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A doubling of kākā – drawn to mass flowering of native mistletoe – was a highlight of the annual bird count in the Landsborough valley last summer. The large native parrots joined the growing number of forest birds tallied as the Department of Conservation’s ...

National bird threat rates are remaining steady, with no more birds added to the near-extinct group.

Of the 491 birds assessed by an expert panel, 25 species have improved in status while 22 have declined since the last assessment in 2016. Five

Commission meeting The Commission convened for its 77th meeting in Lakes Entrance, with some Commissioners attending virtually due to COVID-19...

Fishery consultant claims MSC reputation damaged in Australia after roughy certification failure By Share An Australian fishery consultancy, which has taken a financial hit from the fallout of the failed Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the orange roughy fishery, claims the MSC’s reputation may be damaged in the country by the certifications failure. “Just as MSC was about to take a step forward in Australia it takes several backwards and will become less relevant,” ...

Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane Society International (HSI) has found. The report found that across several years, the amounts of fins recorded as exported from Australia were less than that reported by countries receiving the fins and in some cases, the discrepancy was reversed. The report also found no record of the associated shark meat in the export data which raises the question of where this meat is ending up. Based on the reports comprehensive investigation, bot...

The orange roughy. Photo Wikipedia. The battle for the ‘roughy has been a tough road for conservationists and hopefully, this win will be the last fight. An appeal by the fishing industry to overturn a ruling on the sustainability of fishing for a long-lived Australian fish – the orange roughy – has failed following a long battle for science and Australian environmental laws to be respected. An independent adjudicator threw out the appeal by consultants hired by the fishing industry – ...