Exmouth Gulf is one of Australia's most important coastal marine environments, supporting fisheries, biodiversity, tourism and significant blue carbon ecosystems.
The purpose of this voyage was to collect water and sediment samples along the continental shelf and shelf break in the Perth Canyon region, targeting locations predicted to receive high inputs of kelp and other coastal‑derived carbon.
The RV Naturaliste is designed to undertake open-ocean multi-disciplinary research off WA.
The Great Australian Bight Marine Biodiversity Expedition 2026 was a collaboration between Parks Australia and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water (DEW).
Access to grants of sea time on the Southern Coastal Research Vessel Fleet is a valuable but limited resource. Researcher demand for grants of sea time exceeds availability. All research delivered by fully funded grants of sea time onboard the
Read about research voyages undertaken by the Southern Coastal Research Vessel Fleet.
Integrating new datasets from the Snapper Science Program and developing a projection model to predict future population trends.
The purpose of this voyage was to map the distribution, abundance, and composition of seafloor habitat and substrate types in Gulf St Vincent.
Focusing on the Murray Marine Park, this voyage aimed to fill key information gaps in our knowledge of the extent and distribution of seabed habitats for continental shelf regions of temperate Australia.
Priority areas across Denham Sound (Shark Bay) were surveyed, many for the first time, collecting fundamental data to improve our understanding of the structure and function of seagrass and algal habitats.