Australia to phase out destructive gill nets from Great Barrier Reef waters
WWF celebrates over $160 million protection package for World Heritage icon
5 June 2023
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WWF welcomes greater protection for whales and dugongs in Great Sandy Marine Park
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia welcomes a proposal to increase gill net free zones in the Great Sandy Marine Park.
23 September 2022
WWF creates 100,000 km2 safe haven for dugongs in northern Great Barrier Reef
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has effectively created a 100,000 square kilometre refuge where dugongs, inshore dolphins, and turtles can be free...
14 March 2022
WWF welcomes sustainable fisheries regulations in Queensland
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the announcement that the Queensland Government has passed new sustainable fisheries regulations.
30 September 2020
Four dead dugongs in Queensland “tragic and highly suspicious”
Conservation groups say the loss of four dugongs in the Wide Bay Burnett Region over the last two weeks is tragic and highly suspicious, with some of the...
23 September 2020
WWF welcomes Australian Government action to protect the Reef from unsustainable fishing
WWF-Australia has welcomed Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley’s decision to ban the export of shark fins and other seafood products from a Queensland...
8 September 2020
Gill net buyback promising news for dugongs and other threatened marine life
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the Queensland LNP’s policy announcement of a $6 million voluntary buyback scheme prioritising the...
26 July 2020
Reef fishing net transformed from “dangerous” to “desirable” ReefCycle sunglasses
A new joint social venture is underway to turn a commercial gill net, a danger to threatened marine creatures, into something useful – sustainable sunglasses.
4 July 2019
Gill net carnage on the Reef must stop
Disturbing imagery reveal dead sharks stacked up to waist height on the deck at a time when there is worldwide concern about declining shark numbers.
4 May 2019
The pictures the authorities did not want you to see
Analysis suggests massive underreporting of net deaths of protected species.
13 August 2018
Double win: WWF retires net; fisher now looks to eco-tourism
The man responsible for up to 80% of the gill-net take north of Cooktown recently handed his net to WWF-Australia who will ensure it never enters the water...
6 August 2018
Public donations enable WWF to “retire” gillnet to protect dugongs
Public donations have enabled WWF-Australia to protect dugongs by removing the last commercial gill net still operating full time in Far North Queensland.
1 May 2018