In early May and June 2019, a team of new and veteran RLS volunteers headed to picturesque Rottnest Island, WA for the 12th annual RLS survey of the Rottnest Island Marine Reserve.
In early May and June 2019, a team of new and veteran RLS volunteers headed to picturesque Rottnest Island, WA for the 12th annual RLS survey of the Rottnest Island Marine Reserve.
This May, a team of RLS divers aboard the research catamaran Eviota headed out to remote reefs in the Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea to record the ecological impact of recent tropical cyclones & intense bleaching events.
Reporting on the progress and success of the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets and Sustainable Development Goals is now a little bit easier, thanks to the development & implementation of two new biodiversity indicators based on Reef Life Survey data.
An octopus city, endangered Grey Nurse Sharks and beautiful pink soft corals are but a few of the delights encountered by RLS divers on this year’s Jervis Bay, NSW survey trip.
This May, a team of RLS divers converged on Port Stephens, NSW to conduct the 11th consecutive year of RLS biodiversity monitoring across 10 sites in the area. Despite deteriorating weather conditions, the team completed 23 surveys across 10 sites, recording the size and abundance of 191 species and over 44 thousand individual animals.
