NEWS AND EVENTS - Media releases

24 November 2009

More than 600 marine species have been discovered in the first study of deep water species living off Ningaloo reef.

12 November 2009

Changes in marine and atmospheric conditions will have significant effects on Western Australia’s coastline, inlets, estuaries and rivers in the next 100 years.

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12 August 2009

The Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) Board is meeting today aboard the RV Solander in the Port of Broome.

The RV Solander is one of Australia’s principal research vessels owned and operated by the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

22 May 2009

Western Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley, is visiting  the West Kimberley today and tomorrow to learn about marine and terrestrial scientific research programs in the region. 

22 May 2009 

Female whale sharks at Ningaloo Marine Park are being electronically tagged to discover their migratory pathways.

27 March 2009

Western Australia’s marine environmental future will come under the microscope by some of Australia’s most senior scientists today.

23 March 2009

5 February 2009

14 October 2008
Embargoed 9:00 am WST

The Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) today released a report A turning of the tide: science for decisions in the Kimberley-Browse marine region authored by Professor Mike Wood and Dr Des Mills.

11 August 2008

One of the world’s biggest humpback whale nursery grounds has been discovered in the Kimberley region of northern Australia.