The team, led by Adam Jolly, Nadine Mauch and Jett Walker, successfully completed another midwater BRUVS survey in the Perth Canyon this month, marking a significant offshore field effort.

23rd March 2026

Congratulations to our team led by Nadine Mauch and Jett Walker, with support from Chloe Crossland, Izzie Evans, Rachel Tan, Ramesh Sankar, who, together, knocked off midwater BRUVS surveys last month in the South-west Corner Marine Park and Geographe Marine Park.

4th March 2026

The MFL is delighted to share that the ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast programme, hosted by Amber Cunningham, has debuted a monthly “ocean” segment with our lab’s Director, Jessica Meeuwig.

16th February 2026

The Marine Futures Lab is incredibly proud to congratulate our Director, Professor Jessica Meeuwig, on her appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), recognising her significant service to ocean science and conservation.

27th January 2026

We are delighted to announce the successful launch of the Hammerhead Hub, a new citizen-science app that allows ocean users to report hammerhead shark sightings directly to scientists to guide evidence-based conservation.

12th November 2025

Our new paper published in Annals of Limnology and Oceanography, “A New Rewilding Paradigm: NEBA-CA Case Study of an End-of-Life North Sea Oil Platform”, introduces the notion that decommissioned offshore installations can potentially be considered in the context of rewilding.

28th August 2025

A new study published in the journal Fish and Fisheries has revealed the outsized role Indian Ocean fisheries play in feeding the world and supporting nutritional security.

11th July 2025

Wen Family Chair in Conservation 2025 Lecture

Last week, we had the honour of hosting Professor Ben Halpern, Director of the National Center for Ecosystem Analysis and Synthesis from the University of California – Santa Barbara.

23rd June 2025

Director Prof. Jessica Meeuwig co-authored the recent commentary published in the journal Nature: ‘Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever’

9th June 2025