CONSERVATION COALITION TURNS UP THE HEAT ON AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
Earthrace Conservation has joined forces with Bob Irwin and his new coalition once again in a campaign for greater protection of Australia’s wildlife. The Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation has formed a coalition of animal welfare groups, including Earthrace, which is calling on the Australian government to introduce an immediate ban all hunting […]
MY PAUA TRIP – CAPTAIN’S BLOG 23
Posted 7:51am 17th April 2013 A wave rolls in behind and pushes me up a rocky shelf. I grab a ledge and haul myself up, dragging the heavy catch bag behind me. I look over at my twin brother Bazza who is already squeezing out of his wetsuit. “You been eating too many pies bro”, […]
PETE BETHUNE PAUAS UP
Tuesday 16 April 2013 Pete Bethune, founder of Earthrace Conservation, has dived into the growing storm of opposition against commercial exploitation of previously protected areas for the increasingly threatened stocks of paua (abalone) in the waters off New Zealand’s South Island. The NZ Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing whether to allow commercial harvesting […]