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  Spencer Gulf - MSN Encarta
Spencer Gulf, arm of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia.
Cities on Spencer Gulf include Port Lincoln (near the western side of the mouth), Port Augusta (near the gulf's northern end), Whyalla (on the northwest coast), and Port Pirie (across the gulf from Whyalla).
British explorer Matthew Flinders explored the gulf in 1802, hoping it would run to the north coast of Australia.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761583020/Spencer_Gulf.html   (120 words)

  
 City of Melbourne - Roads - Spencer Street
Spencer Street, the westernmost street of the CBD grid, has been home to the Spencer Street Railway since 1865.
Spencer Street was originally part of the field that Batman had cultivated.
The corner of Spencer Street and Flinders Street was lit with gas lamps for the convenience of those travellers always arriving by streamers and trains during the night.
www.melbourne.vic.gov.au /info.cfm?top=53&pg=733   (836 words)

  
 Spencer Gulf - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Port Augusta, city on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, at the northern end of Spencer Gulf, an arm of the...
Located on the northwest shore of Spencer Gulf, an arm of the...
Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight
encarta.msn.com /Spencer_Gulf.html   (185 words)

  
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 Concern for fishing in Spencer Gulf - 04/08/2006
Commercial fishers in Spencer Gulf say their future could be threatened by a draft marine plan for the region.
The Spencer Gulf plan is the first of six to be drafted for South Australia's waters.
The Spencer Gulf plan will be used as a pilot for the rest of the state.
www.abc.net.au /rural/sa/content/2006/s1706493.htm   (379 words)

  
 Green Left - BHP Billiton plans desalination 'Dead Sea'
Shortly before, representatives of the Spencer Gulf prawn and sardine industries had warned that any desalination plant must not threaten spawning grounds near the top of the gulf.
The upper Spencer Gulf is only about 30 kilometres wide, and does not contain vast amounts of water.
If brine is released into the upper Spencer Gulf, that is where it will stay, for lengthy periods.
www.greenleft.org.au /2007/707/36708   (1223 words)

  
  SPENCER GULF: Matthew Flinders & the Coastal Landforms of SE Australia
Spencer Gulf is a part of South Australia's large 'shatter belt', a zone in which complex earth movements over a long time have caused both uplift and subsidence.
Spencer Gulf is a large indentation of Australia's southern coastline.
The Gulf forms a depositional environment for stream sediments of the area, as it is a low area adjacent to highlands, with lesser water movements than the open ocean.
www.vnc.qld.edu.au /enviro/flinders/f-p-ssg.htm   (2236 words)

  
  Spencer Gulf - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Spencer Gulf, bay of the Indian Ocean, South Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke peninsulas.
Spencer, (Winston) Baldwin (1948-), Antiguan politician, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (2004-).
Spencer was born in the poor Green Bay...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Spencer_Gulf.html   (152 words)

  
 Fisheries | Prawn (Spencer Gulf & West Coast) Fishery
The Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent fisheries are permitted to retain slipper lobster (Ibacus spp) and calamari (Sepioteuthis australis), while the West Coast fishery is permitted to retain these species as well as octopus (Octopus spp), scallop (Family Pectinidae) and arrow squid (Nototodaru gouldi).
These practices are particularly advanced in the Spencer Gulf fishery, with the use of ‘crab bags’ to exclude mega-fauna bycatch, ‘hoppers’ for efficient sorting of the catch and rapid return of bycatch, ‘graders’ to sort the prawns into marketable size categories, and onboard freezing facilities that enable full processing on-board.
The fisheries in Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent are generally closed in January and February, and from July to October each year.
www.pir.sa.gov.au /fisheries/commercial_fishing/prawn_spencer_gulf__and__west_coast_fishery   (539 words)

  
 Spencer Gulf & West Coast Prawn Fisheries Location
Spencer Gulf is a large triangular embayment situated from latitude 32°30' to 35° south, and centred in longitude at around 137° east.
The Spencer Gulf fishery includes all those waters of Spencer Gulf that are north of a line joining Cape Catastrophe,(Eyre Peninsula) and Cape Spencer, (Yorke Peninsula).
As can be seen on the map, the prawn fishing grounds of Spencer Gulf are relatively small (<15%), with over 60% of the catch taken in two areas which cover less than 8% of the gulf.
www.seafoodsa.com /prawn/industry/sgwcpf/location.asp   (344 words)

  
 GB's Abby Spencer lands lead on series
As Spencer celebrates her 25th birthday on Aug. 4 and her popularity continues to grow, she continues to grow spiritually and emotionally as well.
In spite of the hustle and bustle of the perceived Hollywood actress, the daughter of Yancy III and Lydia Spencer still seems to be keeping a level head.
As for Spencer's character, Angela Henson, the starlet didn't necessarily see herself taking on the role of a young detective who can tell IF someone is lying just by looking at them.
www.gulfbreezenews.com /news/2006/0803/Front_Page/004.html   (806 words)

