Solitary Islands survey weekend 21-24th August

This year’s RLS survey of the Solitary Islands was a great success with 36 transects surveyed at 15 sites, and three excellent new RLS members taking part. Read more

Sydney survey weekend 31 July – 3rd Aug

We headed up to Botany Bay and Sydney Harbour recently to train a few keen volunteers – Jack O’Connor, George Wotton, Peter McGee, Dave Thomas, Paul Sharp, Silke Stuckenbrock and Karen Raubenheimer. Read more

Ecological effects of marine protected areas on rocky reef communities – a continental-scale analysis

The first peer-reviewed scientific publication arising from data collected by RLS volunteers during the first year of the program has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series. Click on this story to read the abstract and view the citation details. Please fee free to contact us about obtaining a copy of the full article. Read more