Coastal and Marine Conservation

Introduction
Issues
Articles
Submissions

The TCT has been involved with issues relating to marine reserves, aquaculture, water pollution and fisheries management.

Weedy Seadragon
©Jon Bryan 1997

At the State level, the TCT is represented on bodies such as the Scalefish Fishery Advisory Committee (FAC), Scallop FAC, Crustacean FAC, Abalone FAC, the Marine and Marine Industries Council, the Seal Forum and the Marine Recreational Fishery Council. At the national level we are represented on the Shark Management Advisory Committee (MAC) and Scallop MAC.

Issues
There are some major conservation issues in Tasmania's marine environment. These links provide more information.

Gunns Proposed Pulp Mill
D'Entrecasteaux Channel Aquaculture Expansion
Recreational Gill Nets - An Environmental Disaster
Sea Urchin Threat to Tasmanian Rocky Reefs
Tasmanian Marine Protected Areas Strategy

Articles
Here are some articles on marine conservation that originally appeared in the TCT newsletter:

Imported Abalone Disease Risk Investigated
Seals are NOT to Blame for Declining Fish Stocks
Tasmania's Giant Kelp Forests - Going, Going Gone?

Submissions
Below are a series of links to a selection of submissions relating to the marine environment. Most are available as downloadable PDF files.

. Bottlenose Dolphin  ©Jon Bryan 1997

* PDF files require Adobe's free reader that can be downloaded here.