Showing posts with label science conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science conservation. Show all posts

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 Aided and abetted by outdated science from the fishery sector NSW (like SA) has been plagued by a campaign of mis-information around Marine Parks which aims to force government to pull back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.