2008-10-10
Yahoo! News Australia
Creek to be poisoned in pest fish cull (ABC)
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) will dam and poison five kilometres of a far north Queensland creek to stop an exotic fish pest spreading through the...
2008-10-08
Yahoo! News Australia
Ocean abyss yields new marine species
A voyage of discovery by Australian scientists into the uncharted depths of the Southern Ocean has found hundreds of new marine species, the CSIRO...
2008-10-07
ABC Gold & Tweed Coasts
'Flexible' seafood industry needed to tackle climate change
The Queensland Seafood Industry Association says the management of the fishing industry must become more flexible to deal with climate...
2008-10-07
Sunshine Coast Daily
Jet ski ban proposed
Jet skis would be banned from the river upstream of Noosa Waters canal if Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) goes ahead with a recommendation to gazette part of the A-rated waterway as a marine zone.
2008-10-05
Sunshine Coast Daily
Jet ski ban mooted for Noosa river
PUTTING ON THE BRAKES: Jet skis may soon be restricted upstream of Noosa Waters Canal. exclusion zones are announced. (file pic from Noosa.) Photo by Geoff Potter / n21651g Jet skis will be banned from part of the Noosa River if Maritime Safety Queensland goes with a recommendation to make part of the A...
2008-10-03
Gold Coast Bulletin
Fingal points finger over shrinking sands
WHILE many southern Gold Coast beaches boast embarrassing, arguably disastrous, riches of sand, across the Tweed River at Fingal Head residents are watching their beach slip gradually into the...
2008-10-02
Gold Coast Bulletin
Whale rescue 'toughest ever'
MARINE rescuers who spent almost eight hours working to free a humpback whale snared in shark netting off the Gold Coast yesterday have described the operation as their most difficult...
2008-09-29
ABC Tropical Queensland
Overpricing not to blame for less seafood income: Mulherin
Queensland Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin says a new report has revealed no unfair pricing in the seafood supply...
2008-09-29
The Age
Fear for boat users as distress beacons are phased out
SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that don't work because overseas authorities are decommissioning the satellite receiver that picks up the distress...
2008-09-28
Perth Now
Whale freed from Queensland shark net
A YOUNG adult humpback whale which become entangled in shark control netting on the Gold Coast this morning has been released by animal rescuers. The nine-metre whale was spotted caught in the netting off Tugun Beach about...