Parks Australia
Webinar: Threatened and migratory species and ecological communities
Oct 12, 2026
This webinar presents findings from two projects nearing completion under the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Research Plans 2023 and 2024, exploring efforts to restore a threatened ecological community in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Project 4.11) and how interactions with fishers are improving our understanding of threatened sea snakes (Project 3.12). Presentation 1: Improving the…
A field manual for marine protected area recreational user knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys
Oct 9, 2025
Project 5.1 Information sheet
Mar 6, 2025
Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation
Feb 4, 2025
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Project 4.11 Information sheet
Mar 11, 2024
4.11
Mar 11, 2024
Seagrass comeback: protecting vital habitats at Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Apr 3, 2025
Early results from this trial are promising. After three months, protected seagrass area in the first of four barriers to be installed had already reached 20% coverage and 8 cm in height, compared with just 2% coverage and 3 cm height outside these areas. These results suggest a positive future trajectory for both the seagrass…
Not all reefs are rocky: new map sharpens focus on functional reefs across southern Australia
Mar 26, 2025
The map shows the likely presence of ‘functional reef’ across 10–200 metre ocean depths between Western Australia’s Shark Bay and the Victoria-New South Wales border. It was developed in a Marine and Coastal Hub project led by the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania and the University of Western…
Justin Hulls: master pilot of underwater robots
Sep 26, 2024
Every school holiday, Justin Hulls’ parents used to take him and his brother to Port Fairy. He learnt to walk in a tent and on that beach on Victoria’s western coast he also fell in love with the sea. “I knew I wanted to work in or around the water,” he says. That idea led…