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AIMS National Sea Simulator in fish saving research

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04 August 2017

INTERNATIONAL researchers have travelled to Townsville to the National Sea Simulator at the AIMS as part of cutting edge research to help save the world’s fish.

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New centre enables largest marine research capability in the Indian Ocean rim

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02 August 2017

Western Australia and the Nation are set to become a global leader in marine and ocean research with the opening today of a new multi-million dollar research centre at The University of Western...

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AIMS Council appointment

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26 June 2017

Ms Anna Matysek has been appointed as a member of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Council for a five-year term from June 2017.

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New CEO for Australia’s marine science agency

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20 June 2017

Dr Paul Hardisty, an environmental engineer with global experience in research leadership, collaboration and innovation has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of...

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Long-term monitoring update to condition of the Great Barrier Reef

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01 June 2017

The AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program has released an update on the condition of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) based on survey data gathered across the entire GBR over the last 32 years.

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Solar powered Great Barrier Reef research at AIMS

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11 May 2017

Research into the workings and wellbeing of Australia’s tropical marine environments has received a boost with the announcement of funding for the installation of renewable energy infrastructure at...

Solar powered Great Barrier Reef research at AIMS
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Cracking the crown-of-thorns starfish communication code may signal their demise

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06 April 2017

Scientists have decoded the genetic basis of chemical signals released by coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, discovering how they communicate to form aggregations and flee from predators.

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Exceptional fish diversity found on Australia’s north-west oceanic shoals

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23 March 2017

Australia's north-west oceanic shoals - natural banks that rise from the seabed, in this case from depths of 200 m up to within 15─50 m of the surface - were found to support the highest fish...

Exceptional fish diversity found on Australia’s north-west oceanic shoals
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Australia’s burgeoning ‘blue economy’

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17 March 2017

Now available, the 2016 Australian Institute of Marine Science’s (AIMS) Index of Marine Industry reports phenomenal sustained economic growth of the ‘blue economy,’ or the Australian marine...

Australia’s burgeoning ‘blue economy’
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Extent and severity of 2016 coral bleaching on Australia’s coral reefs revealed

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16 March 2017

Research published today in Nature rigorously documents the 2016 mass bleaching on reefs of Australia’s west and east coasts and confirms the link with unusually warm water temperatures.