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@marineconservation.org.au
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Bringing the blue to Bluesky 🌊 We are Australia’s leading national charity dedicated solely to protecting our precious ocean wildlife. 🪸 marineconservation.org.au IG: @marineconservation.au TT: @australianmarinecons

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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 02/10/2026
🐧Scientists have identified a new species of penguin: the southeastern gentoo (Pygoscelis kerguelensis) The discovery has drawn attention to the future of gentoo penguins, as climate change threatens to leave island populations without habitat by 2050 📸Eastern gentoo penguin bit.ly/4rCiiZw
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 02/10/2026
With strong-to-extreme marine heatwaves forecast in Tassie from October-December, we could be about to see a deadly summer for farmed salmon. Use goodfish.org.au to help you choose a sustainable alternative to Tassie farmed salmon.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 30/09/2026
A huge win for Territory coasts! 🏖️🌊🐟🐢 Now let's make sure the marine park is well-funded and well-managed, so it can protect fishing, marine life and culture for years to come. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! We congratulate the NT Govt for listening to the community.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 29/09/2026
Add your name to support increasing marine sanctuary protection for our offshore ocean: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈✍️ Our online form will close at 12 PM AEST today (11:30 AM ACST; 10 AM AWST). So add your name right now! 📷 Image by Antonia Cooper.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 29/09/2026
Public consultation about protecting Australia’s offshore ocean, and massively expanding offshore marine sanctuaries around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, closes tomorrow! Add your name to help protect Australia’s offshore ocean: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈✍️ 📷 Image by Greenpeace / BRIDGET FERGUSON.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 28/09/2026
Say no to farmed Atlantic salmon from Tasmania, and choose environmentally sustainable farmed species like barramundi and murray cod instead. Visit goodfish.org.au to learn more.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 26/09/2026
Thank you! Help us reach 20,000! There are 4 days left to add your name: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio… 👈✍️
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 25/09/2026
Add your name to help protect Australian marine life: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio… 👈✍️ The public consultation closes Wednesday, 30 September! 📷 Marine life off the coast of Lord Howe Island. Image by Antonia Cooper / Reef Life Survey.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 24/09/2026
😍🌊🐳🐙 Congratulations to the Albanese govt, Minister Watt and everyone else who helped make this happen. 🎉 The treaty is legally binding, designed to help manage and protect marine life in international waters. Today, Australia deposited instruments of ratification during the UN General Assembly.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 23/09/2026
The latest data released by the federal government shows Australia generated a record 4.2Mn tonnes of plastic in a single year! The report also shows Australia creates 1.2Mn tonnes of plastic packaging waste each year. Send a letter to support strong national packaging laws: bit.ly/3VBmzAs
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 20/09/2026
We are only beginning to understand the impact of this harmful algal bloom. We need to see investment from the SA government to conduct comprehensive species audits, protect vulnerable marine life from compounding threats, and fund long-term habitat recovery.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 18/09/2026
Citizen scientists continue to monitor the marine environment off the South Australian coastline for signs of the harmful algal bloom, and their samples are helping to build a picture of the recovering marine environment.
abc.net.au
Citizen scientists maintain dolphin watch amid bird flu threat
Throughout the algal bloom crisis, citizen scientists off the coast of South Australia helped with research. Now, with deadly bird flu impacting wildlife, they are taking to the ocean to keep watch.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 18/09/2026
📃Researchers used a remotely operated submersible off the coast of Argentina. They saw 29 human-made objects, the vast majority plastic. Plastic that is never made can never end up as pollution. Add your name to support strong, mandatory national packaging laws for Australia: bit.ly/3VBmzAs
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 17/09/2026
With fewer than 12,000 endangered Australian sea lions remaining in the world, these puppies of the sea are now facing a real risk of extinction. theconversation.com/bird-flu-has-cl…
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Bird flu has claimed its first Australian sea lion and dolphin. How does the virus get into these animals?
How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 15/09/2026
The Aus Government has proposed MASSIVE expansions to the marine sanctuaries around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. An area bigger than France’s landmass would become fully protected! There are less than 15 days left to support protecting our offshore marine life: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 09/09/2026
Radiohead has announced there will be a $2 (AUD) charity donation included in the ticket price going to AMCS and Greenpeace AP – this amount may be subject to unavoidable taxes. Radiohead will match the total amount with their own donation. We thank Radiohead for their generous support. 🌊🏖️🐟🐋🤿🏄
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 04/09/2026
Our full page ad in yesterday’s newspapers amplifies the call from 275 leading marine scientists who have all signed a statement calling on Environment Minister Murray Watt to strengthen the protection of our offshore ocean. ⏳Add your name to support protecting marine life: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 02/09/2026
Stopping destructive fishing practices, protecting and restoring seagrass meadows, and increasing monitoring to track conservation efforts and population numbers, are actions we can take now to help protect an increasingly fragile Dugong population in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 27/08/2026
Tell the government $20 million isn't good enough to protect our unique Australian species, some found nowhere else in the world. We cannot afford to wait. www.marineconservation.org.au/actio…
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 24/08/2026
🧑‍🔬🤿 275 leading marine scientists have signed a statement to the Aus Environment Minister calling for increased protection in the rest of our offshore ocean. The science statement calls for “at least 30%” of every marine bioregion to be highly protected.
