Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Environmental DNA for measuring offshore marine biodiversity: what can DNA in water collected from the RV Investigator tell us?
Jul 30, 2025
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Animal-borne video highlights diverse prey capture tactics and habitat use in the Australian sea lion
Jun 20, 2025
Assessing changes in threatened Black rockcod abundance and length over the past 15 Years (poster)
Jun 18, 2025
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Opportunities for targeted, small-scale law reform in marine and coastal restoration
Jun 18, 2025
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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,…
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…
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…
Marine and Coastal Hub offshore wind farm environmental research update, June 2025
Jun 6, 2025
This research update brings together Marine and Coastal Hub projects and outputs relating to offshore wind farm environmental research in Australia. The hub and its research partners have been working in this area since 2023 with a focus on key environmental factors considered relevant to offshore wind farm construction, operation and decommissioning in Australian waters….