November 14th, 2008 Marineadmin
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We have just had confirmation of the dates of the 2009 Isle of Man Queenie Festival! Yes work has already started on planning for next years event which we hope will be bigger and better than our first year.
The 2009 Queenie Festival will be another week long celebration taking place between the 29 June and 5 July 2009. Once again the festival will conclude with the hugely popular Marine Day Festival of the Sea down at Island Seafare’s Paddy’s Market on the quay in Port St Mary.
We are working on finalising the week of activities and once they have been agreed we will let you know what’s on and where it will all be taking place.
Hope you will come and join in the fun!
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August 6th, 2008 Queenieadmin
Just been sent MP3 versions of the Marine Day Radio Adverts so in case you haven’t heard them and fancy a listen just click below. Really great that the Hairy Biker’s picked up the phone to leave the first message!
See you Saturday…
Hairy Biker’s Marine Day 3FM Radio Advert
3FM Marine Day Radio Advert Version 1
3FM Marine Day Radio Advert Version 2
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July 28th, 2008 Marineadmin
Open Wide
Not only are the Hairy Biker Si and Dave coming down to the Marine Day, but we managed to grab them during their busy schedule to get the buzz going out and about around the island with some great Marine Day adverts playing on air in the run up to the day. Tune in to 3FM for all the latest Queenie Festival and Marine Day updates and interviews. Or listen to the ads here!
Not long now!
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July 12th, 2008 Queenieadmin
Check out our Images page for the latest photographs of Isle of Man Marine life and Basking Sharks.
Lots of thanks to all who have contributed photographs.
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July 4th, 2008 Marineadmin
We will hopefully develop this site into a great resource for all to use. To educate, inform and make people proud and understand the importance of the sea around the Isle of Man and the key role it has to play in our lives. That’s the reason why we celebrate Marine Day.
So to start the ball rolling we will keep putting up regular facts about the sea around the Isle of Man.
Fact 1
Did you know that the waters of the Isle of Man are home to one of the worlds largest concentrations of Basking Sharks. Bet you didnt know that!
Fact 2
Did you know that the Basking Shark is the second largest fish in the world!
Don’t you feel lucky to live or come on holiday here!
Fact 3
A Basking shark can grow up to 11. 5 meters and even weigh over 7 tonnes!
Apparently the best places to spot them are off the west coast of the island, you can see them from the shore if they are close in, but its best out in a boat.
Fact 4
Basking sharks eat plankton and are harmless to humans. Their huge mouths contain thousands of mucous covered gill rakers that filter plankton out of the water. Basking sharks swim just below the surface of the water, filtering out the plankton.
Fact 5
A Basking shark can filter the amount of water needed to fill a 50m swimming pool in roughly one hour! Thats amazing!
The Manx Wildlife Trust run a scheme called the Manx Basking Shark Watch, the team who co-ordinate this do an amazing job and they are incrediby committed to finding out more about these fascinating creatures and their habits. For more information log onto Manx Basking Shark Watch.
They will also be attending Marine Day on the 9th August, so look out for their stand.
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July 2nd, 2008 Marineadmin
A big thank you to all the team at 3FM for getting behind the Queenie Festival and Marine Day ‘A Festival of the Sea.’ The 3FM team will be out and about promoting the events and raising awareness about Queenie’s and if they are lucky enough will even be venturing out on a local fishing trip to see how they are caught. Fingers crossed for a calm day!
In the lead up to Marine Day they will be featuring interviews with the organisers on air and will also be giving details on what will be happening and when down at Port St Mary on the 9th August.
The 3FM Road Runner and PR girls will be attending the Marine Day with loads of give aways and also reporting back to the studio on the days events.
Thanks guys, its great to have your support!
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June 24th, 2008 Queenieadmin
The Schedule of events for Marine Day “A festival of the sea” on 9th August 2008 has now gone up on the Marine Day page of this site. We are absolutely delighted with the list of guests appearing and are sure that the program of events will make for an absolutely fantastic day out.
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June 22nd, 2008 Marineadmin
It’s great to see the fantastic work the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Education are doing to promote the marine wildlife and marine conservation in the local primary schools this week, a similar aim of the organisers of Marine Day.
A full report is featured on IOM Newspapers.
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June 18th, 2008 Marineadmin
The BBC’s Springwatch series on Tuesday night covered Sea Life and included a good eight minute feature on the Isle of Man.
Due to the vagaries of landings over the years Manx Fishermen have worked on technical conservation regulations in order to ensure that stocks have remained robust. These have included restrictions on fishing times, closed seasons and limitations on the amount of dredges permitted. The Island also has two areas in Manx waters, one that has been in place since 1989 and the other created in 2008, that are closed to mobile fishing. These are supported by the fishing industry and indeed the impetus for the Douglas closed area was started by the fishermen. Data analysis seems to support the viability of these areas’.
You can re-watch the programme here: BBC Springwatch Sea Life programme.
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