Last month, Oslo-listed TGS-Nopec Geophysical submitted a proposal to the federal agency Environment Australia to undertake a non-exclusive 4900-kilometre 2D seismic shoot spanning the Townsville trough, more than 50 kilometres from the eastern boundary of the World Heritage-listed area.
The news triggered protests from conservationists, commercial fishermen and tourism officials, including Don Henry, executive director of the Australian Conservation Foundation; John Olsen, president of the Queensland Seafood Industry Association; and Queensland's Tourism Minister Merri Rose.
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