The Creatures
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Origin | London |
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United Kingdom | |
Members | Siouxsie Sioux |
Budgie | |
Genres | Post-punk |
Exotica | |
Art Rock | |
Art Pop | |
Alternative Rock | |
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Avant-garde Music | |
Gothic Rock | |
Electronic Music | |
Record labels | Polydor Records |
Universal Music Group | |
Geffen Records | |
Instinct Records | |
PIAS Recordings | |
Associated acts | Siouxsie Sioux |
Budgie | |
Career start | London, United Kingdom |
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ID | 1086064 |
About The Creatures
The Creatures were an English band formed in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie of the group Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Creatures released their first EP Wild Things in 1981. They recorded four studio albums: Feast in 1983, Boomerang in 1989, Anima Animus in 1999 and Hái! in 2003.
Seabed mining will stress jellyfish - scientists
... So far, there has been little research into how it would affect The Creatures that live their lives moving and floating through the water column, the vast area between the surface and the seabed...
Sustainable fishing: The tech making it cheaper and greener
... Often bycatch is thrown back into the sea, but The Creatures are usually dead or dying...
Pokémon Go creator John Hanke says it's not game over for the app
... The company hopes to launch an AI-powered feature next year that will allow The Creatures to be " situated in the environment and respond to things in the environment in a realistic way"...
Cleethorpes: Chris Packham praises girl, 3, for saving starfish
... Jessie and her mum Heather helped save about 200 of The Creatures by moving them into rock pools and deep puddles...
Boris Johnson given green light to build swimming pool
... Local councils are obligated to check developers have plans to mitigate any negative impact building work could have on The Creatures...
Crystal Palace Park dinosaurs turned into interactive 3D models
... The Creatures were created by artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and are thought to be the world s first attempt to model extinct animals at life-size, based on fossil remains as evidence...
Robots are trained to help revive coral reefs
... However, The Creatures are sensitive to heat and acidification so in recent years, as the oceans have warmed and, corals have become vulnerable to disease and death...
Loch Ness Monster: Hundreds to join huge search for Nessie
... In 2019, scientists said The Creatures behind repeated sightings of the fabled Loch Ness Monster may be giant eels...
Sustainable fishing: The tech making it cheaper and greener
By Ashleigh SwanTechnology reporter, BBC News
It's 05:00 on a Monday Morning in Largs Boat Harbour on the West Coast of Scotland. The Sun is yet to rise and The Rain is getting heavier.
But Ian Whiteman is already out on the water, because over The Next 12 Hours , every minute counts.
He is going out for his daily catch of langoustines - Something he has been doing for almost 40 Years .
A faulty net, unwanted Sea Life in The Catch , or a change in water conditions could delay deliveries to customers, and that could mean lost income for Mr Whiteman.
As The Sun rises, he steers his boat through The Waters of the River Clyde .
The Next step for him is to position his boat and prepare The Net . But before The Net goes overboard, Ian attaches lights, cameras and sensors to it.
He is trialling devices from SafetyNet Technologies, designed to help fishermen understand what's happening underwater and reduce what's known as bycatch.
According to the (WWF), bycatch is when fish and other animals such as dolphins and sea turtles become entangled in fishing gear.
Often bycatch is thrown back into The Sea , but The Creatures are usually dead or dying.
" It can significantly reduce ocean health and resilience, and this reduces The Ability of ecosystems to respond to adverse conditions, " says Alison Cross , director of fishery sustainability at the WWF.
One of the devices Mr Whiteman is using has LED lights which can attract certain species of fish, while repelling unwanted mammals like dolphins.
Mr Whiteman also catches squid, and the lights help lure them towards The Net . " It helps improves the catches and efficiency, " he says.
Others have also been experimenting with different lighting Kit .
conducted a study with Mexican fisherman in The Sea of Cortez. It found that illuminated lights reduced the average bycatch by 63%. It also found that the lights helped to cut down The Time it took fisherman to retrieve and untangle nets by roughly an hour.
Ms Cross and the WWF have been working with fishermen around The World to trial the use of coloured LEDs lights as a way to minimise the chance of Sea Life getting Caught Up in catches.
The LED's the WWF are using are from San Francisco-based company Good Machine. Their studies found that using green lights have shown to be most effective at preventing turtles from being entangled.
The Next step for the WWF is to test ideal light spacing, meaning they want to find a balance between eliminating turtle entanglement and making the lights as cost-effective as possible.
Ms Cross believes the use of the lights are a " win-win" solution for The Ocean eco-system, as well as for The Fishing industry.
" The lights have reduced bycatch overall, which has made it easier to spend less Time Out in the water [and] less fuel, so implementing this technology has actually increased the amount of money fishers are earning, " she says.
Despite this success, some question whether The Fishing industry will embrace the technology.
" I think The Device is really good, but The Price itself is not really competitive and accessible by locals, " says Akbar Digdo, The Chief executive of a non-profit organisation that encourages the use of technology to promote greener practices among Indonesian communities.
Mr Digdo has been trialling the SafetyNet lights with fishermen in West Java .
" We have to somehow couple this technology with a financing mechanism, so they can access it more easily, " he says.
Another piece of technology used by Mr Whiteman is The Catch -Cam, a camera that attaches to The Fishing net and allows him to see what is happening underwater via an app.
Before Mr Whiteman had the camera, He Said it could Take Three to four days to find out if The Net was working as efficiently as possible. But now, it only takes A Day .
" It takes the guesswork out of it for us, " he says. " It's opened a lot of information we didn't know that was actually happening in The Net . "
Enki is the third piece of technology used by Mr Whiteman. It is a data collection system that, once underwater, starts measuring data such as pressure, depth and temperature of the surrounding waters.
The Unit automatically switches off when it leaves the water and sends the data to The Cloud - Remote computer servers which process and store information in data centres - which fishermen can then view.
" This is an extremely cheap way to put data collection on boats, " says Mr Whiteman.
Later, sorting through his catch, Mr Whiteman is pleased The Morning 's work.
" You can see how little bycatch there is, " says The Fisherman , as he clears away only three unwanted fish from among the langoustine.
" We Are not wasting fuel, time, Effort - Everything is being done as efficiently as possible, " he says.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com