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25.01.2022 COVID-19 - The second wave is made of plastic. from our friends at Sea Shepherd France, many have been increasing their use of plastic made products in these unprecedented times, to protect themselves and their families. Gloves, masks, hand sanitizer bottles and many kinds of single use plastics... But it all leads back to our oceans and beaches, from the streets to the drains, to our rivers and then the seas. Don't be a d#@% and bin your plastics. With love, Sarah. #secondwave #covid19 #singleuseplastics #saynotoplastics #forouroceansandbeaches Susie Crick

25.01.2022 People are flocking to beaches around Australia this weekend and leaving crap everywhere. If bins are full take your rubbish home people! Dont leave it to community groups like Surfrider to pick up after you.

24.01.2022 Surfrider Australia has teamed up with the Schmidt Ocean Institute to relay much needed information to the people of the World regarding their research and disc...overies Microplastics: Surface to Sediment Cairns, Australia July As plastics are broken down in the ocean particles form, and their physical properties change (e.g., density, size, shape), they become ingrained in marine snow and sink through the water column. As they sink their density discontinuity slows, stopping the sinking process and allowing an aggregation of microplastic particles to form. Over time, snow particles containing microplastics continue to sink and end up in the sediments, producing a historical record as a function of depth. Dr. Scott Gallager (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and his team will meet R/V Falkor in Australia to better understand the fate of microplastics from surface to sediments in areas of accretion and dispersal. The science team will study and quantify the abundance and polymer type of microplastics in the deep sea using new technology developed to detect and quantify microplastics. Using a suite of tools and technology including Falkor’s High Performance Computing and numerical modeling, airborne imaging, Lagrangian surface floats, robotic surface samplers, midwater samplers and robotic systems, genomic sequencing, benthic samplers and ROV SuBastian, the scientists will provide a complete end-to-end description and characterization of where the missing plastics may be located. Surfrider Australia shall keep you all informed via: Website: www.surfrider.org.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurfriderAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfrideraus Twitter: https://twitter.com/surfrideraus

24.01.2022 Before the 30th April we have the opportunity to complete a short survey to support a Queensland wide ban on the use of plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates. The phase-out may include, after further analysis, coffee cups, other plastics and heavyweight plastic bags. In the first stage of the phase-out, plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates would not be allowed to be supplied to the public from July 2021. A simple way to have your say is to complete the on-line survey. - closing date 30 April 2020 https://haveyoursay.des.qld.gov.au/single-use-plastics

21.01.2022 True Legends with purpose

19.01.2022 It’s TIME to listen and ACT

19.01.2022 Massive win today ! https://www.msn.com//equinor-abandons-plans-t/ar-BB10lgOk

17.01.2022 This week Surfrider Foundation Australia’s Susie Crick spoke to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee at the Senate Hearing into the Product ...Stewardship Amendment Bill that Senator Peter Whish-Wilson presented time Parliament last year. Words from Susie’s page below: Yesterday I was invited to speak at the Senate hearing of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee (Product Stewardship Amendment (Packaging and Plastics) Bill 2019). The aim of the proposed legislation is to 'force industry to act' to reduce non-recyclable, non-compostable single-use plastics. Thank you Senator Peter Whish-Wilson for presenting this important Bill. Our government (indeed ALL global governments) must acknowledge that plastic packaging is an environmental and human health threat, and force industry to be responsible for the waste they create. Plastic pollution is poisoning our landfills, oceans ....... and us. The problem is too big for individuals to change. The onus shouldn’t be on individual behaviours but rather on governmental policy to force the polluting corporations who are perpetuating the problem to change their practice and packaging; the offending producers must seek alternate materials that are compatible with nature or containers that are reusable. Our government must alter policies regarding plastic packaging as they have a ‘duty of care’ for future generations and must shift their thinking from fiscal prosperity to regenerating our future nation. #oceanfriendlyaus #surfrideroceanfriendly #oceanfriendlyrestaurants #oceanfriendly, #oceanfriendlyhi #strawssuck #surfrideraus #protectwhatyoulove #protectandenjoy #takeaction #plasticfree #Surfrider #SurfriderFoundation #RiseAbovePlastics #forthefuture #healthyocean #healthycoasts #healthyplanet #climatechange #risingtides #makeadifference #cleanwater #coastalpreservation #oceanprotection #fairfoodforagerapp

16.01.2022 Tom & Margaret thank you - you are the heart beats in Surfrider’s heart. We take our hats off to you both

15.01.2022 Atlantic Ambition arrived into Antigua after rowing for 39 days across the Atlantic raising funds for Surfrider Foundation Australia. What can be said - amazing adventure by amazing people. You are true Legends and beautiful people..........thank you for you inspiring leadership.

