Cetaceans

The Hub’s cetacean research includes annual surveys of right whales off Southern Australia and national assessments of shipping risk to large marine mammals.

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30 November 2016

As Australian shipping grows, how can we avoid collisions with marine animals?

ship strike risk
vessel strike
large marine fauna
whales
cetaceans

Projects

Project E2 - Characterising anthropogenic underwater noise to better understand and manage impacts to marine life

shipping noise
marine soundscape
matters of national environmental significance
underwater noise

Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions

Southern right whale
population estimation
connectivity

EP2 - Surveying marine life in the canyons off Bremer Bay

Bremer Marine Park
Bremer Bay
canyons
whales
survey
Albany canyon group
Seaglider

Project A7 - Monitoring population dynamics of ‘western’ right whales off southern Australia

Southern right whale
Eubalaena australis
aerial survey

Project C5 - Quantification of risk from shipping to large marine fauna across Australia

ship strike risk
vessel strike
shipping density
shipping speed
large marine fauna
whales
cetaceans

Publications

Marine Biodiversity Hub Final Report 2015-2021 (glossy) (2022)

A. Jordan; P. Hedge

Monitoring Population Dynamics of ‘Western’ Right Whales off Southern Australia 2018-2021 - Final Report on activities for 2018 (2019)

D. Jones; K. Travouillon; N. Kelly; M.C. Double; J.N. Smith

Quantification of risk from shipping to large marine fauna across Australia: Final Report (2019)

D. Peel; J.N. Smith; C. Erbe; T.A. Patterson; S. Childerhouse

Avoiding the collision course (2018)

D. Peel; J.N. Smith; S. Childerhouse

Monitoring Population Dynamics of ‘Western’ Right Whales off Southern Australia - Final Report on activities for 2017 (2018)

J. Bannister

Bremer Canyon - Final report (2018)

P.J. Bouchet; J.J. Meeuwig; C. Erbe; C. Salgado-Kent; R. Wellard; C. Pattiaratchi

Aerial visual survey of cetaceans and other megafauna in the Bremer Marine Park and surrounding areas (2018)

P.J. Bouchet; R. Wellard; C. Erbe; J.J. Meeuwig

Report from workshop on characterising underwater shipping noise in Australia (2017)

D. Peel; J.N. Smith; C. Erbe

Monitoring Population Dynamics of ‘Western’ Right Whales off Southern Australia - final report on activities for 2016 (2017)

J. Bannister

Population trend in right whales off southern Australia 1993-2015 - International Whaling Commission June 2016 (2016)

J. Bannister; P. Hammond; M.C. Double

Historical Data on Australian Whale Vessel Strikes - International Whaling Commission June 2016 (2016)

D. Peel; J.N. Smith; S. Childerhouse

Scoping of potential species for ship strike risk analysis (2016)

D. Peel; N. Kelly; J.N. Smith; S. Childerhouse

Aerial survey monitors right whales off southern Australia - Fact sheet (2015)

N.J. Bax

Sharks

Overarching shark research
Euryhaline sharks
Grey nurse sharks
Hammerhead sharks
White sharks

Other species groups

Cetaceans
Handfishes
Sea snakes

Strategic approaches to multispecies recovery

Shark action plan
Shipping risk to large marine animals
Characterising underwater noise
Northern seascapes

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