Port Stephens (NSW) pelagic trips 2016

  Hi everyone, The calendar of 2016 dates for pelagic trips out of Port Stephens on the M.V. Argonaut are below. If you would like your name down, let me know. Sun 10th JanuarySun 7th FebruarySun 20th March Sun 17th AprilSun 1st MaySun 26th JuneSun 7th AugustSun 18th SeptemberSun 16th October Sun 13th NovemberSun 27th November  The logistical info in a nutshell is that we depart from the public wharf at Nelson Bay at 7am, usually returning to port somewhere around 5pm. The link below on the SOSSA website has all the necessary information and a map of the best place to park. A trip report from every Port Stephens pelagic (and some from Swansea) can be found on the link off to the left. Thanks are due to Brook Whylie for managing the SOSSA website and putting up the various trip reports from pelagics that happen along the east coast. http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?420-Port-Stephens-Pelagic-Trips  You will also notice a link to a monthly guide for Port Stephens pelagics. This includes data from pelagic trips that were organised by Richard Baxter and Phil Hansbro out of Swansea and Newcastle between 2000 and 2008, as well as a few pelagic surveys out of Port Stephens facilitated by the Marine Parks Authority between 2009 and 2011. Hence it is best viewed as a monthly guide to pelagic trips off the Hunter Region coastline. Many thanks to Dan Williams for putting this together. Here is the direct link: http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?758  If you have any questions, please ask.  Note also that I will be away overseas between the 13th November and 15th December with little or no email coverage, so try not to email me during that time. If you do, cc to Dan Williams scythrops@yahoo.com.au as he will be coordinating the Port Stephens pelagics while I’m gone.  Cheers and here’s to another great year of pelagic trips… Mick Roderick