Brown Booby & Chick – Photographer Mark Spencer
Media Releases
2012
- 11 January: Underwater legend Valerie Taylor urges protection of the Coral Sea. Read full media release here or download here.
2011
- 25 November: More Protection Needed in Government’s Landmark Proposal for the Coral Sea. Read full media release here or download here.
- 3 November: Support visionary protection for our Coral Sea. Read full media release here or download here
- 20 August: Australia’s Coral Sea: A Predator Hot Spot. Read the full media release here or download here. Download report here (8.4MB) and fact sheet here (1.1 MB).
- 4 May: New federal policy is fair to fish and fishers alike. Read the full media release here or download here (pdf).
2010
- 20 October: Australia's Coral Sea Home to over 300 Threatened Animal Species - Read more
- 21 September: More than 30,000 People call on the Federal Government to Protect the Coral Sea - Read more
- 10 August: Conservation Groups Applaud Greens' Support for a Coral Sea Marine Park - Read more
- 8 June: World’s Marine Scientists Endorse Large-Scale 'National Parks at Sea'. More than 245 marine scientists from 35 countries, including Australia, have endorsed a science statement calling for the establishment of a worldwide system of very large, highly protected marine reserves.
Media Release (pdf)
Science Statement (pdf) - 3 March: Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australian Conservation Foundation, Cairns and Far North Environment Centre, Pew Environment Group Australia, Queensland Conservation Council and WWF Australia: Scientific Case for Coral Sea Protection Water Tight - Read more (pdf)