15.01.2022 The Fight for the Bight just got real. @Equinor has been given approval to begin drilling in the Great Australian Bight. The exploratory well, due to be drilled... from November 2020, will be the deepest and most remote offshore oil well in Australia and one of the deepest and most remote anywhere in the world. It is frontier drilling and there are no guarantees it can be done safely. Drilling this well will cross a line in the sand with not just those in coastal communities but all Australians. We’ve made it clear in our hundreds of thousands that we do not want our way of life risked by yet another profit-driven fossil fuel project. These projects are responsible for overheating our home planet and threatening a liveable future for all of us. We need to transition to cleaner, renewable sources of energy and opening a giant oil basin in a pristine marine environment is an idea that belongs in a previous century. The Fight for the Bight is not over and there is still hope. The Bight must stay wild and free. #fightforthebight #bigoildontsurf. Support and see more https://supporter.wilderness.org.au//c1911-no-way-norway-s See more

13.01.2022 Join us - www.surfrider.org.au

13.01.2022 From ripples to big waves, or how Surfriders created a powerful environmental movement to save the Bight from Big Oil https://www.surfer.com//how-australian-surfers-created-a/

09.01.2022 Ocean Pollution: The Dirty Facts We’re drowning marine ecosystems in trash, noise, oil, and carbon emissions. Thanks to Melissa Denchak for writing this great a...rticle Covering more than 70 percent of our planet, oceans are among the earth’s most valuable natural resources. They govern the weather, clean the air, help feed the world, and provide a living for millions. They also are home to most of the life on earth, from microscopic algae to the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet. Yet we’re bombarding them with pollution. By their very naturewith all streams flowing to rivers, all rivers leading to the seathe oceans are the end point for so much of the pollution we produce on land, however far from the coasts we may be. And from dangerous carbon emissions to choking plastic to leaking oil to constant noise, the types of ocean pollution humans generate are vast. As a result, collectively, our impact on the seas is degrading their health at an alarming rate. Here are some ocean pollution facts that everyone on our blue planet ought to know. Ocean Acidification When we burn fossil fuels, we don’t pollute just the air but the oceans, too. Indeed, today’s seas absorb as much as a quarter of all man-made carbon emissions, which changes the pH of surface waters and leads to acidification. This problem is rapidly worseningoceans are now acidifying faster than they have in some 300 million years. It’s estimated that by the end of this century, if we keep pace with our current emissions practices, the surface waters of the ocean could be nearly 150 percent more acidic than they are now. Oregon State University So what happens when the ocean’s chemistry is knocked out of whack? Marine ecosystemsand the coastal economies that depend on themgo out of whack, too. Take reefs and shellfish, for starters. To build their shells and skeletons, creatures like mussels, clams, coral, and oysters require calcium carbonate (the same compound found in chalk and limestone). But the ocean’s carbonate levels go down when acidity levels rise, threatening the survival of these animals. Bivalves are at the bottom of the food chain, so these effects ripple up to many fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. More-acidic waters also contribute to the bleaching of coral reefs and make it harder for some types of fish to sense predators and for others to hunt prey. Meanwhile, ocean acidification threatens us land-dwellers, too. The billion-dollar American shellfish industry is the economic backbone of myriad coastal communities, from Louisiana to Maine to Maryland. Already, declining harvests linked to more-acidic waters are estimated to have cost the Pacific Northwest’s oyster industry nearly $110 million and 3,200 jobs. Trash in the Ocean The majority of the garbage that enters the ocean each year is plasticand here to stay. That’s because unlike other trash, the single-use grocery bags, water bottles, drinking straws, and yogurt containers, among eight million metric tons of the plastic items we toss (instead of recycle), won’t biodegrade. Instead, they can persist in the environment for a millennium, polluting our beaches, entangling marine life, and getting ingested by fish and seabirds. Where does all this debris originate? While some is dumped directly into the seas, an estimated 80 percent of marine litter makes its way there gradually from land-based sourcesincluding those far inlandvia storm drains, sewers, and other routes. (An excellent reason why we should all reduce plastic pollution, no matter where we live.) Oil from boats, airplanes, cars, trucks, and even lawn mowers is also swimming in ocean waters. Chemical discharges from factories, raw sewage overflow from water treatment systems, and stormwater and agricultural runoff add other forms of marine-poisoning pollutants to the toxic brew. Ocean Noise The ocean is far from a silent world. Sound waves travel farther and faster in the sea’s dark depths than they do in the air, and many marine mammals like whales and dolphins, in addition to fish and other sea creatures, rely on communication by sound to find food, mate, and navigate. But an increasing barrage of human-generated ocean noise pollution is altering the underwater acoustic landscape, harmingand even killingmarine species worldwide. Consider the incessant din of the roughly 60,000 commercial tanker and container ships that ply the seas at any given time. The underwater racket that results creates a kind of smog that reaches nearly every corner of the ocean and shrinks the sensory range of marine wildlife. High-intensity sonar used by the U.S. Navy for testing and training causes some of the same effectsand has been linked to mass whale strandings, too. Meanwhile, in the hunt for offshore oil and gas, ships equipped with high-powered air guns fire compressed air into the water every 10 to 12 seconds for weeks to months on end. Traveling as far as 2,500 miles, these deafening seismic blasts disrupt foraging, mating, and other vital behaviors of endangered whales (and may ultimately push some, such as the North Atlantic right whale, to extinction). The blasts lead some commercial fish species to abandon their habitata direct hit on coastal economies dependent on catch rates; they also injure and kill marine invertebrates, including scallops, crabs, and squid. Offshore Drilling In addition to noise pollution, the oil and gas industry’s routine operations emit toxic by-products, release high levels of greenhouse gases, and lead to thousands of spills in U.S. waters annually. That oil can linger for decades and do irreversible damage to delicate marine ecosystems. Take the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, from which oil still remains, or the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling disaster in 2010, which spread millions of gallons of oil throughout the Gulf of Mexico. But even smaller spills pollute the ocean (and the air) with long-lasting impacts. Even the most advanced cleanup efforts remove only a fraction of the oil, and sometimes they use hazardous technologies. Chemical dispersants used in the largest spill response efforts1.8 million gallons were released into the Gulf after the BP disasterare dangerous pollutants themselves. Ocean Pollution and You The fate of our seas is not only up to the government or industry. Our individual, daily actions matter, too. You can start by reducing water pollution and runoff at home, being more mindful of your plastic consumption, or organizing a cleanup of your local waterway. You can also support the work of NRDC, the Surfrider Foundation and other environmental advocacy groups as well as other businesses and organizations that work to preserve our coasts and waters. Join us in the battle - www.surfrider.org.au

