New partnership to save endangered sawfish. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has begun an exciting new partnership with the Northern Land Council’s Malak Malak Rangers, and Charles Darwin University (CDU) to support a long-running and unique […]
Welcome for Australian crackdown on ghost nets. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) says it is encouraged by the federal government’s crackdown on ghost nets in Australia’s northern waters. Ghost nets are […]
Final decision on Australian orange roughy. An Australian orange roughy fishery will not be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s global Standard for sustainable fishing, following the decision of an […]
Oceanic sharks declined by 71% in past 50 year. Overfishing has driven the global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays to decline by nearly three-quarters (71%) in the past 50 […]
Aussie seafood industry attacks NGO campaign. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has responded to the ‘Give Flake a break’ campaign calling it a […]
Australian NGO welcomes orange roughy decision. Moves by the fishing industry to get Australia’s orange roughy fishery certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have failed in a […]
Conservationists welcome new shark observation scheme. Conservation groups say a new scheme to install more drones and other non lethal surveillance tools at New South Wales beaches in Australia is […]