theguardian.com
Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say
Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 23/08/2026
We cannot wait any longer to act. The government must urgently commit to establishing a dedicated wildlife resilience fund of at least $200 million over the next two years. Add your name to our action here: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio…
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 22/08/2026
This week’s new National Environmental Standards fall short of the clear, enforceable protections needed for Australia’s ocean and coasts. They leave Australia's threatened marine species exposed to culminating threats including bird flu and climate change.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 21/08/2026
Every winter, up to 250 000 giant cuttlefish gather in the shallow waters off Whyalla for one of the ocean's most extraordinary natural spectacles, a frenetic, colourful mating aggregation found nowhere else on Earth. This year, divers report finding the reefs largely empty.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 20/08/2026
Add your name to call for a $200 million wildlife resilience fund. www.marineconservation.org.au/actio…
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 19/08/2026
📃Newly revealed documents show that millions of kilograms of marine life are caught inside our offshore Australian Marine Parks every year! Add your name to support expanding offshore marine sanctuaries & getting destructive activities out of our Australian Marine Parks: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈🌊🐋🐬
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Millions of kilograms of sea life are taken from marine parks every year. It’s completely legal
The review of Commonwealth marine parks will consider new areas to protect, and the activities allowed within them – including industrial fishing practices such as bottom trawling.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 18/08/2026
Add your name to join our 2026 investigation into supermarket plastic use: unwrapped.org.au 🔎🕵️🛒 We need eyes in every store around Australia to find out the truth about how the big supermarkets use plastic. References: 1. Clean Up Australia (2025). Litter report FY25.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 17/08/2026
Our 2026 investigation into plastic use in the big supermarkets is already making news! 📰🛒 Join our Plastic Investigation Unit to be a part of it: unwrapped.org.au 👈🕵️ au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-shoppers-u…
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Aussie shoppers urged to spy on Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA: 'Need eyes in every store'
A scathing report came out last year, a leading conservation group wants to check supermarkets' progress.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 16/08/2026
Everything you need to know about bird flu and how it impacts our marine mammals: www.marineconservation.org.au/prote…
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Bird flu has landed on our shores; we must act to build Australia's wildlife resilience NOW - Australian Marine Conservation Society
With the bird flu virus now having arrived on Australia’s mainland, it is time to take greater action to protect our wildlife populations.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 15/08/2026
The more plastic that gets produced, the more plastic ends up polluting our environment. 🔎🕵️🛒 Join our Plastics Investigation Unit to take part this year: unwrapped.org.au 📷 Microplastics shed from unnecessary plastic netting on avocados.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 10/08/2026
It's only been 10 days! 🤯 But that also means there are less than 51 days left to have your say. ⏳ THANK YOU to everyone who has already shown their support. Join them by adding your name here: bit.ly/3TQCiLc 👈✍️
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 31/07/2026
This is MASSIVE good news!!! 🌏 The proposed expansion of marine sanctuaries around Lord Howe & Norfolk Islands would fully protect another 670,000km2 of Australia's offshore ocean. ❗But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU. Add your name now: bit.ly/4g2SgdQ 👈✍️
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 23/07/2026
We're calling for the Australian Government to establish a $200 million national wildlife resilience fund, so we're ready to respond fast when it matters most. Add your support: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio…
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 18/07/2026
Did you know sharks are older than trees? How about that live-born sharks have belly buttons, or that Grey Reef sharks have been found to swim with the same shark buddies for up to 4 years!? www.bbc.com/future/article/20260713…
bbc.com
Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks
Humans have more in common with these elite ocean predators than often thought. A little Miles Davis anyone?
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 11/07/2026
Our Plastics Campaigns Manager Cip Hamilton will be speaking at the upcoming Melbourne Premiere of the new documentary ‘The Plastic Country’! Register for free tickets: bit.ly/4frR2s9 📅 6PM AEST, Tuesday 14 July 📍 HOYTS Melbourne Central
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The Plastic Country Film Premiere (Melbourne)
Register on Humanitix - The Plastic Country Film Premiere (Melbourne). HOYTS Melbourne Central, Cnr Swanston &, La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia. Tuesday 14th July 2026. Find event informati...
