Our snubfins have been snubbed! Despite receiving thousands of messages calling for sanctuary protection, the Western Australian Government has just released its draft plan for a new marine park in Roebuck Bay – with NO sanctuary zone included. We can’t let this become the only ocean marine park in WA without a sanctuary! Please take […]

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 […]

Parliament House in Canberra was ‘buzzing’ with our Daniel Pauly tour last week, in the words of one senior government MP. In just two days, more than 80 Members of Parliament were briefed by world-renowned fisheries scientist Dr Pauly on the true state of Australia’s fisheries – both through our well-attended Breakfast Briefing, and through […]

World-renowned fisheries scientist Dr Daniel Pauly is arriving in Australia today to reveal the true state of the world’s fisheries and highlight a cautionary tale for Australia. Australia is at a crossroads. The suspension of our sanctuaries, the expansion of oil and gas, the super trawler getting a foot in the door, the threats to […]

MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Global fisheries experts are warning the world’s fish stocks are in crisis. Australia has traditionally managed its fisheries conservatively but researchers at the University of British Colombia believe our nation is at a crossroads, with a review of Commonwealth marine reserves underway and fears of overfishing from factory trawlers. Their latest analysis estimates […]

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Imagine dynamite going off in your lounge room every 10 seconds for weeks at a time… Unbelievably, air blast testing has begun in our marine sanctuaries off the West Australian coast, while the Abbott Government has them suspended and under ‘review’. This is crucial migratory habitat for humpbacks, blue whales and sea lions, yet air […]

Our worst fears have been realised with news that the 95-metre industrial factory trawler the Dirk-Dirk (which has just arrived in Australia, now reflagged as the Geelong Star) has killed four dolphins and two seals on its first fishing trip in Australian waters. Please sign the petition to stop this freezer-factory trawler causing unknown damage […]

Coastal activists are worried the fight about potential oil exploration off the Margaret River could be on again, reports Warren Hately in the Margaret River Times on 20 March 2015. Read More: AMR Times 200315 Oil exploration threat rises again