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Volunteers Remove 49,000 Pieces of Marine Debris in the 2024 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up!

The 2024 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up, hosted by ReefClean (delivered by Tangaroa Blue Foundation and funded by the Australian Government) in partnership with Clean Up Australia, brought communities across the Great Barrier Reef region and Queensland together for 141 impactful clean-up events. “The Great Barrier Reef Clean-up offers a fantastic chance for our community to come together and clean their favourite sections of the Reef before the wet season begins. It also plays a crucial role in gathering essential

26 November 2024

ReefClean Program Extended to 2027!

The DCCEEW announced that Tangaroa Blue Foundation, along with ReefClean partners, were successful in the competitive Great Barrier Reef Marine Debris Management and Mitigation Grant opportunity. Marine debris has been identified as a significant risk to the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem and is considered a key threat to the Reef region’s values. “Tangaroa Blue led the ReefClean program from 2018 – 2023 removing more than 127 tonnes of marine debris from between the Torres Strait and Bundaberg and tens of

23 February 2024

Success at the CCWA Community Conservation Awards

The dedication and hard work of Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s Western Australia team were proudly showcased at the Conservation Council of WA’s annual Community Conservation Awards ceremony, held at the Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle.

16 December 2023

Victory at Keep Australia Beautiful VIC Awards

We are delighted to announce our recent success at the 41st Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Tidy Towns & Cities Sustainability Awards. We were honoured to win the Litter Category award with our Let’s Strain the Drains project!

9 November 2023

Reviving Chili Beach: Community Clean-up Efforts

Chili Beach is located about 700km north of Cairns, within the Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park. It is a place of incredible cultural significance and biodiversity, and is full of diverse wildlife, amazing landscapes, and gorgeous sunrises. The park is also of international significance as it contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforest in Australia. However, unfortunately the beaches are heavily impacted by marine debris from locations far and wide.

3 November 2023

2023 Great Nurdle Hunt: Sydney and Melbourne

The 2023 Great Nurdle Hunt brought together over 30 participants at Plane Spotters Beach in Botany, Sydney, and 90 participants at Westgate Park along the Yarra River in Melbourne.

20 October 2023

Pennefather’s Marine Debris Clean-up: A Collaborative Conservation Effort

Pennefather is renowned for its natural beauty, yet it faces a pressing environmental issue – the accumulation of plastic bottles, thongs, commercial fishing equipment, and oil containers. We are incredibly grateful to the Napranum Traditional Owners’ elders, Nanum Wungthim Land and Sea Rangers , and the wonderful families who invited Tangaroa Blue to support the first-ever Pennefather Marine Debris Research and Plastic Recovery Initiative.

19 October 2023

2023 WA Beach Clean-up

Our annual WA Beach Clean-up is back for another year! Our WA Project Coordinators are working to increase the beaches and waterways covered and are both really looking forward to connecting to the communities that care for the wild shores of Western Australia over the 13th-15th of October.

1 October 2023

First ‘Project ReCon’ Ghost Gear Captured

Project ReCon tracks and retrieves first deadly and destructive ghost gear 4 kms off the coast from Weipa The first ghost gear has been tracked by Tangaroa Blue’s Project ReCon team and retrieved by the Nanum Wungthim Land & Sea Management Rangers, 4 kms off the coast of Weipa. With the support of Satlink, the Project ReCon team repurposed an echo sounder buoy, which was recovered during a recent clean-up, to track and monitor the 3 tonnes of discarded commercial fishing

13 September 2023

Conservation Adventures on Cocos Keeling Islands

Article from 06/09/2023 A small volunteer team joined WA Project Coordinator Casey for an additional few days on Cocos (Keeling) Islands at the beginning of her Indian Ocean Territories voyage. The crew were greeted by crystal clear water, white sandy beaches and shallow coral reef systems teeming with life. It was really wonderful to reconnect with the community, to learn about the incredible work the Parks Australia, Cocos Marine Care, the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and locals are doing

6 September 2023

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