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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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