The Marine Futures Lab returned from a month-long stint in north Western Australia using midwater stereo-BRUVs to survey pelagic fish and shark assemblages. Sampling effort was focused in deep canyons north-west of the Rowley Shoals and the surroundings of the Montebello Islands. In total, 280 mid-water stereo-BRUVs were successfully deployed across the Rowley Shoals and Montebello Islands. …
There is an urgent need to synthesise and compare pelagic sampling methods to determine how they can best support and strengthen the empirical evidence base available for implementing marine monitoring programmes. The aim of the present report is to provide a comparative assessment of commonly used pelagic sampling methods …
World-leading fisheries expert Prof. Daniel Pauly will deliver a free public lecture at the University Club of Western Australia, UWA on the role of oxygen in the responses of fishes to a warming ocean. The event is supported by the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies …
We determined the conditions under which MPAs can effectively protect sharks along a wide gradient of reef accessibility, from the vicinity of a regional capital towards remote areas …
We compiled 10 years of commercial fishing records from the Sea Around Us Project and derived relative abundance indices from standardized catch rates. We used these indices to map pelagic hotspots over a 0.5 deg. grid …