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Tasmanian Government has no plans to review marine protections despite calls for change
Tasmania, already well behind national and international targets for protecting marine areas, has no plans to lift a moratorium on new reserves, says the State Government.
Key points:
- Tasmania has declared no new Marine Protected Areas since 2001
- Only 3 per cent of the state’s mainland waters are protected
- There is a new campaign to reignite discussions around marine protected areas
A government spokesperson told ABC Radio Hobart “there is no change to the Government’s policy of no new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which delivers certainty and security for industry”.
Professor Graham Edgar, a marine ecologist with the University of Tasmania, has spent the past 40 years studying MPAs in Tasmania, across Australia and globally — and says…
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