4.13

Mar 11, 2024

Seeing ocean life through eDNA: new insights from south-eastern Australia

Sep 2, 2025

The voyages, conducted in July 2023 and May 2024, were part of the South-East Australian Marine Ecosystem Survey (SEA-MES) on the CSIRO Research Vessel (RV) Investigator. More than 500 eDNA samples were collected and analysed from 91 survey sites along the continental shelf between Tasmania and southern New South Wales. This is the first comprehensive…

4.12

Mar 11, 2024

4.11

Mar 11, 2024

4.10

Feb 29, 2024

Black rockcod find refuge in ‘no-take’ zones amid overall population decline

Jun 17, 2025

It’s a go-to zone for scuba divers who descend to 12–18 metre depths and watch grey nurse sharks parade through rocky gutters. For some there’s an even rarer sight . . . the appearance of a large black rockcod. This legendary fellow is estimated to be 50–70 years old. Divers first noticed him in 1988,…

4.9

Feb 7, 2024

Neville Barrett receives 2025 Australian Marine Sciences Association Silver Jubilee Award

Jun 17, 2025

The videos show the spectrum of seabed life from Breaksea Island at the ocean entrance to Platypus Point where the channel joins Bathurst Harbour: a small inland sea. The channel’s sheltered, dimly lit habitat is globally rare. Many of sponges, corals and bryozoans that thrive here are more typically found deep in the ocean. They…

4.8

Feb 28, 2024

Workshop bridges knowledge and expertise to support offshore wind farm environmental assessment

Jun 17, 2025

The two-day workshop was part of a hub project that is developing regional modelling and risk assessment to support decision-making in the Gippsland Declared Area off the coast of Victoria. Presenters outlined ecosystem modelling approaches, the status of environmental knowledge and existing activities such as fishing and offshore petroleum for the Bass Strait region. The…