The need: Protecting conservation values in the Commonwealth marine area

Commonwealth marine areas are protected as a matter of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act ...

The need: Supporting the recovery of threatened, endangered and protected species

Species that are listed as threatened, and migratory species listed under international agreements are protected as matter of national environmental significa...

Chairman’s foreword

Ian Cresswell: The Marine Biodiversity Hub has come a long way since five national research partners were successful in their bid under the Commonwealth Envi...

Director’s overview

Nic Bax: The overall objective for the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub was to ‘provide scientific information and advice that will support (the Department of ...

Canyons: identifying connectivity patterns for management

Video: Geomorphology - Carnarvon Shelf Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at Point Cloates. The ba...

Feature: Modelling connectivity

Modelling connectivity ABOVE: Simulated larval dispersal in a column of water located near the Gascoyne Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Cape Range Canyon and Ca...

Improving access to information about fish communities in Commonwealth marine reserves

Under the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA v4.0), Australia’s marine environment was classified into bioregions that make s...

First maps of biodiversity across Australia’s seafloor

IMAGE: Uroptychus spinirostris is an endemic species of squat lobster that occurs across northern Australia at about 400 m depth. Images: Anna McCallum, Mu...

Collating existing pressure data for the Commonwealth marine area

Understanding the pressures on the marine environment and their change over time is an important part of developing and prioritising management actions. IMAG...