Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Save Our Marine Life is a growing community of people and organisations calling for a network of protected marine sanctuaries in Australia's South West, where up to 90% of the marine life is unique, but less than 1% protected.
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http://www.saveourmarinelife.org.au
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08 9420 7261
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Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the powerful new documentary uses interviews with world leading scientists, activists and fishermen, brilliant underwater footage and sweeping cinematography to tell the story of the devastating impacts of over-fishing on our oceans and fishing communities, and the sim...ple solutions to the problem. It has been described as the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ of our oceans.

Presented by Kuranda Envirocare and the Cairns and Far North Environmental Centre

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The End Of The Line - film screening in Kuranda, Queensland
Time:7:00PM Thursday, March 18th
Location:Kuranda Ampitheatre, Understage
Thu at 8:23pm · Comment · · RSVP to this event
Tim Nicol
Tim Nicol
There are some screenings in Melbourne coming up - cinema release dates to be announced very soon!
Thu at 10:59pm
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Ash, if you havent already, go to our web site http://www.saveourmarinelife.org.au and 'join us'. We'll then notify you when the screenings are announced. Cheers, David @SOML
Yesterday at 1:03am
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) Letting friends know about our Sandy Seal online game is a great way to boost our numbers and let others know about the plight of our marine life. Last week's highest scorer, in fact the new all-time record holder, is Zane - 22 mins, 42 secs. Can your friends beat this? Thanks muchly everyone. David @SOML

Save Our Marine Life - play the game! . . . how long can you last?
www.saveourmarinelife.org.au
Steer Sandy Seal through the dangers of unprotected waters and sign the petition to Save Our Marine Life. Up to 90% of Australia’s marine life is unique – but less than 1% protected.
Thu at 5:51am · Comment ·
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the powerful new documentary uses interviews with world leading scientists, activists and fishermen, brilliant underwater footage and sweeping cinematography to tell the story of the devastating impacts of over-fishing on our oceans and fishing communities, and the sim...ple solutions to the problem. It has been described as the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ of our oceans.

Tickets: Adults $10.00, Concession $5.00, Children Free.

Tel: 0417 518 686 for bookings

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The End Of The Line - film screening in Barwon Heads, Victoria
Time:7:30PM Thursday, March 18th
Location:Barwon Heads Community Hall
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Ronja Savemynature

Ronja Savemynature Hello!
We are working on a community for environmentalists here, which will be online by middle/end of March! It is based on Google Maps and you will have the opportunity to link photos and actions with the corresponding places. Furthermore you will be able to quickly draw attention to environment-relevant topics! Unti...l then you can follow our progress here on facebook via „save my nature“.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3404531&id=180405724558

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save my nature - COMMUNITY
You can tell your status to everyone, invite friends or discuss and you can send another messages.
Weitere screenshots unserer im AUFBAU befindlichen save my nature community.
Wed at 3:57am · Comment ·
Alyssa Fletcher

Alyssa Fletcher Fantastic, easy-to-use guide that makes buying sustainable seafood easier than ever!

Canned Tuna Guide | Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Canned tuna ranking
March 9 at 8:32pm · Comment ·
Danielle Brown

Danielle Brown ...hmm

Obama moving to limit fishing access - ESPN
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The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.
March 9 at 6:09pm · Comment ·
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
Only 1 in 6 overfished or subject to overfishing? How many are recruiment overfished (ie of conservation concern). How many of these overfishing examples are not being currently addressed given that the Commowealth Fleet has been halved from 1200 to 600 boats (most not large boats either)?

PS: which states/ fisheries are in worse shape?
Thu at 11:44pm
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
The so called 'continued decline' in Australian fisheries production is not evidence of management failure or overfishing as you make out. It is not unusual or sinister for fisheries to undergo expansion and then stabilise at a reduced level and this does not go against the long term sustainability of the fishery. A new fishery is like a mining ... See Moreexercise in it's early stages. Maximum sustainable yield as usually achieved when the spawning biomass has been reduced to around 40% of it's unfished state. In a lot of areas where there have been cut backs in effort stocks have been bouncing back - how is that cause for criticism unless you are just anti-fishing in principle?

PS: there are large areas that we are hardling fishing at all - eg the GBR and the NW of WA!
Yesterday at 1:12am
Helen Crawford

Helen Crawford I hope the numbers of people keep growing here! Glad to be one drop in your bucket...

March 9 at 6:05pm · Comment · · Report
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) And the winner is....... a whole bunch of dolphins! Congratulations 'The Cove' on your Oscar for best doco.

Oscar.com - Video
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Watch trailers for every nominated film as well as the best Oscar clips at the official site for the Academy Awards.
March 8 at 5:42am · Comment ·
Stephanie Loeffel Brown
Stephanie Loeffel Brown
I was glad to see Sandra Bullock win for Blindside.
March 8 at 8:06am
Kathie Grigg
Kathie Grigg
Awesome! Great work
March 8 at 2:21pm
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) To the 150 people who joined 'Save Our Marine Life', taking us way past the 3000 fan-mark - THANKS! Check out the cute seal pic in the left-hand column of Save Our Marine Life (Australia) which hotlinks to our site - if you "grab this" (just below the pic) it'll post to your wall and help let others know as well. Have a great one. David @SOML

March 7 at 2:29am · Comment ·
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Thanks Dave. Oopps! I have an email from you I'd better reply to.... Good luck on your new adventure. D @ SOML
March 7 at 6:38pm
Cherie Adams Dodd

Cherie Adams Dodd Hello those involved with Save Our Marine Life... and your supporters. I welcome you to make posts and share with the Ocean Guardians Community. We aim to unite organisations like this with like minded people. I have posted your website on the page and welcome you to advertise any events or links. Together we can make a difference!

