Mr Miller was now calling for a government review on fishing practices including fitting a camera to every gillnet fishing boat to protect threatened and endangered reef wildlife. Several turtles were allegedly trapped in a gillnet at Louisa Creek, Hay Point, near Mackay. Picture: Australian Marine Conservation Society footage He said the recent carnage suggested the government s report of just 10 turtles being entangled in gillnets across 2019 was inaccurate. The AMCS estimated the annual tally was closer to more than 1000 turtles. Six of the world s seven species of turtle are found on the Great Barrier Reef, Mr Miller said. All are listed as vulnerable or endangered under Australian law, which means they are all protected species and fishers must report if they have caught them.
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Subscriber only The owner of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal has flagged a proposed mega expansion of the facility within the Port of Hay Point. Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Management Pty Ltd has submitted a referall under the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to increase terminal capacity from the currently approved 89 million tonnes per annum to 99.1. The purpose of the referral process is to determine whether or not a proposed action will need formal assessment and approval under the act. Documents filed with the federal Environment Department say the proposed development would be an incremental expansion involving works associated with the construction of additional operational infrastructure within the existing, licensed and continuing operational terminal footprint.