02 March 2021
Interview with Prof Jessica Meeuwig about a 395kg tiger shark caught in New South Wales, Australia. Science-based evidence demonstrates that healthy oceans rely on healthy shark populations, thus shark fishing activities are undermining conservation outcomes.

11 October 2020
Marine noise pollution is unseen but a growing concern due to its pervasive nature and impacts on wildlife. Cockburn Sound, WA, which is the most intensively used marine embayment within WA, will be used as a case study to understand the cumulative impacts of vessel noise pollution on marine wildlife.

30 September 2020
The first long-term global study of widely consumed fish and invertebrates reveals strong population decline based on assessment of over 1300 stocks. The declining trend is consistent with systematic widespread global overfishing.

05 May 2020
Our paper derived Seychelles domestic catches from 1950 to 2017 in light of the novel blue bonds initiative. The estimated domestic catch was 1.5 times the amount reported by FAO and artisanal Catch Per Unit Effort declined over time.

15 March 2020
The South-west Corner Marine Park is the largest marine park in the South-west network and covers 977 square kilometres extending from near-coastal shallow waters to the deep ocean reaching depths of 6400 meters. During this survey, the team has successfully deployed 200 Pelagics BRUVS and collected 18 eDNA samples in addition to manta tows to collect sea surface samples.

26 February 2020
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is widespread; it is therefore likely that illicit trade in marine fish catch is also common worldwide. We combine ecological-economic databases to estimate the magnitude of illicit trade in marine fish catch and its impacts on people.

28 October 2019
Chris Thompson was awarded the Head of School Commendation on the print of a Samson Fish (Seriola hippos). The image was created using the Japanese printing technique gyotaku, a form of nature printing developed in the 1800s used by fishermen to record their catch.

04 April 2019
We’re delighted and super excited to announce that Prof. Jessica Meeuwig has been appointed the Australian Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering’s 2019 Eminent Scientist for Western Australia.

28 March 2019
Here we describe the first underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi). Two individuals were observed together on video footage obtained via mid-water stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) deployed off the coast of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic