In the media
In the third in a series of special reports on the nation’s most extraordinary marine environments, Guardian Australia’s ocean correspondent James Woodford visits the proposed Great Kimberley marine park, and its amazing jewel in the crown: Horizontal Falls Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/09/kimberley-coast-flaunts-glittering-jewels-in-crown-of-natural-wonders
Sculptor Olicia Samec hopes her under-water mermaids sculpture ‘Sanctuary’ will inspire people into the sea, she tells the Subiaco Post on 7 March 2015. Read more: Subiaco Post
Ahead of Sydney’s All About Women festival, the scientist on changing attitudes to our ocean environment and to women under water – and in space, writes Nancy Groves in Guardian Australia on 6 March 2015. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/06/oceanographer-sylvia-earle-the-world-is-holding-its-breath-for-australia
In the second of a major series on precious marine environments under threat, Guardian Australia’s ocean correspondent James Woodford asks why areas such as the massive Jervis commonwealth marine reserve – a stunning ocean wilderness – remain open to mining and fishing interests. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/australias-ocean-marine-reserves-underprotected-and-under-threat
Port Stephens interest groups have banded together in a show of strength of support for marine sanctuaries, reports Charlies Elias in the Port Stephens Examiner on 18 February. Read more at: http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/2889495/support-for-port-stephens-marine-sanctuaries/?cs=776
What started out as a brief from the Save Our Marine Life Alliance to document the stories of locals and unique marine species soon turned into a labour of love for Bluebottle filmmakers Danielle Ryan and James Sherwood reports the Margaret River Mail on 18 February 2015.
Protecting our waterways is good for business – that was the message from the Port Stephens community today, reports Lauren Kelly on NBN News 16 February 2015. Watch the report at http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2015/02/16/review-looks-into-protecting-marine-life/
In the first of a series of special reports on extraordinary marine environments under threat, Guardian Australia’s ocean correspondent James Woodford visits a ‘pinprick’ in the Southern Ocean where, once a year, a jaw-dropping wonder of nature takes place Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/13/out-of-the-blue-on-the-edge-of-the-world-killer-whales-converge-to-feast?CMP=share_btn_tw
Two films about the seas surrounding Australia and the inspiring people who look after it will be screened at Nelson Bay Golf Club on Monday, reports Ellie-Marie Watts of the Port Stephens Examiner on 10 February 2015. Read more at: http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/2873777/caretakers-of-big-blue-backyard-share-stories-at-free-film-screening/
The relationship between humans and the ocean is explored, reports the South Coast Register and Nowra News on 4 February 2015.
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