WeFish

In Australia we have some of the best fishing practises in the world both commercial and recreational, it was the game association that removed the grey nurse shark of the eligible species list some ten years before anyone else even mentioned it. By limiting Australia’s commercial catch we will simply import that seafood from areas that have little or no regulation from some of the most polluted over fished areas in our oceans.
But what is concerning, a quick look at any of these NGOs advocating for the Coral Sea marine park, and you will quickly see pages of already filled out submissions that one only needs to put ones name to and send off, together with contact details to relevant ministers, and encouragement to contact them.

According to the federal government's website they received.

" 487,435 submissions providing feedback on the marine reserve proposal".

"the largest proportion of the submissions received (99.8 per cent) were campaign submissions received via email and post, the majority of which were from overseas. These submissions were generated through organised campaigns and contained various standardised text provided through templates or postcards."

Now I would call this blatant lobbing, but these groups are not listed on the registry.

http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/who_register.cfm

They do however enjoy the status of a tax free charity and according to the ATO.
Is your organisation a charity? - Income tax guide for non-profit organisations

Environment

Non-profit entities that operate for the public benefit to protect, preserve, care for, and educate the community about the environment are charities. Lobbying and political bodies are not charities.

Non-charities - examples
• lobbying bodies even if their activities may have consequences for the environment

• resident action groups set up to oppose planning policies detrimental to their lifestyle.

http://www.ato.gov.au/nonprofit/PrintFriendly.aspx?ms=nonprofit&doc=/content/24483.htm

What is even more concerning it is evident that all these groups are Led under the PEW umbrella, the media releases, the submissions are all the same as PEWS, I am not sure what the law is on foreign interest lobbing government let alone, using Australian tax free Environmental NGOs to do so, but something has to be done about our money being used to unfairly attack us.