Parks Australia
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 8cm in height, compared to just 2% coverage and 3cm height outside these areas. These results suggest a positive future trajectory for both the seagrass ecosystems and…
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…
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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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…
Scientists spot girls-only shark slumber party in Bass Strait’s Beagle Marine Park
Aug 14, 2024
The mysterious gathering was videoed by an underwater robot, known as a remotely operated vehicle, being ‘flown’ above the seafloor from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) research vessel MRV Ngerin. The research team had previously seen the sharks here six years ago during the first survey of Beagle Marine Park, which is…
Revisiting the riches of Beagle Marine Park
Jul 31, 2024
The two-week voyage on the marine research vessel (MRV) Ngerin is led by the University of Tasmania’s Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and funded by the Australian Government through the National Environmental Science Program. Beagle Marine Park covers almost 3000 km2 of central Bass Strait waters. It is one of 60 Australian Marine…
NESP Conference consolidates strong research partnerships for environmental management
Jun 19, 2024
More than 200 participants attended the two-day event. They included NESP-funded researchers, policymakers, Traditional Owners, and other stakeholders from across Australia. Marine and Coastal Hub project leaders Dr Toby Patterson of CSIRO and Professor Simon Goldsworthy of the University of Adelaide and the Threatened Species Commissioner, Dr Fiona Fraser, delivered presentations on research priorities for…
How the Marine and Coastal Hub applies FAIR principles for data management
Jun 19, 2024
Members of the international research community developed FAIR data principles in 2016 to enhance the reusability of research data. The principles require data to be easily located, readily accessible, compatible with other data systems, and sufficiently documented for future use. The Marine and Coastal Hub data management strategy provides a framework for how these principles…