Blue Wedges

Blue Wedges is a conservation organization in conflict with the policy of the Government of Victoria in Australia to deepen shipping channels in Port Phillip and the large-scale development of the Westernport Ramsar List. The blue shutters is a coalition of over 65 user groups and environmental development across the bay in the Bay of Melbourne considered unsustainable, and that the Port of Melbourne channel deepening project of the Company. The Blue Wedges Coalition includes groups and organizations of anglers, professional groups, fishing, diving and charter and coastal protection and traditional industrial sectors in Bayside.
Blue Wedges Coalition is supported in its aim to protect the bays with other environmental organizations, such as the Victorian National Parks Association, Australian Conservation Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Wilderness Society, Environment Victoria, Port Phillip Council and the keeping of Western 'Agency Region under the Joint Declaration, these groups oppose the project, and where you should stop the project of the Victorian Government.
In Victoria, the name "blue spots" was created after the previous policy of "greenways" government for the preservation of rural and forest areas on the edge of metropolitan Melbourne expanding. Greenways is a current government policy environment.
In December 2007 it was announced that the blue corner led to the Federal Court against the State to prevent the signing of the project to deepen the shipping channel. The hearing was held in January 2008,  with the Federal Court to rule against the Blue Wedges January 15, 2008.  On January 30, 2008, Blue Wedges won a stay of the Federal Court with a hearing date of February 20, 2008 . After mediation between blue spots and the Port of Melbourne Corporation (the organization responsible for the operations of the depth) on February 6, 2008 , limited operations were allowed to begin February 8, 2008.