Thursday, 3rd September Australian Marine Sciences Association 2026 Conference

This session features a talk from Rebecca Hubbard and a Government Science Panel.

• Plenary Panel Discussion: From Evidence to Impact - Strengthening the Science–Policy Interface for Effective Marine Management - Jodie Smith and Belinda Jago

• Inkfish’s Research Using Video-Based Tools Across the Full Ocean Depth Range - Todd Bond
• Developing Climate Indicators from a National Baited Video Synthesis - Brooke Gibbons
• Determining Chondrichthyan associations with offshore energy infrastructure in Australia - Conrad W Speed
• Increase in abundance of large-bodied fishery species within Sanctuary Zones of a south-western Australian marine park - Nidhi S. Menon
• The Fish Collective and the Australian BRUV synthesis: how to access the data and lessons learned - Tim Langlois
• Sea Country and Seascapes: using BRUVs to explore the diverse and spectacular habitats of Gamay - Robert Cooley
• Allometric models enable body-size estimation of a highly-targeted sparid without using  stereo-BRUVs   - Jessica M. Skinner-Bless

• Misidentification in Biodiversity Research: Implications for Science and Management - Pat Hutchings
• Depths of Ignorance: Why Understanding Marine Biodiversity Matters” - Elena Kupriyanova
• Integrative taxonomy reveals pervasive 'zombie ideas' in coral taxonomy and systematics - Tom Bridge
• Thinking outside the box; how to fund the advancement of taxonomic research with a case study from WA - Jennifer McIIwain
• Wonderful weirdos: A new total evidence foundation for the marine bivalve superfamily Galeommatoidea - Lisa A. Kirkendale
• Categorising the Phenotypes of Coral Photosymbiont Cultures Using Novel Technologies - Christopher Brunner
• Perspectives from a Marine consultant and Contributions from Private Sector Projects to Biodiversity Knowledge and Advancing Taxonomy   - Nicholas Yee
•   Universal Language: How Do We Incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge     Keywords: Cultural Keystone Species; Indigenous Ecological Knowledge; cetacean naming; cultural trauma; southern right whale; orca; Beowa; Mamang; songlines; biocultural diversity; Unbroken Whispers - Chels A Marshall

• Designing with and for Nature: Biomimetic Materials and Digital Fabrication for Reef Restoration - Beth O'Sullivan
• Simple Foundations, Complex Impacts: Harnessing Proven Technology for Creative Approaches to Coral Reef Restoration - Freda Nicholson
• From Invention to Sea Country Shellfish Reef Design   - Robbie Porter
• Art-based methods for integrating Indigenous Knowledge in mangrove restoration - Alexandra Rodriguez Rodriguez and Gavin Singleton
• Trialling the Use of Novel Bioadhesives for Kelp Restoration - Cayne Layton
• Novel advancements in sandbag based seagrass restoration - Shark Bay, Western Australia   - Domenic Holland
• Roasting the Rocky Shore: effects of experimental heatwaves and shading. - Ella Staub
• A phased and integrated approach to restoring turbid nearshore coral reefs - Cathie A Page

• Mapping Seabed Geomorphology for Sustainable Offshore Renewable Energy in Australia - Rachel Nanson
• Mapping Australia’s future coasts: Advancing the DEA Coastlines workflow for next-generation coastal monitoring  - Robbi Bishop-Taylor
• Predicting Mangrove Responses to Sea‑Level Rise in the Pilbara Region, Western Australia   - Daniel Raj David
• Buffering the rising tide: mangrove surface elevation response to accelerating sea-level rise in northern Australia - Madeline Goddard
• Earth observations of mangrove forests of the Gulf of Carpentaria reveal spatio-temporal scale of environmental drivers and lateral space available for adaptation are crucial for interpreting sea-level rise risk to mangrove forests - Rogerio Gonsalves
• Morphostratigraphy and Chronology of Holocene washover deposits along the southern New South Wales coast. - Olawale Adenugba
• Impacts of Breakwater Construction on Spatiotemporal Nearshore Morphological Change in Batemans Bay - Muhammad Waqas

• Assessing the utility of fish length distributions from stereo-BRUVs for estimating fishing mortality - Charlotte Aston
• Size matters in baited video: MaxN by size-class a more powerful relative abundance metric providing novel insights into the iconic western blue groper. - Hannah M Williams
• Deciding on fish metrics and indicators for the NSW Marine Integrated Monitoring Program and State of Environment Reporting - Nathan Knott
• Improving demographics and conservation of fishes through multi-frame individual distinctions by size (MIDS) - Hayden Swift
• Depth‑Related Patterns Suggest Potential Refugia for Temperate Reef Fishes - Maya Lovelock-Dodos
• Assessing the effects of highly-modified seascapes on fish distribution and diversity - Georgia Hall
• Novel Drop-Sampler for Simultaneous Collection of Stereo-Video, Environmental DNA and Oceanographic Data - Tim Langlois

• Standardising collision risk assessment for offshore wind in australia - Ashley Potter
• Translating ecological knowledge of Little penguins into practical guidance for offshore wind farm development - Hannah Calich
• Developing Better Practices to Support Environmental Research for Offshore Renewable Energy in Australia - Rachel Przeslawski
• Global lessons for guidance on benthic characterisation for offshore renewable energy - Aero Leplastrier
• Exposure of pygmy blue whales to existing threats to inform offshore wind farm development - Luciana Ferreira
• Reducing the Risk: Mitigating Offshore Wind Impacts on Marine Mammals - Jessica Harvey
• Combined hydrodynamic and ecological assessment at a North Sea windfarm - Jose Puig

• Changing Coastal Marine Heatwave Hazard in Southern Tasmania - Christopher Roach
• Taking your pressure logger knowledge to new depths - Iain Francis
• Seasonal Variability in Surface Currents in the Southeastern Tropical Indian Ocean Using Drifters - Nilusha Denipitiye
• Aligning Policy and Practice: Artificial Reefs in an Ageing Regulatory Framework - James Florisson
• Overcoming legal barriers to marine and coastal restoration at scale - Justine Bell-James
• The Potential of High-Integrity Nature Markets for Scaling Effective Marine Restoration - Kristina Koenig

• Forecasting shoreline behaviour at seasonal timescales using climate driver outlooks - Oxana Repina
• Evolution of sandy coastal barriers in southern NSW, an appraisal of key drivers and implications for management  - Thomas Oliver
• Wave Driven Circulation in Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Yaocheng Deng
• The Laminated Monoman Formation Muds of the Lower Murray River's "Floodplain": implications of their sedimentologic and geochemical characteristics - Thomas C Hubble

Location: National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Pl E, Parkes ACT 2600

The conference has organised bus transfers departing from the QT Canberra and returning. Please select if you require a bus transfer during registration. 

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