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Ecoceanic

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24.01.2022 @sarahlazarovic knows the most scariest Halloween costumes not just on Halloween #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Halloween #savetheplanet #savetheearth

24.01.2022 Please feel free to share this post within your local coastal communities... NEW ORRCA Rescue Training Workshop dates have been released. To book and secure yo...ur preferred rescue workshop, please use the Trybooking link enclosed or visit our website; https://www.trybooking.com/event/orrcamarinemammaltraining

23.01.2022 So many reasons why avoiding single-use plastic must be a priority in 2019. Once we have disposed of it, we have no control over where it will end up. (Thanks for the footage Sheree Marris)

23.01.2022 Amazing deep sea news! Discover more creatures from the deep this September: www.sea.museum/sea-monsters

17.01.2022 Researchers from Southern Cross University led by coral expert Professor Peter Harrison are taking a radically new approach to mass coral re-seeding, rearing mi...llions of coral babies in a newly designed coral-nursery, turbo-charging their chance of survival through co-culturing with algae. https://newatlas.com//coral-ivf-bleaching-great-barrier-r/

17.01.2022 For 10 years, scientists couldn't discover what was forming these beautiful underwater patterns. Until now.

17.01.2022 Today is #SharkAwarenessDay! Here are 4 amazing things sharks are teaching humans.

15.01.2022 Just when you thought life was going to plan...

14.01.2022 #Awful #Practice #Singapore #China #HongKong: #Malaysia is the second-largest importer of #shark #fin, according to a report by wildlife trade organisation #Tra...ffic. In the report entitled "An Overview of Major Shark Traders, Catchers, and Species", the NGO on wildlife trade said between 2000 and 2016, Malaysia imported an average of 2,556 tonnes of shark fin per year. #Hong #Kong was the highest importer with an average of 9,069 tonnes per year while third and fourth places went to #China and #Singapore (with 1,868 and 1,587 respectively). An average of 16,177 tonnes per year of shark fin products, with an average value of USD294 million (RM1.231bil) per year, were reported as imported worldwide from 2000 to 2016. "These four largest importers of shark fin accounted for 90% of average annual global imports of fins during the same period," said the report. Malaysia is also ranked eighth in the average catch of sharks per year. Between 2007 and 2017, Malaysia caught an average of 21,459 tonnes of sharks yearly. The top three on the list of catchers are Indonesia (110,737 tonnes), Spain (78,443) and India (67,391). Oddly enough, while Malaysia is noted in the study for importing shark fin, it was not the top ten countries ranked for importing shark meat. "Europe and South America are the largest retail markets for shark meat, and the top 20 importers have remained stable (between 2008 and 2017) with Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, and Italy accounting for 57% of average global imports over this time," it wrote. The report noted that sharks are particularly vulnerable to overfishing due to their slow growth, relatively late age of maturity and low fecundity. "(Numerous) fisheries management measures have been implemented in recent years, as well as trade regulations 14 shark and 27 ray species have been afforded greater protection through listing in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 2002 and the entire family Pristidae (Sawfish) is listed in Appendix I," the report said. It added that approximately 17% of shark and ray species remain listed in the Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable categories of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, while 13% are listed as Near Threatened. Traffic emphasised the need for better recording of catch and trade data and the need for more "real time" monitoring of such trade to ensure dramatic changes in the targeting of particular species are not occurring in the absence of suitable management and adherence to management arrangements where they occur. It also suggested several recommendations for the world's top 20 catchers and traders, including collecting real-time data, introducing suitable traceability systems for shark products, and unilateral use of World Customs Organisation codes for import and exports. "In order to improve the reliability of shark catch and trade data and their use to support adequate management for sharks, there is an urgent need to implement the following recommendations, particularly by the top 20 catchers and traders," it said. Over the years, various environmentalist groups have voiced out against hunting and finning of sharks here, especially in the waters of East Malaysia. Last month, it was reported that Malaysia was among the 40 countries that opposed #CITES' proposal to protect certain species of sharks and rays from exploitation.

