Tracking threatened sawfish down the Adelaide (while trying not to look like croc bait!)
Follow Marine Hub PhD student Kate Buckley's blog while she tracks threatened sawfish down the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory.
Underwater video from Abrolhos Islands
Recorded as part of a scientific research project conducted by the Department of Fisheries in collaboration with the University of Western Australia and CSIRO, this project aimed to describe and compare fish assemblages of the upper slope (100-600 m) along the west and north coasts of Western Australia. The footage was collected from a research survey in November 2010, onboard the Research Vessel Naturaliste. A total of 50 stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Videos were deployed, recording...
Short film highlights sawfish and river shark research
Watch researchers from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub and the Northern Australia Hub investigating the population size and movements of sawfish and river sharks in the waterways of Kakadu National Park. Video
In a collaborative project between these two hubs, researchers are investigating the population size and movements of sawfish, speartooth sharks and northern...
Workshop on acoustics and automated video processing - 11 and 12 June 2013
This workshop aims to bring together CSIRO and invited external experts who have expertise or are currently working on the processing of acoustics data and automated video data processing for the purposes of fisheries and environmental monitoring. The applications of the acoustics and video data processing include, but not limited to, (1) reconstructing bathymetry maps, processing bathymetry and backscatter images produced from Multibeam Sonar Systems (MBSS) to generate products such as...
New collaborative and automated tools for analysis of marine imagery and video
March 2013
A new tool to help transform raw underwater images into quantitative information useful for science and policy decisions has been developed by a team of scientists from Australian marine organisations, universities, and state and federal governments.
The tool, known as CATAMI - Collaborative and Automated Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery and video - will help the whole marine community by making it easier to aggregate, annotate and automate imagery thereby...
So many fish, one great map
From identifying what's on the end of your fishing line, to finding out which fishes occur in your local waters, FishMap has the answers.
Media items of interest - 2013
February 2013
"Surveying an Australian Marine Frontier'Read the UWA Oceans Institute News story on the voyage to the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve.
"Researchers from The University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Geoscience Australia (GA), and the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MGNT) have teamed up to map marine biodiversity in remote corners of the Timor Sea.
A 21...
Have your say on the management plans for the new Commonwealth Marine Reserves
The Australian Government will release draft management plans on the newly proclaimed Commonwealth marine reserves for public comment.
The Government established the new Commonwealth marine reserves in November to protect Australia’s diverse range of marine ecosystems and habitats, and the life they support. The Director of National Parks will release draft management plans for the South-...
Workshops with DSEWPaC - 21 to 23 August 2012
Project focused meetings were held between Hub theme leaders and the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communiites on 21 to 23 August 2012 in Woden, Canberra.
Hub project leaders, theme leaders and researchers communicated project progress and sought feedback from the following areas of the Department:
Marine Division Policy and Sustainability Division Environmental Assessments and Compliance Division (EACD) Environmental Resources...