NEWS AND EVENTS - News

 11 March 2010

A workshop to create a web-based Ningaloo Atlas will be held at the University of Western Australia on 24 March.

Graduate students are invited to present research proposals, initial findings or final outcomes relating to the Ningaloo Marine Park and surrounding region at a Student Research Day on 30 March.

24 February 2010

A new species of stingray (pictured, photograph courtesy of Jeremy Vaudo) has been discovered by scientists at Ningaloo Marine Park.

10 February 2010

What’s happening in marine research along Western Australia’s 13,500 kilometre coastline?

This week more than 230 researchers packed the Western Australian Museum (Maritime) at Fremantle to find out.

9 February 2010

Anti-cancer compounds from new species of sponges and sea squirts found in Western Australia will be trialed in a breast cancer screen at the WA Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR).

Such amazing marine discoveries are part of intensive marine research programs occurring along the WA coastline.

A 'work in progress' seminar covering the pilot study for the social assessment of fisheries along the West Coast Bioregion will be held  at the WA Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories in Hillarys on 11 December 2009.

When German marine geology student Eike Marohn’s international studies took him to the furthest corner of northern Western Australia to study humpback whales, he couldn’t believe his luck.

6 October 2009

Metadata from Western Australian Marine Science Institution’s (WAMSI’s) researchers is now being stored in an online database hosted by iVEC.

iVEC offers high performance computing facilities and is an unincorporated joint venture between Perth’s four public universities, CSIRO and State Government.

Strategic research on how climate change, human use and new pressures and uses affect the marine environment is beginning to bring results.

Increased human populations, water runoff, changed ocean temperatures, fishing, larvae dispersion and climate change came under the spotlight at a Western Australian Marine Science Institution symposium in Perth.

Changing ocean movements and how the oil and gas industries will be affected will be showcased at a Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) symposium at The Universit