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The battle to save 'the last paradise' in Indonesia
By Erwin Renaldi and Hellena Souisa

A pristine archipelago off Indonesia's east coast emerges as the latest battleground between conservationists and the government, who are at odds over the country's nickel industry.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-22/the-battle-to-save-raja-ampat-from-nickel-mining/105431838

#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Nickel #MiningandMetalsIndustry #EnvironmentalImpact #TourismandLeisureIndustry #Reefs #OceansandReefs #MarineParks #ErwinRenaldi #HellenaSouisa

Wintery conditions fail to wash away SA's devastating algal bloom
By Caroline Horn

The deadly micro algal bloom that has killed millions of marine creatures along South Australia's coastline continues to wreak havoc and cause "complete ecosystem failure from the bottom up".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-20/marine-algal-bloom-continues-south-australia-coastline-dead-fish/105421532

#MarineBiology #EnvironmentalImpact #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Fish #OceansandReefs #CarolineHorn

Eddie the echidna released after surviving swim from Bribie Island
By Janel Shorthouse and Jessica Ross

The juvenile echidna, believed to have become stranded on a rapidly shrinking chunk of land before braving an ocean swim to the mainland, spent weeks in care.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/eddie-echidna-released-after-swim-from-bribie-island/105429502

#Animals #EnvironmentalImpact #EnvironmentalManagement #HumanInterest #Erosion #OceansandReefs #Weather #JanelShorthouse #JessicaRoss

Australians behind Jaws reflect on the movie's legacy 50 years on
By Tim McGlone

In Port Lincoln, where some of the underwater shark scenes were filmed, it brought huge economic benefits, but also did untold damage to attitudes towards sharks that still linger today.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/australians-behind-jaws-reflect-on-the-movie-legacy/105431602

#Movies #Anniversaries #SharkAttacks #Animals #Conservation #AnimalBehaviour #OceansandReefs #RegionalCommunities #TimMcGlone

Gulf ghost net patrols fear tide turning in fight to save remote beaches
By Christine Schindler

It's rubbish season in northern Australia, when tonnes of plastic and discarded fishing nets wash ashore in the Gulf of Carpentaria. But the future of funding for clean-up patrols is unclear.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/funding-set-to-end-for-arnhem-land-ghost-net-patrols/105422838

#WaterPollution #Environment #Conservation #OceansandReefs #ChristineSchindler

Crocs, sharks and deadly jellyfish sighted in tourist hotspot

Residents say there's nothing to fear after two people were stung by Irukandji jellyfish, following reports of sharks and crocodiles along Ningaloo coast in recent months.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-14/exmouth-locals-unconcerned-irukandji-shark-crocodile-sightings/105417144

#OceansandReefs #TravelandTourism #Fish

Crocs, sharks and deadly jellyfish sighted in tourist hotspot

Residents say there's nothing to fear after two people were stung by Irukandji jellyfish, following reports of sharks and crocodiles along Ningaloo coast in recent months.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-14/exmouth-locals-unconcerned-irukandji-shark-crocodile-sightings/105417144

#OceansandReefs #TravelandTourism #Fish

Crocs, sharks and deadly jellyfish sighted in tourist hotpot

Residents say there's nothing to fear after two people were stung by Irukandji jellyfish, following reports of sharks and crocodiles along Ningaloo coast in recent months.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-14/exmouth-locals-unconcerned-irukandji-shark-crocodile-sightings/105417144

#OceansandReefs #TravelandTourism #Fish

Irukandji jellyfish sting two swimmers in a day in northern WA

Authorities are urging beachgoers to exercise caution after two people were stung by the potentially deadly jellyfish this week.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/call-for-caution-after-irukandji-jellyfish-stings-in-wa/105398328

#Animals #OceansandReefs