Australia's 2 largest supermarkets face mounting scrutiny over their continued sourcing of Atlantic salmon from Macquarie Harbour, where salmon farming is hurtling the skate towards extinction,
Instead of acting, Coles & Woolies are having quiet chats about how to manage the PR.
The Aus Gov has committed globally to protecting critical shark & ray habitat.
Our Maugean skate is found nowhere else on Earth & on the brink of extinction because of salmon farming.
Tag Environment Minister Murray Watt, urging him to list Macquarie Harbour as critical habitat.
The good news: the NT Budget, handed down on 12 May, is a concrete opportunity for the NT Government to start delivering.
Urge the NT Government to allocate money in the 2026 budget, to keep our waters healthy and protect our threatened species: www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/prot...
Fast forward to today and the NT Government is yet to allocate a single dollar to make it happen. Yet, everyday nets remain in the water, dolphins, sawfish, dugongs and turtles risk drowning.
Nearly two years ago the NT government committed to phasing out commercial barramundi gillnets from Territory waters. It was a significant boost for the future of the Top End’s fishing lifestyle, threatened wildlife, and tourism opportunities.
Seismic blasting is still allowed inside about half of Australia’s offshore marine parks! Please sign and share our new petition to support keeping seismic blasting out of Australian Marine Parks and strengthening the protection of our offshore ocean: https://bit.ly/47Ztffb 👈🚫💥🌊🐋🐠🪸
🐙🦀🦈⭐🐡 All of these amazing critters were found during a CSIRO voyage in Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park, far off the east coast of Queensland. Large areas they visited had never been studied like this before. More than 110 new species were found during the voyage!
📷 Images and IDs via CSIRO.
Our planet is about 70% ocean. It regulates the climate, provides us with oxygen and food, and is a vital part of cultures around the world. We must protect it. 🌏🌊
"No water, no life. No blue, no green". – Dr. Sylvia Earl
"If we save the sea, we save our world". – Sir David Attenborough.
📷 NASA
“Before the advent of cheap, single-use take away packaging, legend has it that Australian families used to bring saucepans to their local Chinese restaurant".
We’re calling for the Aus Gov't to introduce new packaging laws that make producers responsible, support reuse & ban wasteful packaging.
Check out sustainable alternatives at goodfish.org.au
While you're filling your basket this long weekend, leave the Tassie salmon on the shelf and let Australia's biggest supermarkets know there's no eggs-cuse for extinction.
This Easter, we're on the hunt for something more elusive than a hidden egg: a commitment from Coles and Woolies to stop selling farmed salmon from Macquarie Harbour.
#BREAKING: Let’s go!!! This one is huge 😍💙🌊
The Aus Govt just ratified the High Seas Treaty! Australia becomes the 88th country to ratify this momentous treaty to help protect our ocean, with many more countries committed.
🌏The high seas are the waters that lie beyond the boundaries of any nation.
The full letter is signed by: Greenpeace Australia, PACT Group, WWF-Australia, MECCA, Plastic Free Foundation, Re.Group, TOMRA, Boomerang Alliance, Phantm, AMCS, Doctors for the Environment Australia, Clean Up Australia, Take 3 for the Sea, Charopy, Skipper, and WOSUP.🙌🌊 You can read it on our site!
The NSW Govt detected microplastics in all 120 waterways that it tested along the state's coast, including rivers, lagoons and harbours. 🚣
It’s critical that Australia’s federal and state governments take urgent action to cut plastic pollution at the source.
📷 NSW EPA
Australia’s Environment Minister has confirmed his commitment to increasing the protection of our ocean.🌊
Ocean protection is about more than hitting a target. We need science-based marine sanctuaries protecting all of Australia’s ocean habitats, including deep sea canyons, seamounts & rocky reefs.
Tell our government to protect Aussie sharks and rays today. www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/give...
Microplastics in shark eggs!? Until now, it was assumed these microplastics were ingested later in life… not before a shark was even ‘born’.”
Sharks are already under pressure from overfishing, habitat loss and climate change — now plastic pollution is increasing the risk from day one.
And still @Coles and @Woolies continue to sell farmed Atlantic salmon from Macquarie Harbour.
Skip the salmon, save the skate, and add your name to tell Coles and Woolies extinction is bad for business. www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/maug...
A renewed endangered listing found nothing had changed - not the ‘very high’ risk of extinction, not the catastrophic problem of salmon farming, nor the solution of removing salmon.
Macquarie Harbour became a globally ‘Important Shark and Ray Area’ — global scientific assessment identified it as a critical habitat needing protection.
In the last 3 weeks:
Documents released under Freedom of Information revealed that the federal government ignored scientific evidence, & Australian nature laws were weakened to allow salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour to continue.
Our new video on the harbour:
youtu.be/e_xHl_gYV9I?...
Add your name to tell Coles and Woolies time is up on extinction salmon. www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/maug...
The Australian Government ignored the science, will Coles and Woolies keep their heads in the sand and continue selling farmed Atlantic salmon from Macquarie Harbour?
A coalition of 80+ environmental organisations spent years fighting efforts to gut Australia's national nature laws.
Alexia Wellbelove of @marineconservation.org.au narrates how their sustained, united advocacy achieved historic reforms in this new blog ⤵️
🐨⚖️ Corporate lobbying almost killed reform of Australia's nature laws at the last minute.
Alexia Wellbelove of @marineconservation.org.au discusses how post-election political realignment and sharp teamwork brought it back from the brink ⤵️
It's Clean Up Australia Day!
Our teams in Brisbane & Melbourne have been out on clean ups. We collected thousands of pieces of litter. Most items were plastic, including cigarette butts, balloons, bottles, disposable coffee cups, takeaway food containers, and lots of small fragments.
That's an area more than three times the size of Sydney Harbour!
The NT government is expanding Limmen Bight Marine Park by 185km2, including seagrass meadows where dugongs feed and fish breed. Now they need to hear from you. Please show your support by sharing this post! 🌊🌊
📷 (A)manda Parkinson
NOAA’s satellite data shows parts of Northern GBR experiencing above average sea surface temps and are now on Alert Level 1, which means coral bleaching is expected. Central and southern regions are at lower warning levels but still experiencing low and accumulating heat stress.
Deadly H5N1 bird flu has been detected in gentoo penguins on the remote Australian territory. 💔🐧
🌏 Aus is the last continent that the strain hasn't reached...yet. Concerningly, Heard Island has species that could migrate and spread the virus to mainland Aus.
Take action: https://bit.ly/4amwIWO 👈📝