Services - Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.
At Sea Observers: Archipelago is considered a leader in the provision of Observers for At Sea Monitoring in the north-east Pacific.
Archipelago Marine Research Ltd. is a pioneer in the development of Dockside Monitoring and related Data Collection and Catch Reporting services on the west coast of Canada.
Archipelago has set the standards for dockside monitoring procedures, developed a wide variety of resources such as training materials, species identification, and data collection technologies; as well as establishing standards in data management.
www.archipelago.ca /services.aspx   (977 words)

  
 Archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands.
In antiquity, the Archipelago (Greek: Αρхιπέλαγος) was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands).
Archipelagoes usually occur in the open sea; less commonly, a large land mass may neighbour them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archipelago   (177 words)

  
 MOFA: SEA OF JAPAN
The name "Sea of Japan" is geographically and historically established and is currently used all over the world, except for a few used all over the world, except for a few countries claiming that the name should be countries claiming that the name should be changed to the "East Sea".
In fact, this sea area is surrounded by the Japanese Archipelago in the eastern and the southern parts, and by the Asian Continent in its northern and western parts.
The western side of the sea is described as "Mare di Corai" (Sea of Korea) and the central portion of the sea area is described as " Oceano Boriale del Gappone" (North Sea of Japan).
www.mofa.go.jp /policy/maritime/japan/sea.html   (2687 words)

  
 Baltic Sea Area
The Baltic Sea is unique: the largest body of brackish (low-salinity) body of water in the world, it is also distinguished by its division into a series of basins of varying depths, separated by shallow areas or sills.
The areas of the Baltic Sea receiving excessive amounts of untreated or insufficiently treated municipal wastewater are the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Eastern Gotland and Bomholm basins.
In the former, the region with the highest concentrations is the catchment of the Bothnian Sea and the Bothnian Bay.
www.baltic.vtt.fi /demo/balful.html   (7858 words)

  
 UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - The High Coast, Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The sea at the Northern Kvarken strait is only 25m deep at a sill across the mouth of the Bay of Bothnia: at the present rate Finland and Sweden will be connected by a land bridge across the strait within 2,500 years, when the Bay will become the largest freshwater lake in Europe.
The sea is brackish, being reinforced by the vigorous fresh water flow from the many rivers entering the Bay of Bothnia to the north.
Animals living in the Archipelago are typical for the region: grey seal Halichoerus grypus and ringed seal Phoca hispida from the gulf of Bothnia, breed on the ice in spring.
www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/kvarken_high.html   (6455 words)

  
 Sea kayaking adventures tropical island archipelago Burma Myanmar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Due to the archipelago’s virtual isolation, the islands and surrounding seas are alive with an amazing diversity of wildlife, flora and fauna.
Parrots, hornbills, sea eagles, Brahminy kites and herons fill the skies, whilst on land the animal population includes wild cattle, elephants, monkeys, deer, wild pigs, tigers, crocodiles and rhinoceros.
The only human inhabitants in the area are the sea gypsies, a nomadic sea-faring race whose lifestyle has changed very little over the years, they have been the sole inhabitants of the Mergui Archipelago over the years and still practice the same fishing and boat building techniques used for generations.
www.sea-kayaking-asia.com /adventure/index.htm   (858 words)

  
 Archipelago Sea Biosphere Reserve
Wooded meadows and juniper fields are part of the archipelago's traditional landscape, the heritage of hundreds of years of settlement and cattle raising.
The protected areas cover all the archipelago zones from the small rocky islets in the outer archipelago to bigger islands in the mid archipelago with forests and valuable cultural biotopes.
The archipelago is the south-western extreme of Finland and it is home for many plants not found on the continent.
www.coastalguide.to /archipelago/main.html   (1555 words)

  
 Myeik - Mergui Archipelago, Adventure Cruise
Due to its virtual isolation, the islands and surrounding seas are alive with an amazing diversity of flora and fauna and very beautiful underwater scenes and marine life.
Being affectionate to sea, much skilful in swimming and diving, their ways of life and customs are so characteristic that traditional festival will be launched intending to attract international tourists as well as to operate marine eco-tourism around the islands in Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago.
Sea Gypsy Festival is on 16th February, 2005 and it will be very happy and glorious Myanmar (Burma) tourism event of 2005.
www.dpsmap.com /mkz   (943 words)

