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Bass Strait ecosystem and offshore renewable energy workshop presentations (2025). National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub. April.
May 2025
Overview
The Bass Strait ecosystem and offshore renewable energy workshop was held on 9-10 April 2025 at CSIRO Hobart and online as part of Marine and Coastal Hub Project 4.7: Development of regional modelling and risk assessments to inform offshore renewable decision-making. Workshop presenters outlined the range of activities in the Bass Strait region and described the status of ecosystem modelling being conducted through hub research to support the environmental assessment of an offshore wind industry in the region. The workshop outline for each day is provided below. The presentations are available at the following links as combined files for day one and day two of the workshop.
Workshop presentations, Day 1 [PDF file]
Workshop presentations, Day 2 [PDF file]
Outline of Day 1
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Timing |
Item |
Presenter |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
Welcome and outline of the day |
Alistair Hobday (CSIRO) |
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11:10 – 11:20 |
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub research investments |
Alan Jordan (UTAS) |
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11:20 – 11:40 |
Bass Strait geomorphology and habitats |
Rachel Nanson (Geoscience Australia) Jac Monk (UTAS) |
|
11:40 – 12:00 |
Bass Strait ecosystem values |
Ben Sellers (Parks Australia) |
|
12:00 – 12:20 |
Current uses and activities |
Piers Dunstan (CSIRO) |
|
12:20 – 12:40 |
Fisheries futures |
Rowan Trebilco (CSIRO) |
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12:40 – 13:00 |
Oil/gas futures, decommissioning |
Garnet Hooper (NOPSEMA) |
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13:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
|
|
13:30 – 13:50 |
Offshore wind research investments |
Mark Say (DCCEEW) |
|
13:50 – 14:10 |
Cumulative risk assessment in Bass Strait: Overview of Hub project 4.7 |
Keith Hayes (CSIRO) |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
Priority species and data sources |
Myriam Lacharite (UTAS) |
|
14:30 – 14:50 |
Expert identification methodology |
Geoff Hosack (CSIRO) |
|
14:50 – 15:10 |
Current and future Oceanographic conditions in Bass Strait: 2km resolution modelling (BASS2) |
Clothilde Langlais (CSIRO) |
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15:10 – 15:40 |
Atlantis EcoSpace/EcoSim |
Javier Porobic Garate (CSIRO) |
|
15:40 – 16:00 |
Q&A session |
|
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16:00 |
Session close |
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Outline of Day 2
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Timing |
Item |
Presenter |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
Welcome and outline of day 2 |
Alan Jordan (UTAS) |
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11:10 – 11:30 |
Integrated species distribution modelling |
Skipton Wolley (CSIRO) |
|
11:30 – 11:50 |
Population dynamics modelling: Leslie Matrix model for Southern Right Whales |
Maud El Hachem (CSIRO) |
|
11:50 – 12:10 |
Population dynamics modelling: Shy Albatross |
Robin Thomson (CSIRO) |
|
12:10 – 12:30 |
Population dynamics modelling: Priority shorebirds |
Marcel Klaasen (Deakin University) |
|
12:30 – 12:50 |
Population viability analysis: Orange Bellied Parrots |
Nick Beeton (CSIRO) |
|
12:50 – 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
|
|
13:30 – 13:50 |
Background and OWF development noise generation |
Christine Erbe (Curtin University) |
|
13:50 – 14:10 |
Noise Impacts and priority cetaceans |
Sophia Volkze (UTAS) |
|
14:10 – 14:30 |
Potential EMF effects |
Andrew Gill (AIMS) |
|
14:30-14:40 |
Workshop synthesis and next steps |
Keith Hayes (CSIRO) |
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14:40 – 15:00 |
Q&A session |
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15:00 |
Meeting close |
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