PILBARA CUSTODIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROTEST WOODSIDE'S SEISMIC BLASTING

Protest vigils were held in Perth, Karratha, and Margaret River yesterday to protest Woodside’s planned seismic blasting activity.

Watch to hear from speakers at the Karratha event, including Yindjibarndi elder Tootsie Daniel, Ngarluma custodians Kaylene Daniel and Camilla Churnside, and Pilbara Climate Network spokesperson Rachel Rainey.

Seismic blasting involves shooting compressed air at the ocean floor, creating intense soundwaves to map gas deposits.

Woodside has been granted approval to conduct the blasting for 80 days off the Pilbara Coast as part of its Burrup Hub expansions.

Activists are concerned the blasting will damage ecosystems, deafen whales and kill large amounts of sea life.

Woodside says the surveys are conducted under strict regulations and management controls that would reduce the risk to marine fauna such as whales.