Australian Whale Sharks Under Threat From Proposed Salt Mine

Straits Resources proposes to construct 411 square kilometres of evaporative 'solar' salt ponds across the discharge of the Yannarie system. A complex system of rock retaining walls would extend 70 km and essentially occupy the entire eastern coast of Exmouth Gulf. So big it will be visible from space. Such a system would radically alter the natural 'flood-out' drainage pattern and artificially redirect the flow of sediment and nutrients. The barrier could effectively starve much of the Gulf ecosystem of its vital natural resources...