Global warming to reshape Australian shark and ray populations and raise extinction risk
Maugean skate captive breeding program needs clean harbour for best chance of success
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane Society International (HSI) Australia welcome federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement today of $2.1 million funding to establish a captive breeding program for Tasmania’s endangered Maugean skate, and say a clean harbour is also needed.
Cancel Macquarie Harbour salmon licences to save endangered Maugean skate
Environment organisations have called on Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to not renew fish farm licences for Macquarie Harbour when they expire this year to give the endangered Maugean skate a chance of survival in its only home.
Expansion of drone shark surveillance on Queensland coast aligns with shifting community sentiment
Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF) has today announced an expansion of their SharkSmart drone trial to Palm Cove and Alma Bay in North Queensland, following successful trials in Southern Queensland.
Global warming to reshape Australian shark and ray populations and raise extinction risk
As the current century progresses, the extinction risk for sharks, rays and chimaeras* is set to rise in southern Australia with warming waters exacerbating the impact of commercial fishing, new research has found.
Up to 20,000 sharks saved per year under new Queensland fisheries rules
Marine conservation groups have applauded the Queensland Government for sustainable fisheries reforms that will reduce the number of sharks killed in the Sunshine State’s waters.
The good, the bad, the ugly – extinction risk report can inform conservation of Australia’s sharks and rays
The new publication of The Action Plan for Australian Sharks and Rays 2021, which assesses the extinction risk of all Australia’s sharks and rays, can inform conservation efforts
Local councils say no to shark nets in historic unanimous resolution
A unanimous resolution passed today by Local Government NSW has requested that the NSW Government phases out the use of shark nets
Shocking footage of dead dolphin caught in shark nets today at Bronte, NSW
Footage has emerged of a dead dolphin suspended in a shark net just off Bronte beach this morning. The footage is a heart-sickening reminder of the need for NSW to cement its transition to modern shark safety technology
This is what fishing for an endangered shark looks like
Shocking pictures captured covertly on a fishing vessel in Northern Territory waters reveal how hammerhead sharks are being legally fished for fins and flesh despite being endangered in Australian waters.