Posted December 07, 2015 19:57:30 The CSIRO’s $ 120 million flagship analysis vessel, RV Investigator, has not received any money to commit additional time at sea. The funding arrangement from the Federal Government indicates the ship can only commit 180 days at sea, in spite of obtaining the capability to invest 300 days. Millions of…
British Navy ship tasked with keeping Patagonian toothfish poachers out of Ross Sea
Posted December 01, 2015 14:47:04 Photo: The British icebreaker HMS Protector will patrol the Ross Sea. (ABC News: Kieran Jones) For the initial time in 80 years a British Navy ship will patrol the Ross Sea, with HMS Protector setting out to target Patagonian toothfish poachers. The icebreaker, which normally works on the British-owned Antarctic…
Environmentalists urge Australia to send Customs ship to Southern Ocean
Posted November 29, 2015 16:40:50 The Greens and activist group Sea Shepherd have urged the Federal Government to send a Customs ship to the Southern Ocean to stop Japanese whaling. Japan has announced it will flout an International Court selection and resume whaling operations in the area early subsequent year. The International Court of Justice…
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