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PUBLICATION 1 OCT 2016
State of the Bays 2016
Summary Victoria’s first State of the Bays report is an historic baseline study of the health of Port Phillip Bay and Western Port. Based on existing marine science research, it is a timely…
REPORT 5 SEP 2016
State of the Bays 2016 Report
View our State of the Bays 2016 interpretive website stateofthebays.vic.gov.au Victoria’s first State of the Bays Report is a historic baseline study of the health of Port Phillip Bay and Western…
NEWS 21 AUG 2020
Wonders of the Bay
Ornate cowfish, Australian Fur-seal or Yellow Crested Weedfish? For your Friday and weekend pleasure, we are delighted to share a fantastic initiative from Museums Victoria. In celebration of…
NEWS 20 JUL 2020
Habitats and their Dependent Species: Seagrass
In week seven of our 11-week campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, we are exploring the fascinating seagrasses of Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, sharing insights from the…
NEWS 21 JUN 2020
Threats to the Bays
This week, as part of our 11-week campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, we wanted to look at threats to Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, sharing insights from the Victorian State of…
NEWS 15 JUN 2020
Celebrating our Bays
As part of our campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, this week we wanted to share some background to the two most populated Bays – Port Phillip and Western Port. At the edge of the…
NEWS 8 JUN 2020
Happy World Oceans Day
Today is #WorldOceansDay and a perfect time to begin our campaign that reflects on the insights and images from Victoria’s first State of Bays (SotB) report released by the Commissioner for…
NEWS 14 AUG 2018
A new Marine and Coastal Act
To protect Victoria’s marine and coastal environments now and into the future, we have established a new Marine and Coastal Act as part of a broader package of reforms. On 1 August 2018 the Marine…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
The particulars of plastic
All plastic breaks down into microplastics; every bit of plastic that is manufactured has the potential to end up in our environment. At the moment we know there’s a huge amount of plastic in the…
NEWS 15 FEB 2018
Key updates to the State of the Bays 2016 Report
The launch of 2016 State of the Bays report gave Victoria its first ‘health check’ for the iconic Port Phillip Bay and Western Port. Environmental science and policy-making is a dynamic field. When…