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Kelly Slater has felt the wrath of internet fury after calling on French government to commence culling sharks off Reunion Island in the wake of another fatality.
Topics: surfing, social-media, environmental-management, marine-biology, internet-culture, sport, reunion, united-states
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Underwater 360-imagery is providing an insight into life on the ocean floor while offering a new way for scientists to monitor the health of the world's reefs.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, marine-biology, conservation, lady-elliot-island-4670, university-of-queensland-4072
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30 centimetre sea spiders, stingrays and brittle starfish are just some of the creatures found by the CSIRO cameras deep under the frigid waters off the Totten Coast of eastern Antarctica.
Topics: marine-biology, antarctica
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| UpdatedNever before captured vision of the "harsh and hostile" sea floor off Antarctica's Sabrina Coast will be used to support an application to make the region a Marine Protected Area.
Topics: marine-biology, climate-change, antarctica
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The Ocean Agency's new initiative 50 Reefs is "the only global plan to save coral reefs from extinction".
Topics: marine-biology, marine-parks, australia
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| UpdatedA multi-million-dollar global plan aims to save 10 per cent of the world's coral reefs as scientists predict the remaining 90 per cent will die by 2050.
Topics: marine-biology, conservation, australia, bali
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Access to superior commercial genetic stock for the first time is boosting morale of New South Wales oyster farmers.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, research, marine-biology, laurieton-2443
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Topics: oceans-and-reefs, marine-biology, currumbin-4223
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| UpdatedGold Coast beaches have been inundated by seaweed that looks like golden cornflakes.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, marine-biology, currumbin-4223
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Topics: animals-and-nature, marine-biology, oceans-and-reefs, cowes-3922
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| UpdatedAs new evidence of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef emerges, scientists warn the temperatures that caused last year's devastating coral die-off will be commonplace within decades.
Topics: climate-change, great-barrier-reef, marine-biology, cairns-4870, melbourne-3000, townsville-4810
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A world-first study testing new underwater cameras on wild dolphins gives researchers the best view yet into their hidden marine world, February 21, 2017.
Topics: animal-science, marine-biology, research, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedMeet the woman who sketches and paints underwater sea creatures to help make oceanic research easy to understand.
Topics: marine-biology, oceans-and-reefs, biological-diversity, education, visual-art, careers, people, brisbane-4000, thursday-island-4875
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Bycatch from shark nets almost doubles in the second month of trials, with dolphins, turtles and rays caught and killed.
Topics: shark, endangered-and-protected-species, marine-biology, marine-parks, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lismore-2480
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As biosecurity authorities respond to a sixth aquaculture farm which has tested positive for white spot disease in prawns, both the industry and government say they cannot be sure the virus can be eradicated. Six of the eight farms near the Logan River have now been confirmed to have the virus; one other currently has no stock and another is the only farm to remain free of white spot. Queensland Minister Bill Byrne says he stands ready to assist further, but is still waiting for a formal proposal for a cost sharing Deed of Arrangement with the federal government and industry.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740
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White spot disease is detected in more than 100 wild prawns south of Brisbane, sparking fears about the prawn farm industry's recovery.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, logan-central-4114, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA sixth aquaculture farm tests positive for the virus that causes white spot disease in prawns, leaving the industry concerned about successful eradication.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedA beach north of Brisbane is covered in blue blubber jellyfish, with one marine biologist saying it is the biggest stranding she has ever seen.
Topics: animals, marine-biology, community-and-society, offbeat, deception-bay-4508, brisbane-4000
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Australian-based scientists are punching holes in Antarctica's sea floor to measure the impact of climate change on one of the world's most important oxygen producers.
Topics: climate-change, earth-sciences, marine-biology, biology, research, research-organisations, antarctica
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Queensland University of Technology researchers have mounted a high definition, or UAV camera, on a drone to help build a fingerprint of the Ningaloo Reef, showing coral, sand, algae and other species.
Topics: marine-biology, science-and-technology, biology, computers-and-technology, ningaloo-6701, exmouth-6707
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, conservation, science-and-technology, marine-biology, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450
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| UpdatedSouth-east Queensland prawn farmers decimated by white spot disease will receive part of a $1.74 million Federal Government emergency funding package, however they say it does not cover their costs.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, environmental-impact, marine-biology, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, logan-central-4114, qld, brisbane-4000, mermaid-beach-4218
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Topics: marine-biology, animal-science, mammals---whales, bremer-bay-6338
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Topics: marine-biology, mammals---whales, animal-science, bremer-bay-6338