Oceans Blueprint calls for ship speed limits to protect whales
Mandatory speed limits to reduce the risk of ship strikes on whales is one of a suite of proposals in a new plan released by the World Wide Fund for...
8 October 2024
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310,000km2 expansion of Australia’s most remote marine reserve is welcome, but stronger protections needed
WWF-Australia has welcomed a decision to quadruple the size of Australia’s most remote marine reserve, but said the government had missed an opportunity to...
8 October 2024
Barra 23% bigger after removal of gill nets
A new WWF-commissioned report, co-authored by Queensland’s former chief scientist, quantifies the remarkable success of Queensland’s three net-free zones since...
2 May 2023
Aussies donate hundreds of tortoiseshell items to help stop illegal trade
The hawksbill turtle conservation project Surrender Your Shell, which urged Australians to hand in their tortoiseshell products, has been a success with 328...
16 June 2022
John West and WWF-Australia 10-Year partnership a catalyst for seafood sustainability
For 10 years, the John West and WWF-Australia partnership has been a catalyst to drive change and promote sustainable fishing practices around the globe.
9 March 2021
WWF: orange roughy decision a victory for common sense
A bid to have the orange roughy fishery in eastern Tasmania certified “sustainable” has been halted – for now.
6 January 2021
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
Critical statement highlights archaic fishing practices endangering our Great Barrier Reef
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) have renewed their call for reforms to...
4 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
Cody Simpson urges Aussies to ditch plastic with new WWF-Australia ambassadorship
He’s best known for his music, but now Cody Simpson is helping to protect our oceans from plastics. To launch Plastic Free July, today WWF-Australia has...
2 July 2020
Reef authority confirms mass coral bleaching event hitting the Great Barrier Reef
New aerial surveys show a mass coral bleaching event is now occurring on the Great Barrier Reef with some southern areas, which dodged the 2016 and 2017...
26 March 2020
Scientists name new deep-sea species Eurythenes plasticus to highlight pollution
Scientists who discovered a new marine animal, in one of the deepest places on Earth, were so concerned at finding plastic in its stomach they named it...
5 March 2020