  
 ARCHIPELAGOES - Stockholm archipelago - Start
The Stockholm archipelago is one of the world's most spectacular.
While the Stockholm Archipelago may seem practically infinite, it actually consists of 24,000 islands, islets and rocks.
During summer, the archipelago is filled with sailboats as many Stockholmers ply the waters.
www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/STOCKHOLM/STOCKSTART.HTM   (95 words)

  
 Burma's Sea Gypsies: A Compendium
Burma's "Sea Gypsies" are found amid the Mergui Archipelago, a chain of hundreds of small islands parallel to the southeastern Burma coast (Tenasserim) of the Indian Ocean's Andaman Sea.
Sea cucumbers, a holothurian animal related to starfish and sea urchins, are known as "trepang" or "beche de mer" when dried and are a delicacy of Chinese cuisine which the "Sea Gypsies" collect for trade.
Being affectionate to sea, much skillful in swimming and diving, their ways of life and customs are so characteristic that traditional festival will be launched intending to attract international tourists as well as to operate marine eco-tourism around the islands in Myeik Archipelago.
www.projectmaje.org /gypsies.htm   (19121 words)

  
 Museums in the Archipelago; The Archipelago
The Turku Archipelago comprises fourteen rural municipalities and the town of Parainen.
The archipelago is divided into the inner, middle and outer archipelago.
Knowing the ever changing sea is important: you have to know, when and how it is safe to travel, either by sea or on ice, and how fish move.
www.wakkanet.fi /museot/english/archipelago.htm   (410 words)

  
 FINLAND SMALL SHIP BALTIC CRUISES
Tammisaari is a green town in the archipelago, situated on the southernmost point of Finland.
The Island of Jurmo in the outer archipelago is the largest of a number of islands which belong to the magnificient Salpausselkä ridge, one of the biggest territorial moraines in Northern Europe stretching from Karelia in the east to the Hanko area in southwest Finland.
The Finnish archipelago is a desirable place for summer houses and Nauvo is one of the favourite areas.
www.scantours.com /finland_cruise_5day.htm   (1087 words)

  
 archipelago - Search Results - MSN Encarta
The term archipelago can also refer to the region of water that contains the islands.
Aleutian Islands, chain of 150 small islands, southwestern Alaska, separating the northern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea.
Canadian Arctic Archipelago, group of islands located north of the mainland of Canada in the Arctic Ocean.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=archipelago   (110 words)

  
 Archipelago Sea 2006 - Research Conference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Steps to improve the condition of the waters and the natural environment are needed both in the archipelago itself and on the mainland.
The Archipelago Sea 2006 Research Conference is a part of the Archipelago Sea 2006 theme year, which is an initiative of the Pro Saaristomeri programme.
The theme year’s purpose is to support work currently being done to improve the status of the archipelago region and to initiate new schemes aimed at achieving far-reaching benefits with respect to the future of the region.
www.saaristomeri2006.fi /researchconference   (302 words)

  
 Coalition Clean Baltic - Save Baltic Sea environment
The significance of Vaasa Archipelago as a moraine archipelago was emphasised.
In a long-term scale, the shallow sea across the Kvarken-Merenkurkku Strait is the origin to the threshold that, in approximately 2000 years will disconnect the Bothnian Bay from the Bothnian Sea, forming the largest lake in Europe (ca 24 000 km 2 and 900 m 3).
This is a remarkable contribution to the acceleration of eutrophication of the Archipelago Sea, and the waters surrounding the Aland Islands.
www.ccb.se /spots.html   (14103 words)

  
 MURSYS - Baltic Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In summer 2001 the blue-green algal blooms (cyanobacterial blooms) in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea were less intensive than in years 1997 and 1999.
The first surface accumulations of blue-green algae were observed in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea in the end of June.
Even though blue-green algal blooms were observed in the Gulf of Finland and Archipelago Sea, their intensity remained lower than in the summers 1997 and 1999.
www.bsh.de /Vorlagen/ressources/Druckversion.jsp?_PRINTPAGE_=yes&_PRINTOID_=26628&   (1121 words)

  
 Outdoors.fi - Archipelago National Park
The Archipelago in the Baltic Sea was created by the Ice Age.
Rugged rocky islets and forested islands, separated by open sea, are characteristic to the area.
The park also forms the core area of the large Archipelago Sea Biosphere Reserve, which was established by UNESCO in 1994 to promote sustainable development, and research on interdependency between man and the nature.
www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=5300   (161 words)

