OceanWatch Australia regularly provides comments and advice on a variety of strategies, proposals, plans and developments to ensure that natural resource issues that will impact on the sustainability of seafood are recognised and addressed.
OceanWatch Australia staff sit on various committees to ensure that environmental issues that will impact on the sustainability of seafood are recognised and addressed.
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There are 5 coastal Catchment Management Committees (CMAs) in NSW and OceanWatch Australia has been involved in CMA coastal and marine sub-committees responsible for the development of each of their Catchment Action Plans.
NSW Seafood Industry Advisory Council - observer.
National Committees
OceanWatch Australia also sits on numerous national committees, which also have relevance to NSW matters including:
National Coastal Acid Sulphate Soil Committee
National Shark Recovery Group
National Turtle Recovery Group
National Invasive Marine Pest Coordination Group
Australian Greenhouse Office Climate Change Summit
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” SOURCE: Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882
