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Epic feeding frenzy caught on camera as sharks maul trawler catch
By Elloise Farrow-Smith and Julie Ray

"Hundreds and hundreds" of sharks bite their way into a trawler's prawn catch with the competition so fierce, fishers want to "give up".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/video-sharks-dolphins-maul-prawn-trawler-catch/103534252

#FishingAquaculture #OceansandReefs #Animals #MarineBiology #Fish #ElloiseFarrowSmith #JulieRay

'Rite of passage' to vandalise Great Keppel Island, resort developers say Developers of an island resort, off the coast of central Queensland, say the dilapidated facility is being targeted by vandals. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/great-keppel-island-vandalism/12812796 #TravelandTourism #GreatBarrierReef #OceansandReefs #RuralTourism #Vandalism

What's that stench? Culprit of stinky odours plaguing Mackay identified A fishy stench has been drifting across the Mackay coast this week, leading locals to wonder what is causing it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-25/stink-around-mackay-caused-by-rotting-algae/12699030 #Fertilisers-Horticulture #WaterManagement #OceansandReefs #WaterPollution #WaterPlants #Fertilisers #Waterplant #Pollution #Water

Seafood company spends millions to buy up NT barramundi licences A West Australian seafood company makes a multi-million-dollar splash into the Northern Territory's commercial barramundi industry, buying more than 70 per cent of the NT's barramundi licences. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-15/wild-barra-fisheries-barramundi-licence-buy-northern-territory/12618188 #Fishing,Aquaculture #OceansandReefs #Rural #Trade

'We'll all be tied up to jetties': Fishers concerned about stall in reforms over vast fishing grounds Queensland is on the verge of losing its export accreditation for several lucrative fish by-products after failing to meet its obligations to monitor and manage impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-08/fishery-exports-under-threat-over-vast-ecifff-reforms/12640210 #Fishing,Aquaculture #GreatBarrierReef #OceansandReefs #Environment

Seafood company taking NT Government to court loses export licence A seafood company involved in a legal battle with the NT Government has had its export licence cancelled — and it believes the reasons could be a bit fishy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-08/australia-bay-seafoods-export-licence-from-darwin-cancelled/12529322 #EnvironmentalManagement #Fishing,Aquaculture #CourtsandTrials #OceansandReefs #SeaTransport #Rural #Trade

Seafood company taking NT Government to court loses export licence A seafood company involved in a legal battle with the NT Government has had its export licence cancelled — and it believes the reasons could be a bit fishy. https://www.abc.net.au/preview/default/12529322?view=invalid #EnvironmentalManagement #Fishing,Aquaculture #CourtsandTrials #OceansandReefs #SeaTransport #Rural #Trade

Seafood company launches high seas court battle against the NT Government Australia's largest supplier of tropical snapper is taking the Northern Territory Government to court over plans to merge two fisheries. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-05/seafood-company-takes-nt-government-to-court/12507202 #StatesandTerritories #Fishing,Aquaculture #CourtsandTrials #OceansandReefs #Trade

'A drought for us is when it's raining': Salt-farming family's Australian story began 132 years ago With its vast pink ponds and expansive white plains, salt producing is unlike most farming enterprises, especially considering it thrives in drought. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-05/salt-farming-olsson-family-lick-blocks-gourmet-restaurants/12410480 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #FoodandBeverage #OceansandReefs #FoodProcessing #Manufacturing #Agriculture #Industry #Drought

Copied paragraphs, missed deadlines and a fish that lives for 150 years: Inside the fight for the orange roughy Conservation groups have hit out at a report recommending the Marine Stewardship Council reclassify the Australian orange roughy fishery as sustainable, but industry groups say they're confident the fishery won't succumb to past mismanagement. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-07-05/orange-roughy-ngos-blast-sustainability-msc/12395812 #ScienceandTechnology #OceansandReefs

Tasmania's real-life quicksand swallows horses and riders, cattle and cars Quicksand on Tasmania's west coast poses an invisible and deadly threat when disturbed. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/quicksand-on-tasmanias-west-coast/12307402 #LifestyleandLeisure #OceansandReefs #Geology #Rivers #Rural

Boaters urged to use caution, 140kg turtle suffers 'massive damage' from propeller strike The "amazingly resilient" green sea turtle was rescued after washing up on a remote central Queensland beach badly injured from a boat propeller strike. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-07/green-sea-turtle-rehabilitated-returns-to-wild-queensland/12320248 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #LifestyleandLeisure #VeterinaryMedicine #AnimalsandNature #WaterPollution #OceansandReefs #MarineBiology

Booed for ordering a naked swimmer to cover up in the 1970s, legendary lifesaver looks to retire Jeered in more conservative times for ordering a swimmer "wearing nothing but a smile" to cover up, lifesaving legend Warren Young now looks to call it a day. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/warren-young-considers-retirement-gold-coast/12196638 #SocialDistancing #OceansandReefs #SurfLifeSaving #HumanInterest #RuralTourism #Hospitality #Environment #OlderPeople #Happiness #Swimming

Offshore wind farm proposal has landholders wanting answers With plans to build Australia's first offshore wind farm on the table, residents in Victoria's Gippsland region are calling for more details with many of them facing the prospect of cables running underneath their properties. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/offshore-wind-farm-off-victroria-prompt-residents-questions/12045384 #ElectricityEnergyandUtilities #Business,EconomicsandFinance #RegionalDevelopment #OceansandReefs