Preventing bacterial disease in farmed rock lobsters will remove a large barrier to commercial production.

Elucidating how the true masters of planet Earth, microorganisms, have evolved to use energy sources is likely to lead to innovative ways of solving the problems of climate change and energy production, according to the leader of AIMS' marine microbes research team and her colleagues.

Since the 1650s, average sea surface temperatures in northeast and northwest tropical Australian waters have increased steadily, causing a 200km shift southwards of climate zones along the northeast coast and an expansion in the area that can be designated "the tropics".

The Great Barrier Reef is under threat from climate change, but there is hope: scientists and managers are working together to try to keep the Reef healthy.

Reefs where fishing is not allowed are much less prone to infestation by the devastating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), according to a new analysis of AIMS' long-term surveys of the Great Barrier Reef.

Dramatic evidence that protected fish populations can bounce back rapidly from the impact of years of heavy fishing has been obtained by a team of marine scientists working on Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR).

Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University have identified the possible cause of a virulent coral disease that until now has been mysterious.

The latest report of AIMS' Long Term Monitoring Program (LTMP) has both good news and bad news about the Great Barrier Reef.

The CEO of AIMS, Dr Ian Poiner, has been appointed Chair of the international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of the Census of Marine Life( www.coml.org ).

A new automated tool that provides support for sea cage aquaculture managers in making crucial decisions about locating their sites and determining the number of fish that can be sustainably farmed is now available.