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    'Leader to laggard': the backlash to Australia’s planned marine park cutbacks

    More than 35m hectares of “no-take” ocean will be stripped from Australia’s marine parks if plans released by the government go ahead, according to analysis commissioned by conservation groups. The environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, released plans for 44 marine parks on Tuesday, claiming a “more balanced and scientific evidence-based approach to ocean protection”. But the analysis […]

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    Reef on the line in marine park dispute

    The federal government will cut the total number of ‘green’ conservation areas under new plans to regulate Australia’s marine parks. Labor says the future of the Great Barrier Reef is on the line, as it opposes new government plans to regulate marine parks. On Wednesday, the government introduced changes to the regulation of 44 Australian […]

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    'A bit of a joke': Marine park plans stir mixed reviews

    Bruce Batch, a Cairns-based fisherman, is cautious about the Turnbull government’s plans for the Coral Sea marine park, even though it potentially boosts his industry by slashing the area of highest protection in half. The proposal, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, will leave just a quarter of the Coral Sea as a green zone – which […]

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    ABC: Frydenberg releases new marine park plan allowing more fishing

    Big changes are in store for Australia’s marine marks, under new plans proposed by the Federal Government. The Coalition says the proposal ‘opens up’ more ocean to commercial and recreational fishing. But Labor says it removes important environmental protections, including in the Coral Sea. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/frydenberg-releases-new-marine-park-plan-allowing-more-fishing/9570168

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    Labor vows to block 'largest removal of marine area from conservation, ever'

    Opposition condemns Coalition plan to open more recreational and commercial fishing areas Labor says it will move to disallow new marine park management plans proposed by the Turnbull government, branding the change the “largest removal of marine area from conservation, ever, from any government in the world”.The new management plans were uploaded by officials on […]

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    Government winds back marine protections to support fishing industry

    The Turnbull government will strip back highest-level protections in a host of sensitive marine areas, including critical waters near the Great Barrier Reef, saying it is protecting the environment while supporting fishing and tourism. But Labor has branded the changes “the largest removal of areas from conservation in history” and will seek to disallow the […]

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    Marine Park Protection – Environmentalists Outraged

    The federal government is planning on downgrading the level of protection given to our marine national parks. Meaning protected marine parks will now be open to fishing, and even oil and gas exploration.

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    MP pushes for removal of trawling zone

    O’Connor MP Rick Wilson will request the removal of a zone permitting scallop trawling in a proposed marine reserve area at Bremer Bay. It comes after environmental concern over how scallop trawling could damage the area, which is a hotspot for marine life including orcas. Mr Wilson previously agreed with the Bioregional Advisory Panel and […]

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    David Suzuki: Australia's 'sickening' threat to marine reserves undermines global protection

    Growing global momentum to protect the world’s oceans from overfishing could be undermined by Australia, warns renowned conservationist David Suzuki and more than 1,461 other scientists. Australia is currently considering the world’s biggest downgrading of a protected area with a reduction in the size of its network of marine reserves. “If Australia does something progressive in […]

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    Scientists concerned about plan for marine parks

    Many environmental and industrial groups have made submissions on the Federal Government’s draft marine parks management plans. A group of nearly 1,300 scientists — both from Australia and overseas — say they are deeply concerned about the draft plans and they have signed a joint submission. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/scientists-concerned-about-plan-for-marine-parks/8969430

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