  
  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Spencer,   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins (1906-10) and did research on genetics (especially heredity and variation in microorganisms) and on animal behavior there from 1910 to 1938 and from 1939...
THE ARTS: The miracle of Stanley Spencer's Cookham; Some of the greatest art of the 20th century was created in a small Berkshire village.
A column by Maria Burns: Anthony Spencer's senior showcase: Purdue defender, Luers grad is on award-winning tear in his final season.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Spencer,&StartAt=21   (1024 words)

  
 Utilities: co-oscillation tides
Spencer Gulf is one of two gulfs that extend northward from the south Australian coast (Figure 1).
Tides in the gulfs are generally larger and increase towards the heads.
The amplitude, normalised to unity at the head of the gulf, is shown in blue; the phase, normalised to (ie divided by) 180°, is shown in red.
www.es.flinders.edu.au /~mattom/Utilities/cooscillation/cotideex.html   (258 words)

  
 Description of the Spencer Gulf & West Coast Prawn Fisheries
Research in Spencer Gulf indicates that spawning is mainly limited to the period from October to March.
By-catch studies have been carried out and show that Spencer Gulf has a relatively low by-catch to prawn ratio of 0.54 : 1 (source, Carrick 1997.) This is quite unique, when comparing this fishery to any other prawn fishery in the world.
The majority of Spencer Gulf and West Coast prawn vessels, grade, pack and freeze their product at sea to a high standard, and the fleet is well advanced in a quality assurance programme which will enable it to offer quality assured product to the market place.
www.seafoodsa.com /prawn/industry/sgwcpf/description.asp   (1111 words)

  
 CNP budgets of Spencer Gulf
Nutrient budgets are available for Spencer Gulf, Australia (Smith and Veeh, 1989).
Spencer Gulf is a slightly hypersaline system, with salinity increasing from values near 36 p.s.u.
Distribution of DIP as a function of salinity in Spencer Gulf.
nest.su.se /mnode/Australia/spgbud.htm   (764 words)

  
 Spencer Gulf — FactMonster.com
Spencer Gulf, inlet of the Indian Ocean, 200 mi (322 km) long and 80 mi (129 km) wide, SE South Australia state, Australia, between Eyre and Yorke peninsulas.
The gulf is the major outlet for iron ore from Middleback Range.
Whyalla, Port Pirie, and Port Augusta are on the gulf.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0846242.html   (151 words)

  
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 Export Win for Spencer Gulf Prawns to the US
Export Win for Spencer Gulf Prawns to the US Trade Minister, Mark Vaile, has welcomed the decision by the US to approve imports of prawns from the Spencer Gulf region of South Australia.
It was the unjustifiable character of the US prohibition, highlighted in particular by the absence of turtles in the Spencer Gulf fishery, that saw Australia press its rights under the WTO dispute settlement system".
Mr Vaile acknowledged the efforts of the South Australian authorities and Spencer Gulf producer, Australian Bight Seafood, in working to achieve the decision.
www.dfat.gov.au /media/releases/trade/1999/mvt050_99.html   (374 words)

  
 The Northern Spencer Gulf
The Northern Spencer Gulf is an important region that provides environmental, social and economic benefits to all South Australians.
As the name suggests, it is the northern region of the Spencer Gulf between Port Pirie, Whyalla and Port Augusta.
The Environment Protection Authority is currently working with the large industries in the Northern Spencer Gulf to reduce pollution by using environment improvement programs.
www.environment.sa.gov.au /epa/water_spencer.html   (333 words)

  
 South Australia Lighthouses
The capital, Adelaide, is on the east coast of Gulf Saint Vincent.
In 1901 the lighthouse was dismantled and moved to South Neptune Island in Spencer Gulf.
Cape Spencer is the southwesternmost point of the Yorke Peninsula, with Investigator Strait to the south and Spencer Gulf to the west.
www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sa.htm   (3561 words)

  
 CCSA - 'Marine Plan for Spencer Gulf' By Hon. Iain Evans
The Spencer Gulf pilot Marine Plan is the first of future marine plans to be developed for South Australian waters and will help ensure that areas with high marine conservation values are recognised, valued, and protected.
A draft Spencer Gulf Marine Plan will be completed by November 2001 and will involve broad community and stakeholder input through a reference group.
The management of new developments within the zone (such as the Spencer Gulf) would be done with reference to relevant existing legislation, such as Fisheries Act 1993, National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, Coast Protection Act 1972, Environment Protection Act 1993, Development Act 1993.
www.ccsa.asn.au /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=185   (465 words)