14.01.2022 This Indonesian village is being swallowed by plastic waste - and much of it is coming from Australia.

12.01.2022 Its Official Migaloo has been sighted travelling south and is expected to be within close proximity of Jervis Bay Friday, Saturday or Sunday of this week. We a...re closely monitoring his progress, stay tuned for more updates, or alternatively, should you have more current information, please write on this wall. Photos courtesy of WildAboutWhales and KidsNews #unspoilt #seeaustralia #newsouthwales #shoalhaven See more

11.01.2022 Couldn't be any clearer - rubber jellyfish! Found on Port Kembla beach.

10.01.2022 Cormorants always feed by diving for fish, but no one had ever seen the bird go for a fish stuck to a whale shark.

09.01.2022 Want to know which plant in Booderee is a natural insect repellent? The Koori people used the properties of the umbrella bracken fern as an insect repellent. And the juice from inside the stem of the gymea lily is used to alleviate the pain from bluebottle stings.

07.01.2022 Ningaloos Nursery is in the news again! Todays story by the ABC features a telling statement by the IUCN. The global conservation body warns that scientifical...ly significant Exmouth Gulf faces an uncertain future if industrialisation goes ahead. Weve seen the devastation that rapid development has brought to the Pilbara coast further north. But we still have an opportunity to protect one of the worlds most biodiverse waterways before it suffers a similar fate. Lets make sure Subsea 7s pipeline juggernaut never gets built. Tell the Premier of Western Australia to listen to the science thats been calling for proper protection of Ningaloos Nursery since 1974. See more

06.01.2022 Sir David Attenborough has called out the Australian government in a sobering speech on climate change.

06.01.2022 Look at these beautiful Ningaloo elasmobranchs doing their thing. With news this week that 18 more species of endangered sharks and rays will receive new intern...ational protection, its worth remembering that Ningaloos Nursery is a rare global stronghold for many of them. Exmouth Gulf is home to a whopping 63 species of sharks and rays and 60% are on the IUCN Red List of species threatened or endangered. Theres a pretty simple reason for this remarkable level of biodiversity: the Gulf is still ecologically intact; it hasnt been trashed by industrial development. And Protect Ningaloo is determined to keep it that way. Thats why were working to ensure Subsea 7s unnecessary and destructive pipeline facility is never built and that the broader agenda to industrialise the Gulf is exposed for what it is the irrevocable destruction of one of the worlds last wild and healthy ecosystems. Thanks to Andre Rerekura for sharing the footage. See more

06.01.2022 He protec He attac He emerges from hibernation With tree on bac ... This spectacular shot is of a snapping turtle after emerging from hibernating, buried in the mud. Torterra anyone? Image: Timothy C. Roth

06.01.2022 Support fire affected communities and visit the pristine south coast

05.01.2022 Can you help me on a shark education program I am putting together by donating high quality images of sharks (including rays) and / or their different skins for shark conservation and identification programs Thank you in advance please email link (Dropbox etc) to [email protected] THANK YOU!

04.01.2022 Ive been very inactive on this page as well as my website (needs urgent updating) been doing some other work and travels the past couple of months. One project Ive started is school education on marine conservation. Pictured here I was requested to teach the children about turtles and what we can do to save them, as well as colouring in and questions! I will be posting some of the questionnaires with their answers in posts to follow. Kids are like sponges! It was great to see how fast they took everything in that could teach them and their passion to save turtles and the ocean. Thank you to our future ocean warriors @ Planet Earth

04.01.2022 MIGALOO 29.7.19 off Port Macquarie. Travelling south. Footage Copyright to and provided by L. Mansfield

02.01.2022 This is a 392 year old shark that was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. This guy was wandering the oceans back in 1627.

02.01.2022 When the doctor asks you to say Ahhhh....

02.01.2022 FRIDAY FACT Manatees use flatulence to balance and stay buoyant. The gassy giants rely on digestive gas to keep them afloat. They release or store gasses in the...ir system to sink or float at will. When a manatee is constipated and cant pass gas properly, it can lose the ability to swim properly and end up floating around with its tail above its head. BRB just having a bath for reasons completely unrelated to this post.