In the media
The Conservation Council of Western Australia is urging the Federal Government to reconsider handing out petroleum exploration permits, saying the risk of oil spills is too high. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/17/3114848.htm
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Hello, I’m Elizabeth Jackson and this is a current affairs special – 2011 is shaping up to be the year of the marine park. The Federal Government is set to introduce a network of marine reserves across Commonwealth waters in the hope of preserving Australia’s diverse marine life. http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3114292.htm
2011 is shaping up to be the year of the marine park, with the Government set to introduce a network of marine reserves across Commonwealth waters. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3106461.htm
Australian author Tim Winton is probably our most recognised writer; a four-time winner of the Miles Franklin, a surfer, snorkeler and all-round sand between the toes kinda guy. He’s also a known recluse, which lends all the more significance to his roles as Patron of the Australian Marine Conservation Society, and public face of their […]
Environment Minister Tony Burke has missed Labor’s self-imposed deadline of the end of the year to announce the boundaries of a network of marine sanctuaries in commonwealth waters stretching from Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia to the Abrolhos north of Perth. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/marine-parks-next-wave-of-water-wars/story-fn59niix-1225975659238
The Federal Government’s plan to introduce a network of marine reserves in Commonwealth waters has fishermen worried about their livelihoods. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/12/23/3100394.htm
THE South West coast has more unique marine life than the Great Barrier Reef, a recent report released by the Conservation Council of WA has shown. http://www.bunburymail.com.au/news/local/news/general/the-south-wests-own-underwater-atlantis/2032345.aspx
Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and “re-seed” fish stocks significant distances away – more than 100 miles in a new study from Hawaii. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/osu-ssd122210.php
‘FOR my family,” reads the dedication of Tim Winton’s coastal memoir Land’s Edge, “and for those who know that a bad day’s fishing is always better than a good day’s work.” http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-littoral-truth/story-e6frg8n6-1225971813572
THANKS to a mix of temperate and tropical waters, Sydney and the NSW coast have some of the most diverse marine life in the world. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/our-underwater-treasures-revealed/story-e6freuy9-1225972910256
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