Marine groups in Tasmania expressed a need to better understand the distribution of ocean uses, ecosystems and species in Tasmanian marine waters, and to make that information readily available to stakeholders. The Tasmania’s Marine Atlas project aimed to address this need by collating...
This project investigated the extent to which trawled communities of Australia’s North-West Shelf have recovered from high levels of trawling before the exclusion of foreign fleets in 1990 and after the imposition of tight controls on trawl and trap fishing in the early 1990s. The results...
Marine Discovery Centres Australia (MDCA) is a network of marine education facilities across Australia that provides high quality education and engagement experiences for the wider community. These learning experiences promote sustainable behaviour in, and stewardship of, our fisheries and...
Huon Aquaculture and NSW DPI are working together to establish NSW’s first Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) farm. Using a recently approved Marine Aquaculture Research Lease (MARL) and an existing farm site off Port Stephens, NSW, we have begun to establish NSW largest fish production facility, with...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)