The plan to consolidate how we control and manage the nation's water resources, and treat the issues and associated problems as a national necessity, is long overdue and has been discussed over many years.
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The Federal Opposition says the Commonwealth should be taking over management of the Murray-Darling Basin, not an independent authority.
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The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the deepest divers in the ocean, routinely reaching depths of 3,000 feet or more. Now, in a new study, a team of marine scientists reports the successful tagging of sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexico's Pacific coast-the first time that electronic tracking devices have been applied simultaneously to deep-diving predators and prey in the same waters.
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At a 9 am press conference at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (AAAS) on February 18th, an international team of leading fisheries economists, biologists, and ecologists will call for the abolition of government fuel subsidies that keep deep-sea fishing vessels moving to deeper waters.
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