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Australian Marine Conservation Society We are the Voice for Australia's Ocean. Authorised by Paul Gamblin, Australian Marine Conservation Society, South Brisbane QLD 4101

We are the voice for Australia's oceans.

08/10/2026

Ask your local fish n chip shop what species they’re serving before you grab your order this summer.
If it’s flake on the menu, sometimes it’s an endangered shark like a ‘school shark’ that ends up on your plate and you wouldn’t even know it!

and use GoodFish app (goodfish.org.au) to make a sustainable swap for the sea at your local instead.

Repost from ABC Australia - thanks for getting the word out!

So many of you made a submission that we’re still tallying them up! ✍️🌊📣 Two months ago, the Australian Government propo...
06/10/2026

So many of you made a submission that we’re still tallying them up!

✍️🌊📣 Two months ago, the Australian Government proposed plans to fully protect 670,000km² of ocean in marine sanctuaries – an area bigger than France! But before the expanded marine sanctuaries become a reality, the government wanted to hear from YOU about them AND about what other improvements are needed across a vast part of Australia’s offshore ocean. That consultation closed last week – tens of thousands of us spoke up!

This sends a clear message: the community strongly supports expanding our offshore marine sanctuaries. Keep an eye on your feed and email inbox for when we have more updates. 📨

04/10/2026

Repost from Australian Geographic

There is still so much we don’t know about deepwater sharks and rays, including species like the elusive goblin shark.

Goblin sharks are very rarely encountered. Globally, most catches are juveniles, suggesting that the bulk of the adult population occurs outside the depth range of most fisheries.

Several of Australia’s deepwater sharks and rays aren’t as fortunate as the goblin shark and are being driven to extinction by trawling and longlines set on or near the seafloor.

These species are at risk of disappearing before we even get the chance to know them. That's why we need our government to act now.

Sign our petition and help us save our endangered sharks and rays here: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/save-our-endangered-sharks-rays/

This World Animal Day, choose who you’ll stand up for 🩵🐧🐳From playful dolphins and Australian sea lions to gentle whale ...
03/10/2026

This World Animal Day, choose who you’ll stand up for 🩵🐧🐳
From playful dolphins and Australian sea lions to gentle whale sharks, our ocean is home to extraordinary wildlife. But plastic pollution, destructive fishing, habitat loss and climate change are putting marine species at risk.
By becoming a Sea Guardian, your monthly support helps us fight for our ocean and marine wildlife all year round.
🦭🐬🐧🐳🦈🐢 Which marine mate will you choose?
With a monthly gift of $35 or more, you can symbolically adopt your favourite species and receive your own eco-friendly plushie, made from recycled plastic bottles.
Choose the one you love. Help protect them all. 💙🌊
Adopt your marine mate today: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/adopt-a-species/

🐧 Scientists have identified a new species of penguin: the southeastern gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis kerguelensis).Gentoo ...
02/10/2026

🐧 Scientists have identified a new species of penguin: the southeastern gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis kerguelensis).

Gentoo penguins inhabit the sub-Antarctic islands, and their populations look so similar that scientists have debated their classification for over a century.

Now, genetic analysis has revealed that gentoos are four distinct species, including three that were previously thought to be subspecies (northern, southern and eastern).

🧬The genome sequencing of 64 penguins across 10 breeding colonies also identified the fourth, previously unknown, southeastern gentoo penguin.

This discovery has also drawn attention to the future of gentoo penguins, as climate change threatens to leave island populations without suitable habitat by 2050.

📸Eastern gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

Reference: Noll, D., et al. (2026). Integrative evidence reveals adaptive divergence and speciation in gentoo penguins. Communications Biology, 9(1), Article 798. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10081-7

With strong-to-extreme marine heatwaves forecast in Tassie from October-December, we could be about to see a deadly summ...
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.

Whales are still under threat globally, despite progress made since the 1982 moratorium on commercial whaling.🐋 Australi...
01/10/2026

Whales are still under threat globally, despite progress made since the 1982 moratorium on commercial whaling.

🐋 Australia’s east coast humpback population is a success story, recovering from just 100 individuals in 1963 to an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 today.

But not all whale populations are thriving, and they face pressures including accidental bycatch in fishing gear, plastic pollution, ship strikes, and climate change affecting their food sources.

Japan, Iceland and Norway continue to hunt whales, and there are attempts to lift the global whaling moratorium.

This week, AMCS joins the Australian delegation at the 70th International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Hobart, and it’s a critical week for whale conservation.

We’ll continue to do everything we can in Hobart to ensure whales can keep enjoying the international community’s hard-earned protections.

ℹ️ Read more from AMCS Campaigns Director, Alexia Wellbelove, who joins the Australian delegation this week: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/forty-years-after-the-global-whaling-moratorium-efforts-to-resume-whaling-continue-in-hobart/

That’s an area the size of France!🌏 The Australian government has proposed massively expanding the offshore marine sanct...
29/09/2026

That’s an area the size of France!

🌏 The Australian government has proposed massively expanding the offshore marine sanctuaries around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. The islands lie in the Pacific Ocean, far off the east coast of the Australian mainland.

❗ But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU on the proposed expansions AND on what other improvements are needed across a vast part of Australia’s offshore ocean.

Add your name to support increasing marine sanctuary protection for our offshore ocean: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/60-days-to-protect-australias-ocean/ 👈✍️

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.

Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo’s nursery, is a globally important resting and nursing ground for one of the planet’s largest hum...
29/09/2026

Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo’s nursery, is a globally important resting and nursing ground for one of the planet’s largest humpback whale populations. But it’s at risk being damaged forever if an industrial port and dredging proposal is approved.

Help us to stop it from happening.

Right now the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking comments on Gascoyne Gateway Limited’s (GGL) proposal to build an industrial port in Exmouth Gulf.

Our submission to the EPA will make it clear why the proposal is completely incompatible with the incredible natural and social values of Exmouth Gulf - a place that’s about to become a marine park and is under formal assessment for National Heritage Listing.

📋Add your name to our submission before 13 November and help us stop this port proposal forever.

👎Exmouth Gulf is obviously no place for a port!

Image:
https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/protect-ningaloo-port-submission/

Public consultation about protecting Australia’s offshore ocean, and massively expanding the offshore marine sanctuaries...
28/09/2026

Public consultation about protecting Australia’s offshore ocean, and massively expanding the offshore marine sanctuaries around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, closes tomorrow!

Add your name to help protect Australia’s offshore ocean: https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/60-days-to-protect-australias-ocean/ 👈✍️

📷 Dolphins and freediver Amber Bourke swimming in blue waters far off the east coast of Australia. Image by Greenpeace / BRIDGET FERGUSON.

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