Media releases: Healthy Oceans
Sylvia Earle: Coral Sea campaign patron
Ocean legend Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with a deep commitment to research through personal exploration. Her voice speaks with wonder and amazement at the glory of the oceans. more »
Amazing animals found deep down in Coral Sea
Amazing six-gill shark filmed at 1400m depths in the Coral Sea. Image: Queensland Brain Institute
A team of scientists using specially designed remote-controlled cameras have captured, for the first time, remarkable footage of amazing marine life at 1400m depths in the Coral Sea. more »
Take action now to protect our Coral Sea
Barry Wrasse the star of the Coral Sea
Our Coral Sea is less than one per cent fully protected and almost all of the world’s big ocean-going fish have disappeared due to overfishing. Join us in calling on the Federal Government to fully protect this ocean treasure. more »
Coral Sea: A step towards protection
Whitetip and grey reef sharks at Osprey Reef. Photo by Jurgen Freund
Conservation groups have welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister Peter Garrett to establish a conservation zone over the entire Coral Sea within Australian waters. more »
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is calling for Australia’s portion of the Coral Sea to be protected as a no-take marine reserve, making it a safe haven for globally threatened species.
This new protected area would be adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and would extend to Australia’s maritime boundary with Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. At about one million square kilometres, this new reserve would be the world’s largest.
You can help. Take action and call on the Federal Government to permanently protect this marine treasure. Find out more by reading An Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park [PDF: 6 MB].
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Coral Sea Conservation Zone declared by Minister Garrett
ACF’s Coral Sea Heritage Park map
An Australian Coral Sea Heritage ParkImage Gallery
Coral Sea Heritage Park myths busted!
Coral Sea Heritage Park myths busted!
The proposal to make the Coral Sea a heritage park would make it the largest protected marine park in the world. Unfortunately, considerable misinformation regarding the proposal has been circulating. We myth bust right here! more »