The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) recently presented a Regional Biosecurity Commendation award to Tangaroa Blue for their cooperation and contribution in maintaining Australia’s biosecurity status in northern Australia.
Tangaroa Blue is a not-for-profit environmental charity that has a large network of volunteers and conducts beach monitoring/clean-up and logs data on marine debris collected.
DAFF’s Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) program director Murray Korff presented Heidi Taylor of Tangaroa Blue with a Regional Biosecurity Commendation award in recognition of their fantastic cooperation with DAFF.
As NAQS also conducts coastal marine debris surveillance, Tangaroa Blue agreed to place important biosecurity information in their training materials, detailing the reporting process of biosecurity risk material to the department.