Port Phillip Bay’s only native oyster is making a comeback – and the humble shellfish will help clean and filter the bay’s murky waters. The project kicks off just weeks after Port Phillip Bay’s beaches were declared off limits for days in January due to stormwaters flushing dangerous levels of excrement and detritus into the […]

Chugging up the Pumicestone Passage in the tour boat, all of us from the conference watched the bloom of jellyfish go by. The pale blue animals crowded the 35-kilometre waterway between the Sunshine Coast and Bribie Island. Also blooming was Lyngbya, large clusters of toxic blue-green algae. All these creatures take advantage of the mix of […]

A marine biologist is trying to restore lost reefs in the waters off south-east Queensland, by supplying locals with bags of native oysters. Ben Diggles from Restore Pumicestone Passage said the area used to have large sub-tidal reefs, but many had been lost through urban development and increased sedimentation of the waterways. He now wants […]

Everyone’s heard of the Great Barrier Reef, but did you know Brisbane was built on the back of a thriving reef, that’s disappeared into the history books? Now there is a community driven program to restore the reef and improve Moreton Bay’s water quality, fish stocks and seagrass in the process. When marine biologist Dr […]