Demand Real Protection for Australian Marine Parks

You would think a marine park would be protected. But, over half of Australia's marine parks allow industrial fishing like bottom trawling and longlining. Violently catching any animal in their path, including turtles, seals and dolphins.

Australia has the largest marine parks network in the world covering 52% of our waters. But in more than half of these areas the most destructive industries known to humankind are allowed to fish, trawl, dig and mine using barbaric and cruel methods.

Longliners and bottom trawlers pillage underwater wonderlands, rip up coral and indiscriminately and violently catch any animal in their path, including turtles, seals and dolphins, all within the areas designed to protect wildlife.

The destruction is gruesome, and it’s happening inside so-called “protected” areas.

Sign now to get industrial fishing out of our marine parks.

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Greenpeace Australia Pacific took action to stop an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific Ocean, seizing more than 20 kilometers of fishing gear and freeing nine sharks, including an endangered mako, near Australia and New Zealand.

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OUR OCEAN LIFE NEEDS fully protected sanctuaries

Together we can protect Australia’s iconic and precious ocean life

Greenpeace is calling on the Australian government to:

Strengthen Australia’s Marine Parks Network

Expand Australia’s Marine Parks Network

Connect Australia’s Marine Parks Network to the High Seas

Sign the petition to call on the Australian Government to get extractive industries like industrial fishing out of Australian marine parks.

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