Tuesday, 4th July Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Meeting 2023

• Welcome
• Adress from our Platinum Sponsor Griffith University
• Plenary 3 - Kura Paul-Burke
• Plenary 4 - Justin Marshall

• Mahi tahi: prioritising Indigenous-led innovation and research to create biodegradable mussel spat settlement lines for shellfish restoration in Aotearoa New Zealand. - Kura Paul-Burke
• The Colours of the Ocean and what they may Teach us, if we have eyes to learn? - Justin Marshall

• KEYNOTE: Using Ocean Indigenous Knowledge to Save Native Forest Species. - Tohe Ashby
• Targeted sampling of an aggregated sandy shore mollusc using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge   - Jade Fredericks
• ReefCast - Telling the stories of Sea Country through the voices of Great Barrier Reef Traditional Custodians   - Malachi Johnson
• Can we adapt traditional knowledge to incorporate our changing oceans? - Alby Marsh
• Cultural Licence to Operate in the Blue Economy - Cass Hunter
• Indigenous tribes in Tauranga, New Zealand have partnered with scientists and are working with agencies and organisations to protect their natural biodiversity and reverse the impact of increasing coastal populations and industry across their coastline and ocean. - Carlton Bidois
• An indigenous reframing of 'marine reserves' - Hori Parata

• Charting a Course for a Sustainable Seafood Future in Australia - Geoffrey Muldoon
• Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability in Support of Seafood Sustainability - Geoffrey Muldoon
• Putting Australian aquaculture on the map - Caitie Kuempel
• How to make static marine reserve networks work in a variable ocean - Michael Bode
• Global fishing between jurisdictions with unequal fisheries management - Carissa Klein
• Label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia - Emily EH Harrison
• Australia’s imports of threatened seafood species - Leslie Roberson
• Sustainability Implications of Australia’s Growing Seafood Import-dependence - Rosa Mar Dominguez Martinez

• KEYNOTE: Sea Jellies Illuminated: A synergistic partnership between Sea World and Griffith University that is advancing sea jellies research and public engagement in science - Kylie Pitt
• Investigation of the effects of participation in public performances on dolphin behaviour and adrenal response (salivary cortisol)  - Isabella Reboul
• Australia’s Marine Wildlife Cell Bank - Jason van de Merwe
• Exploration of Personality and Boldness as a Tool for Improving Enrichment and Welfare of King and Gentoo Penguins - Tabitha Brown
• Synopsys of jellyfish aquaculture at Sea Jellies Illuminated, Sea World Australia: highlights in research and public display. - Pablo E. Diaz Morales
• Case series evaluating the efficacy of a 2-Phenoxyethanol as an immersion anaesthetic for elasmobranchs   - Claire E Madden
• How public aquaria can assist in scientific research to achieve a greater understanding of a multitude of species leading to greater conservation and scientific outcomes   - Siobhan Houlihan

• KEYNOTE: Photogrammetry as a tool for marine ecosystem restoration - Renata Ferrari
• Benthic habitat mapping in the remote reef lagoons of the Coral Sea Marine Park - Samantha J Tol
• ReefScan-Shallow – technology for shallow water reef mapping - Scott Bainbridge
• Developing cost-effective yet robust approaches to seabed habitat mapping in cross shelf environments - Neville Barrett
• Investigating the Habitat Preference of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria whitmaei Using Underwater Photogrammetry - Natasha Garner
• Mapping Sea Country: Plurality and knowledge of saltwater territories in Indigenous Australian contexts - Amanda J Kearney
• Geomorphological drivers of deep shelf benthic reef communities off the southwest coast of Tasmania   - Rachel Wong

• KEYNOTE: “If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.” - Marine Litter and Australia's place in Asia-Pacific - Lauren Roman
• Stopping marine debris at the source: effectiveness of Source Reduction Plans in Australia - Catarina Serra-Goncalves
• Building early-career capacity in the context of the Ocean Decade - Peter S. Puskic
• Plastic debris prevalence, abundance, and drivers of accumulation on shorelines in the Swan Canning Estuary in Perth Western Australia.   - Peter A Novak
• Modelling predictive hotspots of synergistic pressures from marine debris and contaminants on Australia’s coastal ecosystems. - Caitlin Smith
• Restoring mangroves in contaminated environments: a toxic trap for resident fauna? - Jasmine A Rasmussen

• SHORT KEYNOTE: Abbot Point Land and Sea Management Partnership: achieving environmental and cultural benefits   - Julie Keane
• Cultural guidance and historical context informing the management of Wadandi Sea Country - Wayne Webb
• A case study in working together to manage marine debris - Grace Nye-Butler
• Reef Cooperative Coming Together as One - Tarquin TS Singleton and Tess TC Concannon
• Benwenerup Baarndi Burany Kaartidjin (Sharing Knowledge to Understand the Benwenerup Estuary bream population) - Tim Leary
• Marine turtle conservation through children’s eyes - Clodagh Guildea

• NSW Eastern Rock Lobster Fishery: Who Benefits? - Carla Sbrocchi
• Does Larval Export From Protected Areas Offset Lost Fishing? - Sandra Neubert
• Modelling the Physical Drivers of Fisheries Interaction Risk for Threatened, Endangered, and Protected (TEP) Species in an East Coast Australian Pelagic Longline Fishery. - Lisa A Walton
• Historical larval hotspots of pelagic fish in the Indian and Pacific Oceans - Kristine Camille V Buenafe
• Raw material origins mediate the influence of feed innovation on the environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds - Richard S Cottrell
• Can actions of recreational fishers drive fish habitat outcomes. - Craig Copeland

