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The New Zealand blue cod (Parapercis colias) is a temperate marine ray-finned fish [3] of the family Pinguipedidae. [4] It is also known by its Māori names, rāwaru, pākirikiri and patutuki, and by its other names in English, Boston blue cod, New Zealand cod or sand perch.
The 37-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Sukoi Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska sometime on or after 8 October with the loss of her entire crew of three. Her wreckage was found on a beach near Cape Douglas ( 58°52′N 153°16′W / 58.867°N 153.267°W / 58.867; -153.267 ( Sukoi Bay ) ) on 14
The result was the Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76 which, among many other discoveries, catalogued over 4,000 previously unknown species. John Murray, who supervised the publication, described the report as "the greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the ...
HMS Ballahoo (also Balahou, Ballahou or Ballahon) was the first of the Royal Navy's Ballahoo-class schooners, vessels of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1804. [2]
Over 800 reports were made publicly during the 1947 flying disc craze. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Such reports quickly spread throughout the United States, and some sources estimate the reports may have numbered in the thousands.
Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. [1] It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, ecology, population dynamics, economics, statistics, decision analysis, management, and many others in an attempt to provide an integrated picture of ...
HMS Rosemary was an Arabis-class minesweeping sloop of the British Royal Navy.Built by the Teesside shipbuilder Richardson, Duck and Company from 1915–1916, Rosemary carried out minesweeping and anti submarine operations during the First World War.
Following Iceland's declaration of a 200-mile fishing limit, Argonaut carried out fishery protection duties for British fishing trawlers inside the zone, in what became known as the "Second Cod War". In 1974 from mid January, Argonaut spent nine months as part of the group deployment named 'Task Group 317.1', led by Flag Officer Second Flotilla ...