Commonwealth marine areas are protected as a matter of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act ...
Species that are listed as threatened, and migratory species listed under international agreements are protected as matter of national environmental significa...
Nic Bax:
The overall objective for the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub was to ‘provide scientific information and advice that will support (the Department of ...
Paul Hedge:
Collaborative research conducted through the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub provided evidence and advice to support management decisions relating t...
Pressures on the marine environment are steadily increasing with new uses including renewable energy and new pressures including warming and more acidic seas....
IMAGE: Some tourism-based industries, such as dive and day boat trips in the Great Barrier Reef, pay a bond to operate in environmentally sensitive areas. Ima...
Seabed features such as canyons, seamounts, banks
and shoals provide aggregation points for ocean (pelagic) predators such as tunas and mackerels.
Predictio...
IMAGE: Key Ecological Features represent areas of significant biodiversity or ecological functioning and integrity within Commonwealth waters.
Austral...
IMAGE: Fieldwork on the Adelaide River. Catches of Speartooth Shark were highest in the Adelaide River, with the South Alligator River and Queensland’s Wenl...