• The South Australian Marine Plastisphere. - Vinuri Silva
• Spectral shifts to benthic PAR and its relationship to turbidity adjacent to ports in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. - Paula J Cartwright
• Investigating Dolphin Connectivity in South-East Queensland, Australia - Georgina Hume
• Challenges associated with using vertebral counts to estimate age and growth for two small-bodied sharks (Carcharhinus coatesi, Rhizopionodon acutus) from northern Australia - Amy Kirke
• Genetic diversity and connectivity of Magnetic Island's Acropora tenuis populations - Sandra S.E. Erdmann

• Automating image segmentation and data extraction from underwater 3D models of coral reefs.  - Tiny Remmers
• A two-part seabed geomorphology classification scheme to support diverse applications of seabed mapping data - Rachel A Nanson
• Looking back to plan for the future: Four decades of seagrass data provide a strong foundation for mapping marine habitats in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait. - Catherine Collier
• Enhancing Marine Data Accessibility and Usability through FAIR Principles: The Case of Seamap Australia, GlobalArchive, Geoscience Australia and Squidle+ - Jacquomo Monk
• A different picture: seabed mapping on Gumbaynggirr and Yaegl sea country in the Solitary Islands - Tim Ingleton
• The role of corals in modifying the structural state of temperate reefs - Will Figueira

• KEYNOTE: Eco-engineering through enhancement  of habitat complexity: it’s not one-size-fits-all - Melanie J Bishop
• Restoring degraded artificial shorelines in a polluted environment with eco-engineering: a case study from Hong Kong - Thea Bradford
• Mangrove living shorelines for erosion mitigation and their resilience to flooding - Sophie C. Y. Chan
• Effects of eco-engineering interventions on subtidal fish and fouling communities Sydney Harbour - Mariana Mayer Pinto

• Integrating Ecological, Social and Cultural Values of  Coastal Waters: The Case of Dugong and Turtle on Yawuru Nagulagun - Adrian Gleiss and Dean Mathews
• Wuthathi seagrass monitoring and protection on Wuthathi Karakara (sea country) - Sophie Holt and Clayton WC Enoch
• The Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Advisory Group Turtle & Dugong Initiative 2022-2032 a plan Indigenous-led regional management of migratory megafauna.  - Dean Mr Mathews
• Nutrient Loads on Roebuck Plains: Quantifying Water Quality Pressure on Yawuru Nagulagun - Kevin Crook
• Reef Integrated Monitoring and Report Program (RIMReP) – Traditional Owner Engagement - Chloe Schauble and Christine Grant
• Facilitating cross-cultural partnerships in Research, Development and Economic outputs, the South Australian First Nations-led Sea Country Research Alliance - Shane Holland

This session will conclude with a panel discussion on The future of Australian seafood. This will be a 30-minute discussion with session experts about emerging patterns in Australian seafood and their potential impacts on our environment, social/cultural, and economic future.

• Sustainable Enterprises - Brenton S Cardona
• Anticipating trends in technology so we can enhance the productivity and sustainability of Australia’s seafood industries - Christopher Brown

• Assessing the impacts of climate change on NewZealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri ) - Christopher J. Roach
• Understanding the diet of southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) associated with changing population distributions in Southern Australia - Jessica Henkens
• Linking urban stressors to phenotypic variation in the golden kelp Ecklonia radiata - Annemie Rose Janssen
• Leaf to Reef: Linking transpiration to reef nutrient supply on a revegetated coral cay - Kathy A Townsend
• Heterogeneity in Resource Competition Drives Individual Variation in Preference and Avoidance Behaviour of Bottlenose Dolphins - Alexis L Levengood
• Adapting the technology to the ecology of large sharks: Lessons from the field - Bonnie J Holmes

• Mapping together on Wadandi Seacountry: perspectives and collaboration through a HIPP survey and training program - Iszaac Webb
• Post-eruption seafloor mapping around Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga - Grace Frontin-Rollet
• A flexible multiscale framework for user-driven mapping in marine and coastal ecosystems - Mitchell Lyons
• Coral and seagrass habitats over time and space at local to global scales - Chris Roelfsema
• Recently discovered drowned reefs on the Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea Marine Park, Australia - Robin J Beaman
• A Novel Marine Index for Mapping Submerged Vegetation in Shallow Coastal Environments - Stan Mastrantonis

This session will conclude with a discussion.

• CANCELLED - Habitat configuration and patch size of eco-engineering interventions can influence community structure on intertidal seawalls - Maria Vozzo
• The Influence of Sand Nourishment on Sandy Beach Macroinvertebrates Along a Temperate Metropolitan Coastline. - Jasper Willoughby
• The Future Looks Bright and Complex: Eco-engineering Seawalls for Biodiversity - Ze Hoe Lee
• Planting mangrove seedlings instead of seeds in concrete planters can increase restoration success - Amanda R Hsiung

Time: 6:30-7:00pm: Ocean Trivia | 8pm onwards: Live DJ

Great networking opportunity for students in Marine Science

Venue: The Avenue - 3/15 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise (15-min tram ride from the conference venue)

Included: Drinks and pizzas (Meat, Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free Pizza)

**Trivia prizes for 1st place team**

**Prize for Best Dressed - Ocean themed outfit**

Come and join us at The Avenue Surfers Paradise from 6.30pm til late on Tuesday night! Trivia will run from 6.30-7.30pm with prizes for first place. Come dressed up in your best marine-themed outfit because there is a prize for best-dressed!

Drinks and a variety of pizzas are provided, including meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options.

We have the Backroom exclusively until 10pm, but the Avenue is open until late if you’d like to continue to socialise after the event.

The Avenue is at 3/15 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise – an easy 10-min tram ride from the convention centre.