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The Babel Island (All sized commercial harvest trial of Longspined Sea Urchin) was completed earlier this year by the Tasmanian Commercial Dive Association (TCDA). The Babel island all sized [...]

The Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies (IMAS) as continued to make great progress on mapping Abalone habitat impacted by Centrostephanus on the East Coast Of Tasmania. The principle aim [...]

Due to warming ocean temperatures, Long-Spined Sea Urchin barren growth has overtaken much of the Tasmanian coastline that overlaps with abalone fishing grounds. The effects felt on the abalone [...]

The natural habitat of abalone has been threatened by urchin barren growth across the Tasmanian coastline, with devastating impacts on the industry. In the past three years, over 1,000 tonnes of [...]

Liz Wells – An appetite for change is guiding Australia’s abalone industry into a new era of sustainability, with stakeholders from different zones and states sharing ideas and strategies [...]

The presence of Centrostephanus in Tasmanian waters is a result of warming waters along the East Coast and represents a range extension for this species from mainland Australia. The urchin has [...]

Expressions of interest for project funding The AIRF is now calling for applications for a project grant for the 2020 funding round. Project must align with the objectives of the AIRF, and [...]

Principal Investigator: Dr. Scott Ling, Ecology & Biodiversity, IMAS Update 19 May 2020   Background This AIRF project is re-surveying baseline sites established during a previous [...]

Longspined Sea Urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii) were once rare outside NSW, but warming waters and a strengthening East Australian Current have seen them extend their range south, causing [...]