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Marine and Coastal Hub Research Showcase 2025. Marine and Coastal Hub.
2025
Overview
The Marine and Coastal Hub research showcase held on 17–18 March 2025 drew more than 250 attendees from across Australia. Government agencies, research users, policymakers and other stakeholders gathered online to hear about the hub’s latest research findings.
The event featured presentations on key research themes, including Indigenous knowledge and partnerships, threatened and migratory species, coastal restoration, protected places, and regional planning.
The presentations can be viewed at the links below.
NESP MaC Hub 2025 Research Showcase – Agenda
Monday presentations
NESP MaC Hub 2025 Research Showcase: Day 1 Introduction
1 National Indigenous Environmental Research Network
Leah Talbot, Barry Hunter, Teagan Shields, and Stephen van Leeuwen
2 Unbroken whispers: The ripples connecting Sea Kin
Associate Professor Jodi Edwards, and Dr Chels Marshall
3 Two-way Sea Country knowledge
Zac Webb, Wayne Webb, Toni Webb, Meeka Rees, Kaylene Gray, Joe Adams, Sharnae Watson, Josie Percival, Matthew Navarro, Tim Langlois, Nicole Middleton, and Paul Hedge
4 Assessing the condition of natural values within priority temperate Australian Marine Parks to evaluate management effectiveness
Jacquomo Monk, Tim Langlois, Neville Barrett, Justin Hulls, Ashlee Bastiaansen, Anona Griffiths, Claude Spencer, Brooke Gibbons, Piers Dunstan, Skip Woolley, Scott Foster, David Harasti, Wayne Webb, Iszaac Webb, Steffan Howe, Dave Logan, and Ben Sellers
5 Mapping reef boundaries and habitats in northern Australia: Filling the gaps
Eric Lawrey, Marc Hammerton, Kathryn Markey, Mitchell Lyons, and Rachel Bycroft
6 Towards a National Management Effectiveness System for Australian Marine Parks
Steffan Howe, Dave Logan, Ben Sellers, Cath Samson, Mitch Ryan, Piers Dunstan, Jac Monk, Tim Langlois, and Keith Hayes
7 Supporting regional planning in northern Australia
Allan Dale, Jim Turnour, Shannon Burns, Ellie Bock, and Umberto Baresi
8 Northern Australia synthesis, mapping and monitoring of seagrass
Alex Carter, Catherine Collier, Rachel Groom, and Kathryn McMahon
9 Reshaping dugong monitoring in northern Australia
Chris Cleguer, Holly Raudino, and Rachel Groom
10 Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation
Keith Hayes and Peter Walsh
11 Data delivery supporting offshore renewable energy developments
Alan Jordan
Tuesday presentations
NESP MaC Hub 2025 Research Showcase: Day 2 Introduction
1 Derisking nature repair in Australian coastal and marine ecosystems
Megan Saunders and Nathan Waltham
2 Legislative and permitting barriers to coastal restoration
Justine Bell-James
4 Summary of assessments of greenhouse gas emissions from ungulate degraded wetlands
Jack Hill, Catherine Lovelock, and Valerie Hagger
5 Developing an integrated pest management framework for feral pigs in northern Australia
Andrew Hoskins
6 Coastal contaminants – Contaminants of emerging concern: PFAS, antimicrobials, microplastics
Martina A Doblin
7 White shark population update: Maugean skate population and habitat
Toby Patterson
8 Sawfish sustainability: Collaborating with industry and Indigenous Rangers to inform management
Richard Pillans
10 Migratory shorebird populations: research for management and recovery
Elize Ng and Toby Ross
11 Monitoring aggregation areas, and approaches to improve data effectiveness for southern right whale conservation
Josh Smith, Chandra Salgado Kent, Karen Evans, and Luciana Möller
12 Marine and Coastal Hub knowledge gaps, research investments and priorities
Damien Burrows and Alan Jordan