Australian Marine Conservation Society

Latest Reef Water Quality Report Card shows Australia got halfway to reaching 2025 nitrogen pollution reduction target More than 23,000 hectares of vegetation cleared along rivers and watercourses feeding Reef waters from 2021 to 2023, with more than 70,000 ha lost since 2018 Reef water pollution is the biggest local threat to our Reef,...

South Australia’s algal bloom crisis:
a warning we can’t ignore

From March 2025, South Australia’s coastline experienced a devastating harmful algal bloom (HAB), a heartbreaking and visible sign of distress in our marine ecosystems. According to SARDI the metropolitan coastline of South Australia has recorded zero or low levels of the algae associated w...

Proposed island marine sanctuaries would be larger in area than France and would boost ocean health and tourism Public consultation opens on federal marine parks around Australia, including in the Coral Sea, Temperate East, Great Australian Bight, Kimberley, Gulf of Carpentaria

Conservation groups today welcomed the Australian Government’s ...

SA Government confirms it is highly likely H5N1 bird flu is spreading locally, sparking fears for the endangered Australian sea lion population which stands at just 12,000, found nowhere else on Earth H5N1 virus has been deadly for seals and sea lions, killing 30,000 sea lion pups in South America in six months Last summer bird flu killed around 13,000 elephant seal pups on Aus...

Australia must report back to UNESCO World Heritage Centre again in 2028 on progress to better protect Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Committee highlights action to battle climate change and water pollution, as well as live coral exports Committee singles out water pollution as a major problem, and urges Australia to finally achieve ...