The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) generates and transfers knowledge to support the sustainable use and protection of the tropical marine environment through innovative, world class research. The Institute is a leader in tropical marine science with strong national and international collaborative links. AIMS has highly developed capabilities in marine biodiversity, impacts and adaptation to climate change, water quality and ecosystem health and has established a new research direction in marine microbiology. The Institute’s research programs support the management of tropical marine environments around the globe, with an emphasis on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, northwest Australia and Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia.
Partners
CSIRO is Australia’s national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. It is involved in the Hub through the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship.
The goal of the Wealth from Oceans Flagship is to position Australia by 2020 as an international benchmark in the delivery of economic, social and environmental wealth based on leadership in understanding ocean systems and processes. The Flagship aims to provide Australians with access to the vast economic and social wealth of our ocean territories, while preserving their environmental value.
The Wealth from Oceans (WfO) Flagship’s marine conservation and biodiversity management research will provide the scientific understanding and management tools necessary to underpin conservation of Australia’s marine biodiversity in Commonwealth and State waters.
Geoscience Australia is Australia's national geoscience research agency. One of the key activities of the agency is to create, maintain and disseminate geographic and geological knowledge to provide information about the marine jurisdiction for environmental, economic and social purposes.
Museum Victoria provides expertise in taxonomy of marine invertebrates that is critical for understanding the biodiversity, biogeography and evolution of Australia’s biota.
The Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute is a partnership between the University and the Tasmanian Government that supports the development and sustainable management of living marine resources in the region.
Research is centred around three programs:
- Sustainable Fisheries,
- Estuaries & Coasts and
- Sustainable Aquaculture.
*In 2010, the University of Tasmania established the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, which now includes the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute - https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/