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Three pelicans on sand North Stradbroke Island copyright 5-2-2017 Lucy Trippett Moreton Bay Research Station

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We’re hiring: Join The Moreton Bay Foundation team

The Moreton Bay Foundation is growing. We are seeking two new team members to help strengthen our capacity to deliver on our mission – turning knowledge into collaborative action for a sustainable Moreton Bay. These…

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Win a Wild Dolphin Feeding at Sunset adventure at the Tangalooma Island Resort

The Moreton Bay Passport pilot is coming, and it’s bringing a Grand Prize! This January, one lucky super-engaged Moreton Bay Passport pilot user will WIN a Wild Dolphin Feeding at Sunset adventure at the Tangalooma Island…

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Moreton Bay Passport

TMBF LAUNCHES EXCITING DIGITAL PASSPORT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Moreton Bay Foundation (TMBF) is thrilled to announce the pilot launch of the Moreton Bay Passport. An innovative digital adventure designed to celebrate and connect our…

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Coochin Creek Proposed Development: What’s at Stake for Moreton Bay

What’s happening A proposal has been lodged to significantly expand a tourist development next to the Pumicestone Passage within Moreton Bay, one of Queensland’s most important and sensitive coastal environments. The plan would allow hundreds…

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TMBF response to the Coordinator-General’s Draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

The Moreton Bay Foundation exists to facilitate, apply and share knowledge that supports good decision-making for the future of our Bay. In accordance with this mission, TMBF has prepared a full and comprehensive submission (https://moretonbayfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FINAL-TMBF-response-on-draft-TOR-PoB-CEP.pdf)…

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Manta alfredi Flat Rock North Stradbroke Island copyright 6-7-2016 Lucy Trippett Moreton Bay Research Station

Blueprint for a sustainable Moreton Bay 2035

The Moreton Bay Foundation recently commissioned a review of the current evidence and stakeholder knowledge of Moreton Bay ecology, social connection and barriers and legislative frameworks. The review resulted in a comprehensive plan Blueprint for…

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Boats anchored and recreational boat use at Horseshoe Bay Peel Island

2024–2027 Strategic Plan

Five years ago, we launched the Moreton Bay Foundation, and I could not be more pleased with the achievements of the Foundation since then. We have been able to bring together the Moreton Bay community,…

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Extent of intertidal seagrass and subtidal seagrass and the advance of sand waves south of Amity

Seagrass is Sacred

Seagrass is a much vaunted and universally protected marine habitat, but should all seagrasses and seagrass meadows be protected at all costs? Seagrasses evolved from land plants while the dinosaurs were still running the show…

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Eastern King Prawns Juvenile Penaeus plebejus eastern king prawn captured from shore adjacent to GJ Walter Park

Eastern King Prawns have nurseries at Toondah Harbour

2022 has been a busy year in academia for me with my international programs with Stanford University and the University of California recommencing after a three year hiatus. Professional support staff had to be engaged,…

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sanderling drawing by Joshua Wilson

Moreton Bay Ambassadors program

The Moreton Bay Foundation launched its Moreton Bay Ambassadors program in August 2021. A donation of $5000 to TMBF comes with the honour of sponsoring, a migratory shorebird that spends time each year in Moreton…

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saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream

Member’s Corner: Barry Pollock and saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream

Yellowfin bream are an important commercial net and angling fishery in Moreton Bay, and hold cultural significance for Traditional Owners as evidenced by the skeletal remains found in middens around the Bay. But have you…

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Mangroves on MARS2015 student field trip Myora Springs North Stradbroke copyright 2015 Nina Clark UQ Undergrad student

Active Restoration – Expert Scientific Forum focus

Around 50 local, national and international scientists and practitioners joined TMBF recently for our second annual Expert Scientific Forum. Presenters highlighted the global trend from passive to more active restoration of degraded and at threat…

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Dolphins Tangalooma copyright 16-12-2017 Katya Ovsyanikova UQ PhD student

The Moreton Bay Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Lands of and around Moreton Bay. The Foundation pays respect to their Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledges the important role Traditional Owners play within Moreton Bay communities.

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