Sunday, July 10, 2011

Attacks on marine parks blunted by commitment to science

The NSW marine park audit chief (Prof Robert Beeton AM) has vowed to put science before politics in a move which is expected to blunt the anti-conservation fervor being promulgated by some in the industry. Aided and abetted by outdated science from the fishery sector NSW (like SA) has been plagued by a campaign of mis-information around Marine Parks which aims to force government to pull back from a comprehensive commitment to marine conservation in favor of fishing.

Read more on this here.