More vessels are regularly being abandoned in the Port River
Apart from all of those vessels located in the Port River’s ships’ graveyards, more vessels are regularly being abandoned in the river. According to Peter Carter, “During 2015 a trimaran…
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The Marine Life Society of South Australia online library
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…
Photos of the current sand pumping at Kingston Park
One of our members has been taking some photos of the current sand pumping at Kingston Park. They sent them to us to show the effect that the sand pumping…
There has never been a better time than now to become a member of the Marine Life Society of South Australia!
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!…
Habitat loss, habitat degradation and the Port River dolphins
I see similarities between the recent and seemingly quite rapidly escalating decline in Port River dolphin numbers and the continuing extinction trend in the bushland birds of Adelaide and the…
Fish farming could jeopardise Giant Australian cuttlefish aggregation near Whyalla
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
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…
Port Playford – the latest in a decade of industrial proposals for Spencer Gulf
Port Playford – the latest in a decade of industrial proposals for Spencer Gulf by Dan Monceaux Most naturalists probably haven’t committed much thought to the topics of port developments,…
Response to the “Save the Ocean” documentary
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…
Scientists’ plan to replenish marine life by 2050
(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…