Dive report: Te Matuku Marine Reserve, Passage Rock
20m North East of Passage Rock
10 Jan, 2022, 12:30pm
High Tide 1:40 pm
Red-billed gulls breeding and Reef heron fishing on Passage Rock.
75m transect
35minutes
Current low
Vis 2m
Depth 5m
Substrate: Rocks and sand => Gravel => Mud
Epibenthic fauna dominated by Mediterranean fanworm and pleated tunicate barring a nice patch of White-striped anemone.
Mud was soft and deep, I put my hand in seven times. Green lipped mussel shell four times at 25cm, scallop twice at 10-15cm, one plunge found no shell.
Nice to find a fisher parked by my boat when I surfaced to check I wasn't fishing in the marine reserve :D
Observações
Fotos / Sons
What
Tawera spissaObservador
shaun-leeDescrição
This ID is for the abundant round shell. The shells were exposed by another animal digging on the seafloor.
Fotos / Sons
What
Mexilhão-Maori (Perna canaliculus)Observador
shaun-leeDescrição
Four of four shells dug up at 25cm depth
Fotos / Sons
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Garça-Sagrada (Egretta sacra)Observador
shaun-leeDescrição
I could see yellow on its beak and legs
Fotos / Sons
What
Gaivota-de-Bico-Vermelho (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observador
shaun-leeDescrição
Breeding, two juveniles seen, other breeding on rocks not investigated but a WFT was also agitated by my presence
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