Species that are listed as threatened, and migratory species listed under international agreements are protected as matter of national environmental significa...
Video: Geomorphology - Carnarvon Shelf
Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at Point Cloates. The ba...
The Australian Government has identified 58 Commonwealth Marine Reserves (CMRs) and 54 Key Ecological Features (KEFs) in Australia’s Commonwealth marine are...
Carbonate banks and terraces of the Van Diemen Rise and the Sahul Shelf, and pinnacles of the Bonaparte Basin (North and North-west marine regions) are Key Ec...
IMAGE: Key Ecological Features represent areas of significant biodiversity or ecological functioning and integrity within Commonwealth waters.
Austral...
Approximate locations of key ecological features in commonwealth waters.
IMAGE: The KEF systems indicated here share a range of common indicators.
Indica...
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...
IMAGE: Peter Kyne.
Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis), Speartooth Sharks (Glyphis glyphis) and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis garricki) are being studie...
Malak Malak Indigenous rangers and Traditional Owners have a unique understanding of sawfish habitats in the Daly River region, and have helped scientists to lo...