Captain calls for halt to at-sea boarding after SA fisheries boat capsizes
The routine boarding of a fishing vessel in SA's Spencer Gulf went wrong last week and a seaman who witnessed the incident ...
The world's second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia's longest river—we're bringing it back
Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of ...
A marine heat wave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish—it's heading south
Tens of thousands of fish have died off northwestern Australia, as a large and long-lasting marine heat wave intensifies.
People left stunned by what you can buy at Australian fish and chip shop
A viral post shows a picture of a counter which bizarrely, alongside food products, appears to be advertising a manner of ...
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South Australia’s abalone fishery faces deadly virus spread
South Australia’s abalone industry is on high alert as abalone viral ganglioneuritis spreads up the southeast coast ...
It’s official: Australia’s ocean surface was the hottest on record in 2024
Oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface, and their warming is gravely concerning. So how much is down to climate change?
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Fishing and conserving in Great Barrier Reef's marine reserves
A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery catch.
Sonar finds mysterious figure on seafloor off Australia. ‘The legend is real’
A professional angler known as Trapman Australia is causing a stir on social media after sonar on his boat captured something that looks human standing rather triumphantly on the seafloor. It didn’t ...
South Australia's abalone industry on high alert as AVG disease spreads
Divers off the coast of Port MacDonnell made a grim discovery last February, finding a disease that has sent shockwaves ...
Australia to use Indigenous rangers to patrol coast for asylum seekers
Australia said on Wednesday it would enlist indigenous Aboriginal rangers to patrol its vast and remote northern coastline amid an influx of illegal fishing boats that have also been used by people ...
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A marine heatwave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish. It’s heading south
Matt Rayson receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Western Australian government. . Nicole L. Jones receives funding from Australian Research Council and the Western ...