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The federal government’s new draft marine park plans are based on an unsubstantiated premise: that protection of Australia’s ocean wildlife is consistent with activities such as fishing and oil and gas exploration. Under the proposed plans, there would be no change to the boundaries of existing marine parks, which cover 36% of Commonwealth waters, or […]
Feature from the 29 minute mark. http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/programs/qld-country-hour/2017-07-24/rural-qld-podcast-240717/8738250
Australia will trump even Donald Trump and become the first nation to cut protections of its ocean estate if it implements plans, released by the Federal Government, to expose vulnerable areas of the marine environment to industrial fishing exploitation. An election promise to be science-based has been ignored in changes proposed to the national network […]
The federal government has been warned its plan to alter the boundaries of national marine parks could threaten the health of WA’s prized Ningaloo Reef. A draft rezoning plan for waters surrounding the reef would reduce the protected area 73 per cent, according to the Director of the School of Biological Sciences at the University […]
Draft guidelines released on Friday propose increasing the total proportion of Australia’s marine reserves permitting commercial fishing from 64 to 80 per cent. If environment minister Josh Frydenberg’s proposal is approved, Australia will become the first country to wind back its ocean protection measures. At the moment, 36 per cent of Australian waters are classified […]
A marine expert claims the full protection area around Ningaloo and other marine parks would be slashed by more than 40 per cent under the Federal Government’s draft zoning, compared with a previous plan. Professor Jessica Meeuwig, from the University of WA’s School of Biological Sciences, said the Government’s proposed rezoning would allow the continuation […]
The Federal Government is being criticised for proposing to change the level of protection over waters on and around parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Environmentalists say about 50 per cent of the Coral Sea would have its National Park protection status slashed under the new plan. The Government’s head of National Marine Parks has […]
Australia’s network of marine parks could be implemented before the end of the year, but the Federal Government has again been accused of winding back environmental protections. The final draft plan released for consultation includes a total of 36 per cent of waters off the coast of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia […]
Australia plans to allow fishing across 80 percent of its protected maritime sanctuaries, the government said on Friday in a proposal that would vastly extend commercial activity in the world’s largest marine-reserves network. If the plan, backed by the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, is approved by Parliament, it will be the first time a […]
Australia’s marine protected areas look set to be slashed by the federal government, with plans announced for cuts that go beyond those recommended by a review commissioned by the previous Abbott government. Draft management plans released by the Director of National Parks on Friday propose that large areas of Queensland’s Coral Sea, as well as […]
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