08.01.2022 Really stoked to announce ‘SURFRIDER GARDENS’ was unveiled today at Narrabeen beach by Michael Regan, the Mayor of Northern Beaches Council!

08.01.2022 Hey fellow Ocean Lovers! With much uncertainty this year as we approach ISD 2020, we are anticipating that most parts of the country will not be able to participate in large scale ISD events. With that in mind, we have developed some ways to still enjoy ISD even if you cannot go to the beach or can only visit in a limited capacity. This year, due to unique physical distancing guidelines we ask that you adhere to all local and state regulations when visiting your local beach. ...Ways to participate in ISD while maintaining correct physical distancing If your favorite beach or surf break is closed, we have put together some ways to share the stoke at home. Use the hashtag #InternationalSurfingDay and tag @surfrideraus on your social posts. If your beach or surf spot is open, let’s do everything we can to keep it open and everyone healthy by following all recommended guidelines. In this case here are the things we suggest solo beach clean up or surf session. If regulations allow, surf with a buddy in an uncrowded spot (while maintaining physical distancing). Use the hashtag #InternationalSurfingDay and tag @Surfrideraus on your social posts. We will be highlighting solo beach cleanups and solo surf session posts on International Surfing Day on Surfrider’s social channels.

08.01.2022 The Surfrider family are there - what about you? Let’s all get together

07.01.2022 Come on Australia, let's not be quiet. Tell Equinor and Norway that we don't want them drilling for oil in our Bight. #nowaynorway #drillingiskilling

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03.01.2022 As we begin to wind down Plastic free July, the fight against plastic is far from over! Don't forget that for all of #PlasticFreeJuly and the beginning of Aug...ust, we're teaming up with Biome Eco Stores to raise funds to support our work for programs like Ocean Friendly and #RiseAbovePlastics. Jump onto https://bit.ly/2ExCQzb and enter the unique code SURF20 for a percentage of your purchase to go directly to Surfrider and our EPIC mission.

02.01.2022 Development company Consolidated Properties is seeking to build an intensive residential and mixed use development with a 'wave pool' (marketed as Surf Ranch Su...nshine Coast) on a 510ha parcel within the Maroochy River floodplain at Coolum West. This land, is zoned ‘Rural’ and outside the Urban Footprint in the relevant South East Queensland Regional Plan (SEQRP/Shaping SEQ) and outside the Urban Growth Management Boundary in the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme. The Maroochy River floodplain within the dynamic Maroochy River catchment contains the diverse ecosystems of the majestic Maroochy River, creeks, estuaries, wetlands and saltmarsh. It provides habitat for a range of animals including migratory birds and threatened species. OSCAR, Surfrider Sunshine Coast, Coolum Residents Association, Friends of Yaroomba, Development Watch and SCEC are working together to protect the Maroochy River floodplain from this intensive urban development. Join Melva Hobson (OSCAR), Narelle McCarthy (SCEC), Lynette Saxton (Development Watch) and Steve James (Surfrider Sunshine Coast) as they discuss the project and it's impact on the environment and community.