Category: Conservation

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The Marine Life Society of South Australia online library

July 28, 2025 Steve Reynolds

We have an online library through Librarika Each of the items in our library are given ‘Categories’ for topics from ‘Animal behaviour’ to ‘Wildlife’. Most items have some relevance to…

Conservation Desalination Seagrass Stormwater

Adelaide’s Sand and Seagrass

July 2, 2023 Steve Reynolds

Adelaide’s sandy coastal environment There are some books that help better understanding tidal action, coastal sand movements and how dunal systems work. Once understanding these processes, Adelaide’s coastal sand movement…

Coastal activities Conservation Marine invertebrates

Sea Cucumbers Are Beneficial to the Marine Environment

May 31, 2023 Steve Reynolds

We recently received a request from the Edithburgh History Group for our assistance re protecting the marine life to be found at Edithburgh jetty. There was a particular focus on…

Conservation Equipment Pollution Resources

There has never been a better time than now to become a member of the Marine Life Society of South Australia!

January 27, 2022 Steve Reynolds

JOIN THE MARINE LIFE SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA NOW! There has never been a better time than now to become a member of the Marine Life Society of South Australia!…

Coastal activities Conservation Islands Marine Protected Areas Seabirds Shorebirds

How the Birds at West Island Were Saved From the Army

October 18, 2021 Steve Reynolds

There is an Aquatic Reserve at West Island in Encounter Bay. The Aquatic Reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. According to Wikipedia, “West Island Encounter Bay…

Aquaculture Cephalopods Conservation Pollution Research Spencer Gulf Submissions to Government

Fish farming could jeopardise Giant Australian cuttlefish aggregation near Whyalla

April 21, 2021 Dan Monceaux

In The Advertiser this week, the CEO of Clean Seas, Rob Gratton, claimed that if yellowtail kingfish farming returns to Fitzgerald Bay, upstream of the Point Lowly giant cuttlefish aggregation…

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The St Kilda salt fields brine spill – Mangrove disaster and a wake up call for the SA Government

February 3, 2021 Dan Monceaux

If you’ve been following the news in South Australia over the past few months, you’re probably aware of the many hectares of dead, dying and distressed vegetation in the St…

Conservation Education Pollution

Response to  the “Save the Ocean” documentary

November 27, 2020 Steve Reynolds

Response to the “Save the Ocean” documentary Dr David Muirhead says that we all must embrace science because we humans are the core problem regarding marine pollution, not plastics. He…

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New art exhibition celebrates the marine life of Port Noarlunga, South Australia

June 8, 2020 Dan Monceaux

River to Reef is an exhibition of new marine-themed artworks by South Australian artists, documentary filmmakers and amateur naturalists, Dan and Emma Monceaux. Presented by Onkaparinga Arts, the ambitious show…

Climate change Conservation Education Pollution Research

Scientists’ plan to replenish marine life by 2050

May 2, 2020 Steve Reynolds

(As published in the May 2020 newsletter of the Scuba Divers Federation of South Australia) UN Sustainable Development Goal number 14 aims to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas…