Fishermen want a dredging project in the Port of Gladstone stopped after it was revealed a bund wall is leaking in an area where hundreds of fish and turtles have already died.
Around 46 million cubic tonnes of seabed is being dredged to make way for two liquefied natural gas plants and export hubs at Curtis Island, as well as the expansion of the Gladstone port.
Local fisherman and the Greens want dredging to be suspended until it can be confirmed that it's not linked to marine life dying off.
Deaths of turtles and dugongs off Queensland have nearly doubled this year to 999 and 150 respectively.
Sydney Morning Herald
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