In the media
An Australian music legend has lent his voice to support the South West marine sanctuaries on his way through the region…
REMOTE sensing will form a major role in managing the Coral Sea under a new proposal for the marine reserve. It comes as the total cost of the Federal Government’s Commonwealth Marine Reserves review has been revealed to be $4.7 million – nearly the whole cost of managing all of Australia’s 26 reserves under current […]
MORE than 200 South West businesses have joined forces to urge the federal government to reinstate a network of marine sanctuaries off the coast. Environmental organisation Save Our Marine Life said the national network of marine sanctuaries was created in 2012. But in 2013 the federal government suspended the protective zoning of marine sanctuaries and […]
BUNBURY and the South West needs an “insurance policy” on its pristine coastline and healthy marine life if we are to hang onto our reputation as an attractive tourist destination. This was the message delivered by a group of business owners who visited Federal member for Forrest Nola Marino’s Bunbury office on Friday, presenting her […]
TWO hundred businesses from across the South West have joined forces to protect the region’s brand as an iconic tourist destination. The businesses will urge the federal government to reinstate a network of marine sanctuaries off the South West coast. Business owners who have signed on to a statement of concern will meet with Federal […]
SCIENTISTS are calling for a planned Kimberley marine park to have the same level of protection as the Great Barrier Reef. The 100 scientists, backed by three of the nation’s leading marine science organisations, want high-level protection for the marine reserves that will collectively form the Great Kimberley Marine Park. The protection would include a […]
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/australias-fisheries-thriving-but-factory-ships-a-threat/story-e6frg8y6-1227361972314
For Australians who like to eat fish, here’s some uplifting news fresh from an international expert who gloomily describes the world’s oceans as a “giant Ponzi scheme” of overfishing. Daniel Pauly and his colleagues from the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia have developed a “truer” picture of the ecological impact of global […]
Australia’s long-term commercial fish catch is estimated to be millions of tonnes more than what has been officially reported, analysis has found. A catch of more than 8 million tonnes has been reported for 1950-2010 to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. However, researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre estimate that […]
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