Ramona Brewster: Protect the Ocean

'Saltwater in my veins': fight to protect island homes

Tishiko King's love of the ocean is at the heart of a documentary following her fight to protect...

Ramona Brewster: Protect the ocean

I think we should protect our oceans because the sea animals are eating the trash, and some are dying. One thing I think would help is using cardboard containers instead of plastic ones.

‘Saltwater in my veins’: fight to protect island homes

Tishiko King remembers looking out into the ocean as a child, sitting with her grandfather on the steps of their home on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. “He used to share that if you look after the ocean, the ocean will return you home,” the Kulkalaig woman told AAP. As a child, Ms King didn’t quite understand what her grandfather’s words meant, but now the 36-year-old marine biologist and self-proclaimed “ocean person” is acutely aware of…

Protecting the Irish Sea: Working together for ocean monitoring and plankton research

The Irish Sea is one of the UK’s most economically and ecologically important marine regions. Supporting everything from biodiversity and renewable energy to fisheries and coastal communities, it is under increasing pressure from pollution, climate change, and intensive human use. At the forefront of efforts to understand and protect this vital ecosystem is the Marine ...