Latest environmental research, maps and data for Torres Strait
Recent articles and projects
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Published on15 August 2016
The Land and Sea Management Strategy for Torres Strait (2016-2036) (‘the Strategy’) is a guiding framework for enabling Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people to continue to sustainably manage and benefit from their land, sea and cultural resources into the future. -
Published on17 June 2015
In 2013 and 2014 AIMS undertook a biodiversity survey of coral and fish species on the reefs around 5 islands in Torres Strait. This article shows the coral photo collection that was taken for species identification. -
Published on29 April 2015
As part of the NERP TE project 2.3 temperature loggers were deployed at 15 sites across the Torres Strait to measure ocean temperature.
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Published on27 March 2015
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are widely advocated for conserving exploited fish stocks and biodiversity.
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Published on2 December 2014
The crown-of-thorns seastar, Acanthaster planci, is a predator of corals and along with cyclones is the major cause of coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) 1 .
Recent datasets
Venomous Jellyfish Database (Sting events and specimen samples - March 2017) (NESP TWQ 2.2.3, CSIRO)
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19 May 2021
A later version of this dataset exists published 2019-01-18, accessible through the data links on this page.
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12 April 2021
This dataset consists of a small CSV file containing the locations, names and country of the Torres Strait villages associated with the Australian and Papua New Guinea Treaty Protected Zone and neighbouring PNG Treaty villages This dataset is intended for the creation Published on
9 March 2021
This metadata is a brief overview of the National Environmental Science Program Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) Hub. Key Source Reefs for Community Recovery following 2016-2017 Mass Bleaching Events (NESP TWQ 4.5, UQ)
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30 November 2020
This dataset shows larval connectivities between reefs that exceeded, and did not exceed, thermal thresholds for damage during the 2016/2017 Great Barrier Reef bleaching events. Published on
21 October 2020
This generated data set contains summaries (daily, monthly, annual) of the eReefs CSIRO biogeochemistry model v3.1 (htt