Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Temperate East Marine Parks Network Synthesis Report
Sep 17, 2026
Marine and Coastal Hub offshore wind farm environmental research update, September 2026
Sep 17, 2026
Marine and Coastal Hub offshore wind farm environmental research update, September 2026
Sep 4, 2026
Project 4.7 information release on the horizon Hub Project 4.7 is preparing development scenarios and species distribution, migration and population dynamics models to support a suite of direct impact models for anthropogenic activities in the Bass Strait region. In coming months, the project team will contact parties who have provided data to the project under…
AI is helping to reconstruct Australian sea lion foraging trips
Sep 3, 2026
But the footage can only cover a small fraction of sea lions’ foraging expeditions, due to camera battery, storage and size limitations. University of Tasmania honours student Ruby Fox developed four machine-learning models to predict where and how sea lions forage when the cameras run out of steam. Ms Fox used data from a 2022/23…
Modelling the flow-on effects of offshore wind farms
Sep 3, 2026
Oceanographers are modelling how this wind loss may affect nutrient cycling in Bass Strait under a scenario of wind farm development off Gippsland, Victoria. Dr Clothilde Langlais and Dr Mathieu Mongin of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, developed the three-dimensional hydrodynamic, biogeochemical and sediment model Bass2 (Bass Strait regional model). The Bass2 model encompasses the…
Port Jackson shark slumber party invites conservation actions
Aug 31, 2026
The seasonal shark aggregation was observed in 2018 and 2024 during surveys funded by the Marine and Coastal Hub and its forerunner, the Marine Biodiversity Hub. The aggregation was considered in the re-zoning of the area as a highly protected National Park Zone in the new South-east Marine Parks Network management plan. It also prompted the identification of an Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA) by the…
Southern right whale tracking reveals new calving grounds off South Australia
Aug 28, 2026
The four whales were tagged in June 2024 at Encounter Bay on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula in hub research led by Flinders University. This re-emerging calving ground marks the approximate boundary of Australia’s eastern and western southern right whale populations. Understanding whether the whales head east or west from here is important to correctly defining…