• Leading up to the 2012 declaration of the national • network, more than 750,000 Australians made The vast majority of recreational fishers are submissions, showing more than 95% support for overwhelmingly supportive of sanctuaries, with every sanctuaries. [...] Our national • Thousands of Australians have joined Divers for Sanctuaries, network was initiated by the Howard Coalition and the majority of dive businesses in Australia have signed Government, with the full 60 marine parks finalised the Dive Industry Statement for Sanctuaries. [...] “We rely on the ocean for our business and lifestyle and feel marine sanctuaries are great for our business.” Cath - business owner Across the country we hear the consensus: to be Australian is to • More than 1000 Australian businesses have already treasure the big blue backyard that signed the Business Statements for Sanctuaries, recognising that sanctuaries make sense for regional is our birthri. [...] • Quantitative research (Essential Research 2009) found • Qualitative research has found widespread concern 77 percent of Australians support 30 percent or more that so little of Australia’s oceans are protected from of our oceans being protected from over fishing and the impacts of oil and gas drilling, and over-fishing other exploitation. [...] • Across the spectrum from those who never fish to • In quantitative research (Essential Research 2009) of those who fish regularly, more than half of the people who fish, and those unaligned to environment Australian community believe at least 50 percent and groups, were asked how much of Australia’s oceans as high as 60 percent or more of our oceans should be should be protected.
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