Marine park proposal should be welcomed by all Australians
The South East Trawl Fishery is located around the South East Marine Reserve network. 14 marine parks covering 388,000km2 of the south east are all closed to trawling. They have been there for nearly 10 years. Take a video tour here. Like fisheries closures (which are much larger) these marine parks protect the seafloor from […]
ABARES Fishery Status Report
In September the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released the 22nd edition of the Fishery Status Reports. This report provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of 94 fish stocks across 22 fisheries, including those managed both solely and jointly by the Australian Government. It also summarises […]
‘Australian Made’ do the right thing
In June the newsletter ran a piece about the plight of Ocean Oils, a Melbourne based business selling squalene oil. It had become almost impossible to sell any oil in Australia because of the influx of foreign oils that had somehow been able to obtain the ‘Made in Australia’ brand. The ACCC has recently ruled […]