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Looking for a way to make a difference? Are you involved in an event, cause, organisation or business dedicated to making a positive impact to the future of our marine environment? Do you want to minimise your expenses and maximise your fund raising ability for you...r event, organisation or business? Use the Ocean Guardians Community to promote yourself, share your views and unite with like-minded people. Get promotional items such as t-shirts, hats, bags, banners, business cards and fliers with Ocean Guardians sponsorship options. About US: Cherie and Jim spend their time above and below the water in Nelson Bay, NSW Australia. We recently had the inspiration to combine the “day job” as a promotional business with our passion to increase awareness and inspire empathy for our fragile environment. To join our mailing list or for information free to contact us at info@oceanguardians.com.au Website is currently under construction.
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March 5 at 8:23pm · Comment ·
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)
Cool Cherie. Sounds great. Will do. David @SOML
March 6 at 2:23am
Cherie Adams Dodd
Cherie Adams Dodd
:) Thanks David
March 6 at 7:56am
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) These guys put themselves on-the-line in one of the most dangerous places on Earth for months on end to protect our whales, and the welcoming home party is..... the AFP!? What the...??? How is this allowed to happen?

Federal police board Sea Shepherd boat
www.abc.net.au
Australian Federal Police officers have boarded the anti-whaling ship the Steve Irwin in Hobart, after an official request for a search warrant from Japanese authorities.
March 5 at 6:30pm · Comment ·
Lauren Hawkins
Lauren Hawkins
why is everything so f***ing politically correct...we are all afraid of whether wat we say or do will insult some1 instead for fighting for wat is right. Aussies used 2 be known as a strong people,united for great causes and this government is just weak as piss, and Kevin Rudd needs a good kick up his ass 2 get him out of his arrogant air into the real world.
March 6 at 2:05am
Sharon Mcarthur
Sharon Mcarthur
I had the federal police questioning me about an email I sent to the Japanese Consulate asking them to justify why they rammed the ady gil - I'm a middle aged mum who loves whales and all our government can do is hassle people like me. ITS WRONG
March 6 at 10:29pm
Phill Kliese

Phill Kliese I am very keen to read some of the literature on the " spill over effects " of marine sanctuaries. Could you put up a link to the research.... thanks

March 5 at 4:01pm · Comment · · Report
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
It's more than 'just my opinion'. As to your appeal to authority argument, marine ecologists have a rather different view of the World and yes a lot of them have crossed the line from science to advocacy on this issue. Note that a lot of them are government funded or funded by conservation groups. As to fisheries biologists there has been ... See Moreconsiderable disquiet amongst them regarding the marine park mania. Have a look at Prof Colin Buxton's review of marine parks in Tasmania for example.

I'm surprised you offer the GBR marine park as an example of success. The GBRMPA has sitting in it's library far more extensive studies of reserves over many years which in most cases show no statistically significant difference in fish no's between green zones and open areas. Not surprising since the GBR is fished at a level 100 times less that what is regarded as sustainable for coral reefs (the phrase 'cherry picking' comes to mind).

The GBRMP has been a socio-economic disaster with the Federal Gov. having to pay out $300m in compensation to shore based businesses, and that's only part of the cost. Eg add the multi- million dollar budget of the out of control GBRMPA!
March 8 at 6:48pm
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
Another point on the socio-economic effct of marine parks. I suggest you have a look a the the socio- economic report done by Earnst and Young on marine parks in NSW. They predict anglers will half their visits to coastal towns hosting marine parks costing them 100's of millions in their tourist dollars. These are real dollars too and not your 'non-market' value!
March 8 at 6:53pm
Save Our Marine Life (Australia)

Save Our Marine Life (Australia) Isn't it great when something good for the environment also makes economic sense? A major new report out today by economic analysts, Allen Consulting, shows that marine sanctuaries would help our economy and boost industry resilience.

So sanctuaries are good for our marine life; they're good for the economy; and the re...asons left to oppose them are.... um, well, um....?

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Save Our Marine Life - Only 1% of my home is protected!
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Save Our Marine Life - Only 1% of my home is protected!
March 5 at 1:25am · Comment ·
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
Also is the rock lobster industry in decline from overfishing or overmanagement?
March 8 at 2:57am
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown
You don't need large marine reserves to have scientific reference areas for rock lobster. In any case marine reserve data must be treated with care. Often reserves are put in place in highly productive areas which will distort the data. Fishing effort tends to be displaced which will exaggerate any reserve effect. Also a fishery can be evaluated without so called reference areas, eg size and age structure, surveys, looking at catch per unit effort to name a few.
March 8 at 1:00pm
Melissa Woods

Melissa Woods Lets all clean up our beaches

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Jorge De Figueiredo Silva

Jorge De Figueiredo Silva put the stick all around!

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