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UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO’s comments confirm what experts already know: despite substantial money and effort, threats to the Great Barrier Reef ...
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Commercial fisherman Bradley Sutcliffe fined for illegal netting in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
A commercial fisherman who was caught with three 100-metre-long nets in a yellow zone of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has been fined $13,000 for his "highly negligent" behaviour.
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Tangaroa Blue launches tracking method for ghost nets on the Great Barrier Reef
Ghost nets can be the size of football fields ... Now not-for-profit Tangaroa Blue is teaming up with Satlink and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to repurpose satellite tracking ...
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Federal and Queensland governments promise a gillnet-free Great Barrier Reef by 2027
Gillnets are set to be completely banned from the Great Barrier Reef by mid-2027, the federal and Queensland governments have jointly announced. Gillnets are long rectangular nets used to catch ...
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Gillnets banned to protect Great Barrier Reef’s threatened dugongs, turtles
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the announcement to protect the Great Barrier Reef on World Environment Day.Credit: AAP Gillnets nets are used to catch fish - such as barramundi and ...
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Sea turtle amputee rescued from net entanglement finds forever home
A gate separating Heidi from his new home, the Great Barrier Reef exhibit ... After his initial rescue in 2018 from an entangled ghost net, or lost or abandoned fishing gear, in the South Malé ...
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U.N. Mission Joins Growing Calls to Label Great Barrier Reef ‘In Danger’
a method of catching fish using vertical panels of netting, which can entangle other marine life such as sea turtles. Just last year, the committee concluded that the Great Barrier Reef’s ...