Marine and Coastal Hub

Research to inform management of Australia’s marine and coastal environments.

About this hub

The Marine and Coastal Hub’s research is informing management of Australia’s marine and coastal environments, including estuaries, coast, reefs, shelf and deep-water.

NESP funding $47 million
Host organisation Reef and Rainforest Research Centre and University of Tasmania
Hub leader Professor Damien Burrows and Dr Alan Jordan
Hub partners
  • CSIRO
  • Australian Institute of Marine Science
  • Geoscience Australia
  • Integrated Marine Observing System
  • University of Tasmania
  • The Sydney Institute of Marine Science
  • South Australian Research and Development Institute
  • Flinders University
  • University of Adelaide
  • James Cook University
  • Bureau of Meteorology
  • University of Melbourne
  • Deakin University
  • University of Western Australia
  • Charles Darwin University
  • NSW Department of Primary Industries
  • NSW Department of Planning and Environment
  • Museums Victoria
  • Bioplatforms Australia
  • University of Wollongong
  • University of Queensland
  • Griffith University
  • Central Queensland University
  • Murdoch University
  • Edith Cowan University
  • University of New South Wales
  • Macquarie University
Hub website Marine and Coastal Hub
Approved projects Marine and Coastal Hub projects

The Marine and Coastal Hub is delivering:

  • applied research to support management of Australia’s marine and coastal environments including estuaries, coast, reefs, shelf and deep-water
  • targeted biodiversity and taxonomy products to support efficient system monitoring
  • environmental monitoring systems and decision-support tools.

The hub is also driving coordinated research across all 4 new hubs under NESP’s ‘protected place management’ cross-cutting initiative. This research is supporting management of Australia’s protected places and heritage, including the national park estate and Ramsar sites in both marine and terrestrial environments.