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 01/07/2026
Australia's new independent National Environment Protection Agency comes online today. This agency is a key part of the environmental law reforms we campaigned for alongside an alliance of environmental organisations for years, so this is a moment to celebrate.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 30/06/2026
A win for beach safety with NSW Government expanding drones to cover Sydney beaches every day of the year from Palm Beach to Cronulla. Our thoughts are with all affected by recent shark bites. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/more…
abc.net.au
Drones to patrol 70 NSW beaches as surfers report spike in shark sightings
Shark-spotting drones will provide year-round coverage at about 70 beaches along the NSW coast as part of an expanded surveillance program announced after a Sydney mother was attacked by a suspected w...
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 26/06/2026
We love this shot of a sawfish taken off WA's coast by Matt Deakin, one of our favourite entries from The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 24/06/2026
Funding for preparedness efforts to date has been vital and these plans now need to be put into place urgently, as WA has already done. Add your name to ask federal ministers to take action: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio…
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 22/06/2026
If you find a sick or dead bird or other wildlife that you suspect could have bird flu (H5N1), remember to: AVOID contact with sick or dead wildlife & their environment. RECORD what you see REPORT any unusual illness or death in wildlife immediately via the Hotline on 1800 675 888.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 21/06/2026
We'll just leave this here...👀 mumbrella.com.au/salmon-tasmania-sl…
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Salmon Tasmania slapped by Ad Standards for false environmental claims
An ad from Salmon Tasmania that declares “truth is the most important thing” has been found by Ad Standards to feature misleading environmental claims.The commercial purports to prove, with the use of...
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 20/06/2026
The five new marine sanctuaries together span 308km2 – an area about as large as six Sydney Harbours. Marine sanctuaries work like national parks in the ocean, fully protecting marine life. 🌏 NZ and Aus still have plenty of work to do to protect our ocean. ⏳ 📷 Paul Pope / DoC
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 19/06/2026
A new study has confirmed that bird flu (H5N1) has caused mass mortality of southern elephant seals. Today, the first suspected case has been found in Western Australia in a single migratory bird. Further testing will be undertaken to confirm that the sick bird is carrying H5N1 bird flu.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 18/06/2026
The species were found around Christmas & Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory off WA's northwest coast. Christmas Island is famous for its red crab migration. 🦀 Marine sanctuaries work like national parks in the ocean, fully protecting marine life. 📷 O'Loughlin's sea cucumber. CSIRO.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 11/06/2026
Its time Queensland Government abandons the cull and modernises beach safety standards with evidence-based solutions. Add your name here: www.marineconservation.org.au/actio… Footage captured by @channel9
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 07/06/2026
A plan to 2x the amount of water taken from the Martuwarra Fitzroy river in WA could jeopardise threatened sawfish populations. www.theguardian.com/environment/202… Take action: www.likenowhereelse.org.au/amcs
theguardian.com
Endangered sawfish at risk from plan to double water extraction from WA’s Fitzroy River, advocates say
The Martuwarra Fitzroy catchment is home to four of the world’s five sawfish species, which rely on large groundwater-fed pools to survive the dry season
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 06/06/2026
These ‘franken-cans’ tick every box for problematic packaging. Some state governments have already taken steps to ban them, but state-by-state bans will always be playing whack-a-mole against a rising tide of plastic overproduction. This is exactly the gap that national packaging laws must close.
7news.com.au
‘Franken-can’ dubbed Australia’s worst packaging
Cafes and major supermarkets have been called out in the worst packaging awards.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 05/06/2026
It would fully protect about 200,000km2 of ocean – that's three times the size of Tasmania! ℹ️ Under the commitment, the new Western Manus Marine Protected Area will be a huge fully protected marine sanctuary. The next step is for PNG's govt to begin the legal designation process. 📷 Nat Geo
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 05/06/2026
The Australian dive industry is calling for expanded marine sanctuaries, warning that failure to strengthen protections risks the future of a $4.2 billion industry.
abc.net.au
Call to increase no-fish, no-drill zones as marine park review looms
Australia's dive industry has backed calls to expand no-fishing and no-drilling zones across the nation's oceans ahead of a federal review of marine parks.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 04/06/2026
How good is this ad in the paper today! 🗞️🥽 Australia’s $4.2 billion dive industry is too often left out of the conversation when governments decide how to protect our ocean. They're calling for expanded marine sanctuary protection of important places, including areas for fish breeding and recovery.
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Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au · 03/06/2026
More media coverage of our first ever Unpackit Awards! 📰🎺 Talking with ABC News, our Plastics Campaign Manager Cip Hamilton said: “Producers of packaging can't be left to their own devices, we've seen what happens there. Australia really needs strong packaging laws, they were promised in 2022.”
abc.net.au
These are the 'worst offenders' in Australian packaging
A trendy plastic-and-metal takeaway cup used by cafes for iced drinks has been named Australia's worst packaging in the first Unpackit Awards.
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