Surveying dugong responses to extreme weather events
More than $417 000 in funding for non-lethal marine mammal research was announced by the Australian Government in June. A $175 000 Indo-Pacific Cetacean Research and Conservation Fund (IPCF) will support three three-year projects in Papua New Guinea, Palau and Thailand, while a $147 000 Bill Dawbin Post-doctoral Fellowship was awarded to Dr Isabel Beasley of James Cook University to study Australian snubfin dolphins and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in northern Australia. More than $95 000 will also assist an aerial survey of dugongs off the Queensland coast, after widespread habitat loss from the 2011 floods and Cyclone Yasi. Detailed information can be found at http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-us/publications/australian-antarctic-magazine/issue-21-2011/surveying-dugong-responses-to-extreme-weather-events
Japanese decision to continue whaling
Joint media release Melbourne 4 October 2011 - The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Robert McCelland MP, Attorney-General and the Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
$5 million to support better management of dugongs
Minister Burke's media release 8 September 2011 - $5 million to support better management of dugongs
Australia's delegation to attend international whaling meeting
11 July 2011 Minister Burke's media release - Australia's delegation to attend international whaling meeting
Launch of Blue Whale research project
Minister Burke's speech transcript from International Whaling Commission, Jersey, 12 July 2011 - Launch of Blue Whale research project
Living Whales Symposium
7 December 2010. The Australian Marine Mammal Centre, on behalf of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership, is pleased to make the first announcement for a symposium and workshop entitled Living Whales in the Southern Ocean: advances in methods for non-lethal cetacean research.
