Very excited to share our paper in Global Change Biology that provides a blue-print for conserving marine biodiversity through marine reserves. A huge collaborative effort with 35 co-authors and 18 affiliations to assess 91 marine reserves across Australia: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

We used baited remote underwater video systems to survey marine reserves at depths up to 100 m and found that they provide increased conservation benefits if they extend from shore into deeper waters.

Just out today in PNAS. Our new study: A large-scale experiment finds no evidence that a seismic survey impacts a demersal fish fauna pnas.org/content/118/30… Australian Institute of Marine Science Curtin University University of Tasmania Photo: Nick Thake

Big fish are thriving in no-take marine reserves 🐟 The findings come from a #UWA study using more than 22,000 baited remote underwater video devices.

Here's the latest paper from our group describing the trophic ecology of commercially important predatory fish species in northwestern Australia using gut content and stable isotopes Australian Institute of Marine Science IMAS UWA Oceans Institute @FisheriesWA CMST_oceans: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Time to rethink what we thought we knew about whale sharks - they don't just eat zooplankton and small fish. Floating algae is also part of the diet making them the largest omnivore on the planet since the dinosaurs: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.38… Photo credit: Andre Rerekura

New paper from our group led by Dr Dianne McLean out now, which assesses the value of subsea oil and gas structures to commercially important fish species frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Australian Institute of Marine Science UWA Oceans Institute School of Biological Sciences, UWA Deakin University UTS Science @nswdpi

My third PhD chapter is out! 🧬 We applied 18S to characterize the diversity of Ningaloo Reef 🪸 and recovered strong patterns of community dissimilarity across adjacent reef zones with eDNA. Check it out 👇🏼 aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

New paper from our group documenting sea snakes in the mesophotic zone, some of which have been unseen in the shallow waters of Ashmore Reef for decades frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Australian Institute of Marine Science Schmidt Ocean Western Australian Museum Curtin University UWA Oceans Institute

Elusive #seasnakes at Ashmore Reef have been found hiding in the deep! Video surveys in the mesophotic zone recorded 5️⃣ species not reported in shallow waters for a decade. 🔗More: aims.gov.au/information-ce… Research authors incl SpeedyShark Nerida Wilson 📸Schmidt Ocean

NEW #sharkscience from the Global FinPrint team. Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Science Magazine Paul G. Allen Family Foundation James Cook Uni FIU Australian Institute of Marine Science Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Dalhousie University Curtin University IMAS Elasmobranch Society OceaniaSharks

New study finds 5 main #shark species that live on coral reefs have declined globally by an average of 63%, overfishing the main driver. Published in Science Magazine AIMS co-authored the @globalfintprint study led by Colin Simpfendorfer 🔗DOI: 10.1126/science.ade4884 @PGAFamilyFdn

The Global FinPrint study found populations of #sharks & rays on Australian coral reefs are faring better than the same species on reefs where there is less protection from fishing. Learn more: ow.ly/jFmU50OQ2yh Study led by Colin Simpfendorfer & supported by @PGAFamilyFdn

Research led by SubseaTweeters suggests exposure to a single #seismic survey is unlikely to increase mortality or affect #pearl production in adult #oysters. Co-authors Mark Meekan @dbarneche.bsky.social SpeedyShark Cecile Dang Hosna gholipour-kanani More: aims.gov.au/information-ce… Santos

New study out assessing fish productivity on offshore oil and gas platforms in South Australia by Matthew Birt and team Australian Institute of Marine Science Curtin University Deakin University Cal Poly Occidental College sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper: Fully protected areas that are large and cover whole reefs provide conservation benefits for reef sharks🦈 Benefits DOUBLE when embedded within areas of effective fisheries management‼️ This "mixed management" approach boosts global conservation of elasmobranchs🦈

Offshore oil and gas infrastructure plays a minor role in marine metapopulation dynamics Ronen Galaiduk et al incl. Dr Dianne McLean , SpeedyShark, Eric Treml in Science of the Total Environment ➡️sciencedirect.com/science/articl… ExxonMobil Australia