Dominica's Endangered Sea Turtles",

 Rowan donated all his photography with 88 full colour pages!

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See 85 of Rowans Photos in the new Marine Encyclopaedia  By Amy-Jane Beer & Derek Hall Geoff Swinney.

A natural history and identification guide to the animal life of the deep oceans, open seas, reefs, shallow waters, saltwater estuaries, and shorelines of the world Featuring over 600 marine species an 1000 colour artworks and photographs.

By Amy-Jane Beer Derek Hall Geoff Swinney.

A natural history and identification guide to the animal life of the deep oceans, open seas, reefs, shallow waters, saltwater estuaries, and shorelines of the world Featuring over 600 marine species and 1000 colour artworks and photographs.

SEE 75 OF ROWAN PHOTOS IN THE NEW BOOK BY  LORENZBOOKS.COM

Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Marine Fishes & Sea Creatures.

Available from June 2007 on:

Air Date: April 1, 2007

http://www.clemson.edu/expeditions/episode_guide.html

New article on dangerous marine creatures to divers in Subsea!

 Also watch out for Rowans guest lecture at the Irish underwater dive show planned for March 2007!

WWW.SEATURTLE.ORG

Amelanistic (lower) and normal (higher) hatchlings from a green turtle nest laid 01 April 2006 on Rosalie Beach, Dominica W.I. (Photo: Rowan Byrne).

www.honuindustries.com

They help and support  shirts and caps to be given to community members here who help save sea turtles and their conservation, they help a lot! check them out!

http://www.honuindustries.com/new/honu_pages/rosti_story.html

                http://www.irishunderwatercouncil.com

Magazine Subsea in August 2006 for a special article written by Rowan with up to 10 stunning underwater photos all taken in Dominica by Rowan.

Listen in to RTE radio this Saturday July 1st to hear an interview with Rowan on Mooney goes Wild www.rte.ie/mooneygoeswild

http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/rowanbyrne.html

Watch out for a dive article in Subsea Irelands underwater dive magazine of the Irish underwater council this August by Rowan as well as all photographs.

A big colorful article with up to 10 photographs can be seen all taken in Dominica while diving here check out www.irishunderwatercouncil.com look for Subsea Magazine.

BBC Wildlife Magazine

August Edition Text 2006 coming soon. a number of mentions will appear in this edition.

Close to exhaustion and possibly death, this female leatherback turtle will live to fight another day thanks to the efforts of the Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative (RoSTI) in south-east Dominica. She was found completely entangled in fishing and mooring lines and was barely able to lift her head above the water line, according to RoSTI director Rowan Byrne. With the help of colleague Dave Fabian, Byrne cut the struggling turtle free from the ropes and she swam off. Hundreds of leatherbacks are thought to die every year as a result of human activities – from consuming floating rubbish that they mistake for their natural food, jellyfish, to becoming trapped in gillnets or getting caught on longlines. More information from the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network www.widecast.org That sinking feeling: the rubbish that’s killing sea turtles
Rowan Byrne

A recent news report and articles on the rescue of a leatherback Rowan and Dave Fabian did in May at Scotts head in Dominica.

A giant leatherback turtle was freed in early May after getting caught up in fishing gear off Dominica, in the West Indies.

The turtle had become ensnared in a fish trap plus the mooring lines of boats in a Dominican harbour. Marine biologist Rowan Byrne went out to the site, entered the water and cut away the snagged lines.

Taking some time to regain its strength, the turtle was able to swim off after about an hour.

Byrne is Director of Dominica's Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative, a community-based project which aims to protect endangered turtle species which exist around Dominica and nest on its shores. Four years old, the organisation has "reduced poaching by 90% on nesting beaches", Byrne told Divernet.

Checkout Rowans underwater photos a small sample on this link from www.camerasunderwater.info

www.camerasunderwater.co.uk