Video
Project:
4.21 - Assessing the condition of natural values within priority temperate Australian Marine Parks to evaluate management effectiveness
Topic: Protected place management
Location: Tasmania, Beagle Marine Park
Species (common name): Port Jackson shark
Species (taxonomic name): Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Habitat type: Rocky reef
Date taken: August 2024
Credit (organisation): NESP/IMAS
Conservation value: Australian Marine Park
Observation platform: Remotely operated vehicle
Caption
This mysterious gathering of Port Jackson sharks at Beagle Marine Park was videoed by a remotely operated vehicle from the South Australian Research and Development Institute 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 managed by Parks Australia. This two-week return survey led by the University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) revisited the same places to see how conditions in the park may have changed.
The voyage was supported by the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub and a grant of sea time from the Southern Australian Coastal Research Vessel Fleet with National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy funding.
