OceanWatch Australia

Our vision: Healthy catchments and healthy oceans for sustainable, quality Australian seafood.

OceanWatch Australia Ltd is a national not-for-profit environmental company that works to advance sustainability in the Australian seafood industry.  OceanWatch key activities involve:

• enhancing fish habitats and improving water quality in estuaries and coastal environments
• working with industry and local communities to minimise environmental impacts
• introducing industry and communities to sustainable technologies and behaviours.

To achieve these positive outcomes, OceanWatch Australia works in partnership with the Australian seafood industry, federal and state governments, natural resource managers, private enterprise and local communities.

OceanWatch Australia has three funding sources; a voluntary contribution from the seafood industry, federal and state government grants and through fundraising activities.

Chairman’s message

In 2010 OceanWatch Australia Ltd celebrated it’s 21st year of working towards sustainability in the Australian seafood industry and 10 successful years of the SeaNet extension service. During this period the environmental challenges have increased and in 2010 our focus is intensely on protecting and enhancing fish habitats, improving water quality and advancing the sustainability of fisheries around Australia.  To maintain our record of achievement, OceanWatch will continue to work in partnership with the Australian governments and seafood industry, natural resource managers, private enterprise and the community.

What’s New

• Media Release (12/08/10): Untangling the Angler in Fraser Coast Region
• Media Release (08/07/10): Catch N Cook at Towra Point
• Media Release (06/07/10): Darwin Harbour Clean-Up
• SeaNet Newsletter June 2010
• Event Details: Darwin Harbour Clean-Up on 13/7/10
• Plant Identification and Seed Collection Workshops
• Think Like a Fish Connectivity Tour March 2010
• SeaNet – Celebrating 10 years of working in partnership with industry for a better environment
• Beaver Rocks Cleanup – 12th July 2009
• OceanWatch Australia’s submission: Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities
• Year 10 Geography Resource – Our Valuable Estuaries, Coasts and Marine Environs – Making Connections