  
 BHP warned over mine's desal plant | The Nation | The Australian
The prawn and sardine industries went public yesterday with their fears that the plant would jeopardise the "nursery" waters in the upper Spencer Gulf, crucial to the seafood's early life.
Samara Miller, executive officer of the Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Fishermen's Association, said she would be "very concerned" if the decision to locate the plant there had already been made.
The upper Spencer Gulf is a shallow body of water governed by weak tidal currents and receives very little rainwater inflow from the surrounding land.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,21364561-2702,00.html   (544 words)

  
 Utilities: co-oscillation tides   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This utility calculates and plots the amplitude and phase of a co-oscillation tide in a narrow gulf.
Calculate the tides of Spencer Gulf, South Australia, compare the result with observations and modify the friction parameter to optimize the match between model and observations.
Investigate seiches in a rectangular semi-enclosed basin, by entering constant width and cross-sectional area and verifying the theoretical seiche period as a resonance in the model.
www.es.flinders.edu.au /~mattom/Utilities/cooscillation/index.html   (165 words)

  
 CNP budgets of Spencer Gulf
Nutrient budgets are available for Spencer Gulf, Australia (Smith and Veeh, 1989).
Spencer Gulf is a slightly hypersaline system, with salinity increasing from values near 36 p.s.u.
Distribution of DIP as a function of salinity in Spencer Gulf.
data.ecology.su.se /MNODE/Australia/spgbud.htm   (764 words)

  
 ABA | News & publications > News releases > News release archive > 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The licence area plan for Spencer Gulf does not include radio services as radio planning was given a lower priority and is scheduled to take place in 1997.
The licence area plans (LAPs) for Broken Hill and Spencer Gulf show the number and characteristics of all national, commercial, community, and open narrowcasting, radio and TV services to be made available using the broadcasting services bands of the radiofrequency spectrum.
Spencer Gulf based Media Advertising and Video Production (MAV) expressed an interest in providing a commercial TV service in the Spencer Gulf region.
www.aba.gov.au /newspubs/news_releases/archive/1996/19nr96.shtml   (1279 words)

  
 Skills in Demand: The Upper Spencer Gulf
Between 2006 and 2010 the major manufacturing and mineral resource processing industries in the Upper Spencer Gulf will require an additional 480 tradespeople and 1800 new employees, according to a new report conducted by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies.
Unemployment in the Upper Spencer Gulf region has fallen, employment has increased and there is already evidence of a skills shortage.
The study was undertaken for the group of companies clustered under the title Global Maintenance Upper Spencer Gulf (GMUSG), which specialise in heavy engineering and an array of maintenance services.
www.adelaide.edu.au /news/news8061.html   (443 words)

  
 King of the cross-dressers
The northwest coast of Spencer Gulf, Australia, is the setting for one of the most colorful and vibrant biological events: The spawning of Sepia apama, the giant cuttlefish.
If you're planning to visit Spencer Gulf in South Australia, chances are you'll bring a snorkel, mask, fins, and an interest in sex.
recreational divers to spy on the cuttlefish, especially outside the main breeding area in northern Spencer Gulf, and note where individuals are mating.
whyfiles.org /shorties/156cuttlefish/index.html   (647 words)

  
 Port Pirie - South Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
Located on the eastern shore of Spencer Gulf 229 km north of Adelaide, Port Pirie economy is driven by the huge silver, lead and zinc smelters which process the raw ore brought from Broken Hill and the large port which provides transportation for both the metal and rural industries which dominate the town.
Port Pirie proudly announces itself as 'The City of Friendly People' although the first sight one has is not of people but of the huge oil tanks on the outskirts of town and the grain silos and the chimney at the smelter.
The area was first explored by Matthew Flinders who came up the Spencer Gulf in 1802.
www.smh.com.au /news/South-Australia/Port-Pirie/2005/02/17/1108500204638.html   (964 words)

  
 Walkabout - Port Pirie
Located on the eastern shore of Spencer Gulf 229 km north of Adelaide, Port Pirie economy is driven by the huge silver, lead and zinc smelters which process the raw ore brought from Broken Hill and the large port which provides transportation for both the metal and rural industries which dominate the town.
Port Pirie proudly announces itself as 'The City of Friendly People' although the first sight one has is not of people but of the huge oil tanks on the outskirts of town and the grain silos and the chimney at the smelter.
The area was first explored by Matthew Flinders who came up the Spencer Gulf in 1802.
www.walkabout.com.au /locations/SAPortPirie.shtml   (899 words)

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