Centre for Marine Futures

Western Australia’s marine environment is vast and unique, but remains largely unknown.

The Centre for Marine Futures applies innovative science to a wide range of marine environmental challenges.

Research strengths

1. Marine habitat mapping
2. Fish and fisheries research
3. Benthic ecology
4. Experimental design and statistical modelling
5. Communications and outreach

The Centre's research is underpinned by the application of image-based, remote, non-destructive sampling technologies.

With detailed habitat maps and a fish archive of more than 5000 hours of digital video stretching from the tropics to temperate waters, the Centre’s capacity to characterise and understand Western Australia’s marine environment is unparalleled.

Research group

• Understanding the South West - conducts research into the unique and biodiverse marine communities of Geographe Bay and the Capes region of Western Australia.