CONCERNS about the declining numbers and size of whale sharks visiting Ningaloo Marine Park have prompted an extensive tagging program by the Western Australian Marine Science Institute.

A MURDOCH University PhD student will spend a year living among Indonesian shark fishermen to investigate their impact on shark populations and the effects of conservation efforts on fishing communities.

CURTIN University Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) will soon embark on a three year journey to gain a better understanding of the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery (NDSF), with the help of an advanced acoustic survey program.

THE Oceans Institute and UWA are developing a computer algorithm that analyses, counts and measures fish communities using footage collected by underwater cameras.

RESEARCHERS have shown fiddler crabs make complex decisions—despite their basic physiology—as part of research to better understand how the natural environment affects the way the brain processes information.

RESEARCHERS at Ashmore Reef found shifts in coral diversity after recovery from bleaching events of 1998 and 2003.