News and Media
The Federal Government’s plan to introduce a network of marine reserves in Commonwealth waters has fishermen worried about their livelihoods. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/12/23/3100394.htm
THE South West coast has more unique marine life than the Great Barrier Reef, a recent report released by the Conservation Council of WA has shown. http://www.bunburymail.com.au/news/local/news/general/the-south-wests-own-underwater-atlantis/2032345.aspx
Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and “re-seed” fish stocks significant distances away – more than 100 miles in a new study from Hawaii. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/osu-ssd122210.php
‘FOR my family,” reads the dedication of Tim Winton’s coastal memoir Land’s Edge, “and for those who know that a bad day’s fishing is always better than a good day’s work.” http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-littoral-truth/story-e6frg8n6-1225971813572
THANKS to a mix of temperate and tropical waters, Sydney and the NSW coast have some of the most diverse marine life in the world. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/our-underwater-treasures-revealed/story-e6freuy9-1225972910256
AUTHOR Tim Winton has called on policymakers to take “bold, courageous, visionary decisions” about the marine environment. He urged them to emulate their predecessors who protected vast tracts of the terrestrial environment in national parks. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tim-wintons-siren-call-to-protect-the-seas/story-e6frg6nf-1225972949930
Strong scientific data supports more protection for the South West – but will Burke agree? http://www.gmagazine.com.au/news/2352/burke-urged-stand-sea
PETER CAVE: Western Australia is resisting moves by the Federal Government to take over regulation of the oil and gas industry. This is despite the recommendation of a commission of inquiry into Australia’s worst off-shore oil spill last year off Australia’s north-west coast. http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s3075998.htm?site=goldcoast
A REPORT into Australia’s worst offshore oil spill has recommended a Thai-based company show why its rights to operate in Australian territory should not be cancelled http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/montara-oil-spill-report-out-today/story-e6frg2r3-1225960034595
The Federal Government has announced it will formally protect the southern bluefin tuna by listing it as a threatened species. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/24/3075168.htm
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