Tiger sharks and bull sharks are swimming further along the NSW coast as ocean temperatures increase,expanding their range south and coming closer to shore.
The “Jaws effect” seems to be abating,but it still fuels the fears of non-beachgoers.
Tracking sharks isn’t just to let us know when these fearsome predators are close by – it offers a glimpse of daily lives spent cruising hundreds of kilometres of ocean.
The EDO was the subject of a stinging critique by Federal Court Justiace Natalie Charlesworth on Monday.
The sea rises,and having witnessed a preview years ago on my own beach,I am here to report that the future is ugly.
The story involves a state premier,a fish named Bluey,and a city’s love for its beaches.
The blue groper,the official state fish since 1998 and endemic to Australia,is protected by law from spearfishing.
Australia is probably importing illegal,unreported and unregulated seafood linked to slavery and overfishing amid a lack of regulation,the agriculture minister said.
The usefulness or otherwise of the species is a source of heated contestation,derided as a “gigantic piece of already-chewed gum” and praised for its “amazing” features.
The pale-white slab was locked away for a century. New analysis has redefined the history of the ocean and all the creatures that depend on it – including humans.
A whale that came close to swimmers at Port Beach on Saturday before beaching itself on a Rockingham sandbar two days later,has sadly died.