Help create one of the world’s largest havens for Australia’s dugongs.
BREAKING: We removed another net! 90-95% of the far northern Great Barrier Reef is now net-free. Read more
In a great win for nature, WWF-Australia has closed the deal on purchasing and retiring yet another major commercial gill net in the far northern Great Barrier Reef.
Gill nets hang like curtains across the seabed, where marine life can get entangled and drown within minutes.
For years, WWF-Australia has been advocating to ban these fishing practices that threaten dugongs and other endangered animals in the Great Barrier Reef home.
WWF-Australia now owns four commercial Qld fishing licenses and almost all the quota in the far northern Reef.
This means we’re one step closer to a #NetFreeNorth and giving endangered species like dugongs, hammerhead sharks and marine turtles nearly 100,000km2 of net-free refuge to call home - a protected oasis larger than the size of Tasmania!
Home to an incredible underwater ecosystem, the Great Barrier Reef has one of the largest dugong populations in the world. With 90-95% of the far northern region now net-free, there is hope for the future of one of Australia’s most vulnerable marine species.
Sign up and show your support for a #NetFreeNorth!