  
 Benguerra and Bazaruto, unspoilt Islands off the coast of Mozambique, part of the Bazaruto Archipelago
The whole Bazaruto Archipelago is part of a Conservation project whose primary objective is to maintain the ecological and social integrity of the Bazaruto National Park by wise sustainable use of the resources.
Wild orange trees abound as do sisal plants which are used in a manufactured form by the locals to repair their fishing nets.
The sap from the palms is used to brew a potent liquor.
www.businessbroker.co.za /island-safari.html/places/benguerra.htm   (506 words)

  
 The Finnish archipelago — Virtual Finland
Particularly the south-western archipelago, with over 20,000 islands and skerries, is a unique maritime landscape that has always impressed visitors by its scenic qualities.
The oldest traces of acgriculture in Finland are to be found on Åland and some of the islands of the Archipelago Sea.
The island of Jurmo in the outer archipelago is the largest of a number of islands which belong to the magnificent Salpausselkä ridge, one of the biggest territorial moraines in Northern Europe stretching from Karelia in the east to the Hanko area in south-west Finland.
virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/archipel.html   (1023 words)

  
 Are Drifting Algal Mats Conquering the Bottom of the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The occurrences of drifting algal masses were mapped in the Archipelago Sea, Northern Baltic Sea, during the summers of 1996-1997 using an UW-video and SCUBA-diving.
First, the algae aggregate on the sea floor as a thin cover.
The phenomenon was most severe in the outer archipelago of the SE corner of the study area.
www.ambio.kva.se /2000/Nr6_00/Sep00_7.shtml   (216 words)

  
 Chiloe archipelago, Altue Chile Sea Kayaking (seakayaking)
Immerse yourself in the fascinating, cultural experience of Chiloe Island as we glide silently through the mysterious byways of this archipelago, where Spain once maintained it's last stronghold of colonial power in South America.
For the rest of the afternoon we have kayak instruction and practice in the smooth waters of the Dalcahue Channel.
This morning we paddle to Dalcahue, San Javier in Quinchao island or depending on the tides to Curaco de Vélez, we have lunch before embarking by ferry for Mechuque Island.
www.seakayakchile.com /itinerari2.htm   (492 words)

  
 The Archipelago of the State of Hawaii
The mountain-islands and seamounts (i.e., submarine mountains) of the Hawaiian Archipelago, and its extension to the Emperor Seamounts, represent one of Earth’s amazing geological stories.
The 3200 mile long volcanic mountain chain has been produced over the past 70-75 million years from a stationary magmatic “hot spot” that injected molten lava through the thin rigid crust of the Pacific tectonic plate as it has moved north and northwestward at rates of 3 to 4 inches a year.
The main eight high islands of Hawaii that lie at the southeastern end of the archipelago represent only some five million years of that cycle.
www.teok.com /archipelago.html   (509 words)

  
 OPCOM: Coastal Management Sites - Archipelago Sea and Kirjönjoki Estuary (Finlandia)
The Archipelago Sea is situated at the connection between the Gulf of Bothnia and the central Baltic Sea.
The most characterizing feature of the Archipelago Sea itself is a huge number of islands of irregular size and shape, separated by narrow passages of highly irregular depths and a few wider sea areas in between.
The water exchange is very much depending on total fluctuations of the Baltic Sea and the Bothnian Sea system, on winds (or ice cover annually for a couple of months), and on the complex system of passages within the sea.
www.hydromod.de /opcom/CM_fi.html   (385 words)

  
 Indonesia.NL - Government :Indonesias Foreign Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Indonesia's struggle for international recognition on archipelago concept has succeeded by the acceptance and incorporation of the Archipelago State principle in Chapter IV of UN Convention concerning Law of the Sea of 1982.
This concession is given by an archipelago state in the form of archipelago sea-lanes as mentioned in Article 53 of the Convention.
Considering that ALKI must be established in the territorial waters of achipelago, the Indonesian government has readjusted its archipelagic starting lines in the Natuna Sea that is passed by ALKI-I by incorporating a half of the Exclusive Economic Zone (ZEE) in that area as archipelago territorial waters.
www.indonesia.nl /articles.php?rank=11&art_cat_id=22   (1050 words)

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