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The Australian author of a global call to action on microplastics after 20 years of research says there is "no longer time for excuses". The paper, published in the journal Science, draws on 20 years of research that has revealed 'extensive evidence of substantial widescale environmental accumulation' of microplastics. The authors call for global...
Ocean habitats play a key role in storing carbon from the atmosphere. It's called 'blue carbon', and until now, nobody has quantified how much ends up in kelp, seagrass meadows, salt marshes and sediment in the seabed. Good quality baseline and longitudinal data is vital to assess and control the damage caused by human activities to the most...
NOFF deplores the State government's criminal neglect of rivers and coastal waters highlighted in the newly-released, much delayed State of the Environment Report, which report reveals deeply disturbing failures and lack of action over the past decade.
An independent water scientist has expressed concern at a lack of pollution limits in the environmental licence for a fish farm that has discharged its wastewater into the South Esk River in northern Tasmania for more than a decade.
ABC reports on Lance Wiffen, a Melbourne fisherman working to educate the wider public about the virtues of mussels and the sustainability of Victoria's farmed mussel industry. His tourism venture takes visitors around Port Phillip Bay to enjoy local seafood and wines, and see mussel leases up close.
Icelandic land-based salmon producer Laxey is progressing with its plans to complete a hatchery, with a grow-out facility slated to commence production in 2024. The company projects a production of 27,000 metric tons of farmed Atlantic Salmon by 2031. The initial operational phase is expected to commence by mid-2024, with the first sales...
Today, whilst national and international delegates were attending the national Seafood Directions conference in Hobart, Tasmanian communities demonstrated their opposition to the salmon industry's plans to expand into Bass Strait.
Thirty three of Norway's rivers were closed this year during the fishing season as salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future. This spring the salmon did not come back from the ocean, raising such alarm over the collapse of the salmon population that the rivers were abruptly closed for the first time. Visitors cancelled plans...
