An Aboriginal spokesman is calling for Indigenous people to have greater input into how dugong hunting is managed in far north Queensland. Five dugongs have been found dead in nets off the far north ...

Authorities say they have stepped up patrols on illegal dugong hunting in far north Queensland. Five dugongs have been found dead in nets off far north Queensland over the past three months including ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mr Adams provoked a debate on the rights of traditional landowners and the use of modern hunting ...

The declaration comes as three federal ministers commit to talk to indigenous rangers and the Queensland state government to spearhead moves that could see more “no take’’ zones introduced in a bid to ...

DUGONG living in and around the Keppel Islands on the Great Barrier Reef will be protected from hunting for at least the next 10 years. The agreement with the Woppaburra people of coastal central ...

AN indigenous leader claims a moratorium on dugong and turtle hunting will not work, and will only push poachers further underground. The Coalition is preparing draft legislation to provide stronger ...

Cairns wildlife activist Colin Riddell last week posted images on social media of an all-white dugong dead on the shore of an unnamed island, believed to have been killed by harpoon. Mr Riddell ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. A leading Aboriginal figure has called for traditional owners to ban the controversial practice of dugong hunting. North Queensland Land ...

A FACEBOOK photo of a smiling young woman holding an orphaned dugong calf has sparked up renewed debate on indigenous hunting practices. The image, sent to the Cairns Post before being deleted, shows ...

Helene Marsh FTSE, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science at James Cook University, is a conservation biologist who has been studying dugongs for 40 years. She is the senior author of a ...

Jon Altman receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Environmental Research Program. He is a director of Karrkad-Kanjdji Limited. Seán Kerins receives funding from The ...