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"When it was no longer tenable to discharge sewage at the cliff face..."

"Last week, after torrential rain in Sydney, fresh poo balls washed up on the beach at Malabar, the closest beach to the problematic Malabar sewage treatment plant. In early April 2025, the EPA finally admitted the poo balls likely originated from Sydney Water’s land-based sewage treatment network."

"The deepwater ocean outfalls were opened from 1990, mainly because they were the cheapest option when it was no longer tenable to discharge sewage at the cliff face. Funding a fix now will take political will – and some impressive engineering."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/sydney-water-sewage-poo-balls-fatberg-beaches-investigation
#pollution #NSW #coast #beaches #faeces #infrastructure #sewage #CheapOptions #swimming #MarineAnimals #PooBalls

Shark attacks and wastewater management practices

"...The warnings for swimming water quality and shark safety were now effectively the same. If it’s poor water, if it looks dodgy, if it smells a bit off, don’t go in, because it’s not good. You could pick up a waterborne disease, but you could also become prey for a shark.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/24/could-sydneys-creaking-sewage-system-be-linked-to-the-spate-of-shark-attacks
#ocean #WaterQuality #swimming #beach #NSW #pollution #SewageSystem #infrastructure #offshore #sewage #runoff #waste #MarineAnimals #sharks #habitat

4 shark bites in 48 hours: how what we do on land may shape shark behaviour

"The four recent shark incidents in New South Wales followed an intense rainstorm that flushed runoff from land into the state’s coastal waters, reducing visibility and carrying pollution and waste into the sea."

"A 2019 study found tiger and white sharks are more likely to attack after heavy rainfall. This is partly because heavy rainfall flushes out more nutrients to sea, which leads to higher fish populations near the shore. In turn, this attracts sharks."

"Long-term solutions lie upstream."
"Investment in stormwater management, wastewater infrastructure and runoff reduction helps stabilise coastal conditions and improve ocean health. It can also help reduce biological pressures by limiting parasite exposure."
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https://theconversation.com/4-shark-bites-in-48-hours-how-what-we-do-on-land-may-shape-shark-behaviour-273889
#ocean #pollution #runoff #DebrisBalls #Sydney #NSW #coast #beach #waste #cats #MarineAnimals #sharks

Greenland sharks can live 400+ years — and they aren’t blind after all. New research shows their vision genes and eye tissue stay intact for more than a century, even in the ocean’s dim twilight zone where they live.

Adapted for low light, their eyes may help locate prey — and could even offer clues for preserving human vision over the long term.

by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/greenland-sharks-retain-functional-vision-despite-extreme-longevity/

#news #arcticanimals #marineanimals #ocean #research #science #sharks

A cute, and shy, Opisthoteuthis californiana , a flapjack octopus. We love these little guys!

#TraditionalArt #Octopus #Animals #MarineAnimals #SeaCreatures

Ballpoint pen (different colors, mainly black, brown and blue) illustration of a cute and shy Opisthoteuthis californiana, a flapjack octopus, partially hiding its head with its arms (the ones that often are called "tentacles", but are not really tentacles).

The purple #seastar aka #OchreSeastar - Pisaster ochraceus - is one of the most commonly found #starfish along the coasts of #BritishColumbia. You can see they have thousands of tiny feet on their legs to help them move around.

The purple sea star is considered a #KeystoneSpecies & an essential indicator of #OceanHealth in #intertidal zone.

#WildlifeWednesday #SeaCreatures #MarineAnimals #wildlife #ProtectOceans #SupportMPAs #WildFirst #HealthyOceansHealthyPlanet #Environmentalist #nature #photography #WhatsInMyHand #MarineLife #LookAndLearn #educational #MarineBiology #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishSea

A light-colored, cream and gray starfish with dark edges, held by a gloved hand on a bed of blue and gray pebbles. Showing the underside with many tiny white spiky feet.

#SilentSunday

#Beach gooseneck #barnacles find.
There's 3 different types of barnacles found in BC waters/on beaches - acorn, gooseneck & whale - the latter grows on whales' bodies. Barnacles are a longtime, year-round staple #seafood for coastal #Indigenous #FirstNations. In particular, the #Haida & #Kwakwakawakw & #Pacheedaht #FirstPeoples have several documented stories involving barnacles, including food prep recorded histories.

Barnacles are #ancient and can be dated to the middle of Cambrian period of Paleozoic because of Burgess Shale deposits in #BritishColumbia. They're #hermaphroditic #MarineAnimals.

#beachcombing #ectoparasites #MarineBiology #epibiotic #LookAndLearn #TraditionalFood #CoastSalish #shellfish #PortRenfrew #Kwakwakawakw #Haida #IndigenousFoods #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WestCoast #Canada #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Educational #CoastalBC #marine

My hand, holding a cluster of white goose barnacles, in focus, with a child playing in the ocean waves blurred in the background on a beach.

“Look at me in the eye”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/look-at-me-in-the-eye/

📅 14 mai 2009

📸 Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
🎛️ ISO 6400, ƒ/5, 1/160 s

#Animals #MarineAnimals #Photography #Canon #5DMark2

Close-up of a colorful parrotfish eye and textured skin.

“Fluorescent Jellyfishes”

Amazing fluorescent jellyfish shot in an aquarium of Rhenen's zoo in The Netherlands.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/fluorescent-jellyfishes/

📅 11 mai 2008

📸 Canon 350D
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/2.8, 1/100 s

#Animals #MarineAnimals #Photography #Canon #RebelXT