Projects

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Fact sheet – Project 4.26

Understanding shorebird movements along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway

NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2025). Understanding shorebird movements along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Project 4.26 Information flyer. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.

Fact sheet – Project 4.17

Shorebirds in an imperilled flyway

NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2025). Shorebirds in an imperilled flyway. Project 4.17 Information flyer. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.

Fact sheet

Marine and Coastal Hub research overview 6: Threatened species and ecosystems (2025)

Marine and Coastal Hub Research Overview 6: Threatened species and ecosystems (2025). National Environmental Science Program.

Technical report – Project 3.15

Aerial survey of the Australian southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) ‘western’ population and development of AI for photo-identification

Smith JN, Double M and Townsend A (2025). Aerial survey of the Australian southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) ‘western’ population and development of AI for photo-identification. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Murdoch University.

Technical report – Project 3.15

Subcomponent 3: Expanding utilisation of southern right whale datasets for estimation of national population parameters

Peel D, Lloyd-Jones L, Evans K (2024). Informing southern right whale management through continued monitoring, determination of aggregation areas and development of approaches to increase data flow efficiencies and utility: Subcomponent 3 Expanding utilisation of southern right whale datasets for estimation of national population parameters. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO.

Technical report – Project 3.3

Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of offshore renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia

McLean D, Ierodiaconou D, Jordan A, Carroll A, Delefosse M, Depczynski M, Edge W, Flagg D, Gaudin C, Hansen, J, Huang Z, Klaassen M, Langlois T, Lester E, Mc Cormack S, Nanson R, Navarro M, Nichol S, Parsons M, Schläppy M-LS, Speed C, Spencer C, Sprogis K, Thums M, Young M, Todd V, Wells J, Wenderlich M (2024). Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of offshore renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia. Research Report to the National Environmental Science Program.

Technical report – Project 3.21

Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in decision making – Appendices

Evans K (2024). Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in decision making - Appendices. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO.

Technical report – Project 3.21

Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in decision making

Evans, K (2024). Identifying priority datasets of relevance to the Gippsland declaration area and pathways for their use in decision making. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO.

Fact sheet – Project 4.26

Project 4.26 Information sheet

NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2024). Modelling shorebird migration to assess disease risk amid global change. Project 4.26 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.

Technical report – Project 3.15

Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia (2023 survey report)

Smith JN, Double M and Kelly N (2024) Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from an aerial survey off southern Australia: Final Report on 2023 survey. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Murdoch University (Lead organisation).

Fact sheet

Marine and Coastal Hub research overview 6: Threatened species and ecosystems (2024)

Research overview 6: Threatened species and ecosystems (2024) National Environmental Science Program.

Fact sheet – Project 4.17

Project 4.17 Information sheet

NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2024). Migratory shorebird populations: research for management and recovery. Project 4.17 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.

Fact sheet – Project 1.21

Australia’s coastal shorebirds: trends and prospects

Fuller RA (2023) Fact sheet – Australia’s coastal shorebirds: trends and prospects. National Environment Science Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Technical report – Project 1.21

Australia’s migratory shorebirds: trends and prospects

Rogers A, Fuller RA and Amano T (2023) Australia’s migratory shorebirds: trends and prospects. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Technical report – Project 2.7

Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from an aerial survey off southern Australia

Smith JN, Double M, Evans K and Kelly N (2023) Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from an aerial survey off southern Australia: Final Report on 2022 survey. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Murdoch University (Lead organisation).

Technical report – Project 1.26

Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia (2021)

Smith JN, Double M, Kelly N, Charlton C and Bannister J (2022) Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia: Final Report on 2021 survey. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Murdoch University.

Technical report – Project 1.20

Marine and coastal threatened species and communities scoping study sub-component: seabirds and marine mammals (excluding dugongs)

Evans K (2022). Marine and coastal threatened species and communities scoping study sub-component: Seabirds and marine mammals (excluding dugongs). Report to the National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere.

Technical report – Project 1.22

A photo-identification study of southern right whales to update aggregation area classification in the southwest of Australia

Salgado Kent CP, Burton C, Giroud M and Elsdon B (2022) A photo-identification study of southern right whales to update aggregation area classification in the southwest of Australia. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Edith Cowan University.

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