In the media
Ocean health relies on a strong backbone of protection and management. Marine reserves can be part of the solution, but only if they’re constructed in the right way. Recent recommendations on Australia’s marine reserves would leave more ocean unprotected. Marine reserves are a mix of multiple-use zones that allow activities such as mining and fishing, […]
A biodiversity hotspot for large marine animals off Western Australia’s southern coast should be protected from mining, an independent review has found. Bremer Bay canyon is a hotspot for animals such as killer whales, sharks, sperm whales, dolphins and giant squid, thought to be drawn to the area by a nutrient-rich hydrocarbons or deep water […]
In the late 1990s, Liberal Prime Minister John Howard kick-started the process to create a network of expanded Commonwealth marine reserves. Over a decade later, Federal Labor announced 40 new reserves. It was the world’s largest network of marine national parks, with the jewel in the crown being protection for most of the Coral Sea […]
Australia’s marine environment – already beset by coral bleaching and kelp forest dieback – could face further pressures if the federal government acts on recommendations to wind back protection, green groups say. The results of two lengthy panels set up by the Abbott government to review huge new marine reserves set up by then prime […]
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has slammed recommendations from a Federal Government-commissioned review to reduce marine park protection in the Coral Sea. In 2013, the Abbott government stopped plans for a new national network of marine parks, pending a review. The report, handed down yesterday, shows the protected area for the Coral Sea will […]
Australia’s commonwealth marine parks could be significantly cut back under recommendations that almost 100,000 sq km of the Coral Sea, including important coral reefs, lose their protection from fishing. The network of 42 marine reserves was announced by Labor in 2012 after years of consultation and consideration of more than 8,000 submissions. It was welcomed […]
A FEDERAL Government-led review which recommends reducing marine park protection in the Coral Sea has been slammed by conservationists. The Australian Marine Conservation Society today said the report into Australia’s marine sanctuaries had ignored science-based data in favour of commercial exploitation. The review was released yesterday by federal environment minister Josh Frydenberg and recommended reducing […]
http://www.pressreader.com/australia/albany-advertiser/20160623/281672549239994 Locals say scallop dredging a threat to Bremer Canyon The Albany Advertiser By Talitha Wolfe June 23, 2016 The Bremer Bay community and environmental organizations have called on the Federal Government to discontinue scallop dredging in the proposed Bremer Commonwealth Marine Reserve. A proposed Bremer Commonwealth Marine Reserve is being considered by the Federal […]
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