Aerial view of two whales swimming in shimmering green ocean water, sunlight reflecting on the surface. One whale raises its fluke near the top left. Stock image.

A study in Scientific Reports suggests the observed decline in reproductive success of the western Australian population of southern right whales is influenced by environmental changes in mid- and high-latitude feeding grounds. go.nature.com/3MDSqfS 🌊 🌍 🧪

🦪 Community-based marine restoration to generate social licence and ecological knowledge for upscaling oyster reef restoration

📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/YQtBfFb

Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025

Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.

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Some very good points in this article, particularly on sustaining your career and well-being and choosing supervisors and labs.

NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment Environmental assessments could go out the window for mining projects, windfarms and other developments, green groups say

There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament.

The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.

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They have the best available science, yet the Australian government continues to approve destructive global warming fossil fuel projects.

Is eating farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of Tasmanian evolution? | Tim Flannery Without the strongest conservation efforts, it can’t be long before the Maugean skate – and other marine living fossils in Australia – are wiped out

The Maugean skate, has become famous because it is endangered by salmon farming.
It is ironic that instead of addressing the environmental factors contributing to its endangerment, conservation efforts have focussed on attempting to breed the Maugean skate in captivity.

Informative and enjoyable to watch.

Interesting essay on human aspects of ecological restoration, in PNAS.

The problem is restoring ecosystems doesn’t actually work at meaningful scales. You have to first reverse the causes of destruction.

You can boost your optimism by cherry-picking small “bright spots”, ignoring the rest.