Long-term decline in dugong populations confirmed along Great Barrier Reef

Sep 27, 2023

Aerial surveys conducted in 2022 confirm that this declining trend has persisted for almost two decades, despite Australia’s status as the host of the world’s largest population of these vulnerable marine mammals. Released this week, the 2022 Dugong Aerial Survey: Mission Beach to Moreton Bay report is part of a series of aerial surveys conducted every five…

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Scientists attend foraging school with ‘sea lion cam’

Jul 14, 2023

The cameras were attached to the backs of two sea lions at at Olive Island near Streaky Bay (off South-Australia’s Eyre Peninsula) and four sea lions at Seal Bay (Kangaroo Island). Each camera deployment recorded 12 hours of footage, showing beautiful and captivating imagery of the sea lions’ journeys, diving and foraging for food. Further…

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Macquarie Harbour last refuge for Maugean Skate, DNA survey finds

Sep 7, 2022

In a Marine and Coastal Hub project, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers set out to detect the presence of Maugean Skate DNA in Bathurst Harbour, where only four individuals have ever been seen and none have been sighted since 1992. “Maugean Skates have one of the most limited distributions of any known species…