Marine and Coastal Hub - Approved Projects

1.1

Scoping study: Protected places initiative

Central Queensland University

$70,000

1.2

Scoping study: National areas of interest for seabed mapping, characterisation and biodiversity assessment

Geoscience Australia;
University of Tasmania

$90,000

1.3

Support for Parks Australia’s monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement system for Australian Marine Parks

CSIRO

$161,194

1.4

Characterising values and identifying indicators and metrics of fish and benthic assemblages within the South-west Corner Marine Park

University of Western Australia

$49,595

1.5

Scoping study: Identify knowledge gaps and solutions for extent mapping of Australian marine and coastal wetlands

Griffith University;
Geoscience Australia

$70,000

1.6

A roadmap for coordinated landscape-scale coastal and marine ecosystem restoration

CSIRO

$50,000

1.7

Towards a consolidated and open-science framework for restoration monitoring

Griffith University

$50,000

1.8

A national framework for improving seagrass restoration

University of New South Wales

$50,000

1.9

Quantifying the ecosystem services of the Great Southern Reef

University of New South Wales

$50,000

1.10

A national inventory of implemented nature-based solutions to mitigate coastal hazards

University of Melbourne

$48,105

1.11

OzSET: Integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset

Macquarie University

$30,000

1.12

Mapping critical habitat in Yanyuwa Sea Country

Charles Darwin University

$49,932

1.13

Synthesising three decades of seagrass spatial data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria

James Cook University

$41,837

1.14

The role of dugong and turtle grazing in Torres Strait seagrass declines

James Cook University

$50,000

1.15

Coastal wetland restoration for blue carbon in northern Australia

University of Queensland

$42,000

1.16

Scoping study: Research needs for assessment and monitoring of nutrients, chemicals and antimicrobials in the marine environment

Sydney Institute of Marine Science

$79,921

1.17

Scoping study: Research needs for a national approach to socio-economic values of the marine environment

University of Tasmania

$60,000

1.18

Microplastics in south-eastern Australian coastal waters: synthesising current data and identifying key knowledge gaps for the management of plastic pollution

University of Adelaide

$49,848

1.19

Scoping study: Horizon scan of key science questions in the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure

Deakin University

$50,000

1.20

Scoping study: Marine and coastal threatened species and communities

University of Tasmania

$100,000

1.21

Australia’s coastal shorebirds: trends and prospects

University of Queensland

$49,813

1.22

A photo-identification study of Southern Right Whales to update aggregation area classification in the south-west of Australia

Edith Cowan University

$37,257

1.23

Conservation of Spotted Handfish

CSIRO

$50,000

1.24

A pilot study into the movement and dispersal of sawfishes

Murdoch University

$47,500

1.25

Sawfish bycatch mitigation workshop for northern Australian fisheries

CSIRO

$48,940

1.26

Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of Southern Right Whales from an aerial survey off southern Australia

Murdoch University

$39,472

1.28

Future-proofing restoration and thermal physiology of kelp

University of Tasmania

$49,880

1.29

Scoping study: New approaches to marine monitoring

Reef and Rainforest Research Centre

$200,000

1.30

National assessment of climate-driven species redistribution using citizen science data

University of Tasmania

$50,178

1.31

Scoping study: Indigenous participation and research needs

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance

$100,000

1.32

Scoping study: Supporting regional planning in northern Australia

James Cook University

$260,000

1.33

Application of environmental DNA to survey Bathurst Harbour Tasmania for the endangered Maugean Skate

University of Tasmania

$73,528

2.1

Mapping temperate continental shelf seabed habitats

University of Tasmania

$949,800

2.2

Advancing national standards and best practices to monitor key marine values and pressures

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

$415,112

2.3

Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation

CSIRO;
University of Tasmania

$476,289

2.4

Ecological outcomes of wastewater discharges in contrasting receiving environments

University of Technology Sydney

$452,481

2.5

Evaluation of recreational fishing behaviour, use, values and motivations that relate to compliance

University of Tasmania

$242,907

2.6

Mapping critical Australia sea lion habitat to assess ecological value and risks to population recovery

University of Adelaide

$191,697

2.7

Aerial survey of the Southern Right Whale ‘western’ sub-population off southern Australia

Murdoch University

$43,683

3.1

Building a northern Australian community of practice and sentinel case studies for supporting improved regional planning to achieve Ecologically Sustainable Development

James Cook University

$300,000

3.2

Developing a National Indigenous Environmental Research Network

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd

$800,000

3.3

Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia

Australian Institute of Marine Science;
CSIRO

$375,459

3.4

Better Management of Catchment Runoff to Marine Receiving Environments in Northern Australia

Griffith University

$299,948

3.5

Supporting regional planning in northern Australia: Building knowledge, skills and partnerships for understanding seagrass distribution

James Cook University

$1,229,113

3.6

Improving data on the distribution and ecological value of temperate subtidal seagrass in tayaritja (Furneaux Group of Islands), Tasmania

University of Tasmania

$560,303

3.7

Identifying and overcoming barriers to coastal and marine habitat restoration and Nature based Solutions in Australia

James Cook University

$261,299

3.8

Carbon abatement and biodiversity enhancements through controlling feral ungulate disturbance in wetlands

University of Queensland

$639,070

3.9

Establishing an Indigenous led approach to coordinated vertebrate pest management in northern Australia

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd

$150,000

3.10

A partnership approach to filling key knowledge gaps on dugongs in northern Australia using novel technologies

James Cook University

$599,291

3.11

Multi- fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened sawfish in northern Australia

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

$599,090

3.12

Closing the gap in bycatch reporting and population assessment of sea snakes in Northern Australia

University of Adelaide

$520,000

3.13

Eastern Grey Nurse Shark population abundance and trend

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

$284,355

3.14

Assessing changes in black rockcod abundance and size

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries Research

$58,831

3.15

Informing southern right whale management through continued monitoring, determination of aggregation areas and development of approaches to increase data flow efficiencies and utility

CSIRO

$682,090

3.16

Delineation and estimation of the Maugean skate population in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania

University of Tasmania

$107,627

3.17

Locating Unidentified Reef and Habitat Features in the Northern Australian Seascape

Australian Institute of Marine Science;
University of Queensland

$493,029

3.18

Robust citizen science for reef habitat assessment in support of management

University of Queensland

$635,795

3.19

Addressing Kakadu’s strategic marine research needs

Charles Darwin University

$80,000