# Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile coastal zones, scientists say

https://mins.news/en/item/29887

- The Guardian, 2026-08-23 15:00 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/24/australias-marine-parks-protect-places-no-one-goes-rather-than-fragile-coastal-zones-scientists-say

> More than 270 marine scientists from 84 research institutes have urged Environment Minister Murray Watt to strengthen protections during Australia’s once-a-decade marine parks review. They say highly protected areas are concentrated in remote waters, leaving waters around the mainland exposed, and call for at least 30% of every marine bioregion to be protected, with industrial trawling, long-lining and mining banned in marine parks.