CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Past Seminars

Friday 19 September 2003 11.30am (Tas time)

CSIRO Auditorium and via videoconference to Floreat and Cleveland

Dr Alan Butler
CSIRO Marine Research

Torres Strait Marine Resources -
Integrated Ecosystem Science for Sustainable Management

Torres Strait is an exciting and challenging area to work on sustainable marine ecosystems. The people depend heavily on the sea. The area is covered by a treaty with PNG, so there is strong interaction across our complex marine border and a commitment to manage the area for the benefit of the TS people and to protect their traditional way of life. And it is scientifically interesting; it presents high contrasts within a compact region, it has particular biogeographic significance and there is a considerable base of existing knowledge. Within the new Torres Strait extension of the CRC-Reef, our research group is committed to research on the sustainability and ecological impacts of certain fisheries, to large-scale mapping and understanding the dynamics of physical and biological components of the ecosystem, and to providing support, through management strategy evaluation, for sustainable management.

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