Easy! Simply click on "Create an account" top right of screen, and enter your email address or other username. You will receive an email confirming these details and you can then log into the site.

 

To sign in - just click "Sign in" and use your Username and password! 

It's pretty easy - but let us know if you have problems. The good thing is - you have options! You can find the species you saw/caught on our species page and hit "log a sighting" - which will automatically feed in the species info. Or you can just click "log a sighting" at the top of the page - and fill in the species name yourself - you can start typing the common or latin name here - and the menu will drop down.

All you do then is follow the prompts! Firstly, upload a photo (remember to click the permissions box or else we cant show it on the website!). Fill in some details about the location, size, habitat (if you dont know these - that's ok - just leave them blank). Then hit submit!

You'll receive an email thanking you for your sighting. From here your sighting goes straight to a scientist for checking. We hope that this take no longer than 7-10 days (but sometimes we cant help this). If the species identification and details are correct, the scientist "verifies" your sighting - and it appears on the wbsite (and in your profile: My Redmap). If the photo or details cannot be verified, you'll receive an email. Oh, and we cant display an images that others will consider offensive....so keep that in mind when uploading your photo!

Redmap has provided a list of species indicated by scientific or anecdotal information to be extending or shifting their range. You can view this information on the marine species page. Each species is listed with some key identification information. By clicking on the 'more information' link, you will go to more detailed information on each species.

Actually - we also list a few species that we class as 'species of interest' or 'invasives'- so they may not necessarily be shifting - but there is so little information on them, that we have included them to try and track actual ranges. Keep an eye out for these guys!

If you are not sure which species it is - please dont log your sighting.However, you could check the species pages (it might help to do this for species in your region only). So go to your region page, click species, and search by group (fish, invertebrate etc). We also have links to several identification resources for most regions...just go to the region About page.

 

 

If you've been fishing or diving there for years, and this is the first (or one of the first) time you've seen it - then it may be something new. So you cant click on Log Sighting and instead of finding the species name in the drop down menu, just fill in the "Other species" box next to it (with common or latin name).

That's ok! We never display the exact location on the website anyway! Sightings are displayed at a resolution of half a degree.

Brief descriptions of how to measure your catch are provided. For a detailed description on measuring marine species refer to the Recreational Sea Fishing Guide 2009-10 (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment).

FISH: Measure total length, that is from the tip of snout to furthest point of tail (longest measurement). For forked tails, this means you would manipulate the caudal (tail) fin to get the longest measurement.

OCTOPUS: The length of octopus is not usually measured, they are weighed instead. If possible provide the whole weight of the octopus on the log a sighting page.

ROCK LOBSTER: The entire length of a rock lobster is not required. A measurement of the rock lobsters carapace (shell) is used to measure its size.

The final page of your sighting is a review - but you can move back and forward between the pages if you forget or want to change something. If you realise that you've submitted a sighting incorrectly - please email your regional administrator as soon as possible.

In time the Redmap data will provide a historical perspective of changes to species distributions across Australia. This will be very valuable information to help with planning for a sustainable marine environment. It may also highlight changes that require further information or targeted studies to be developed. Redmap data is displayed on the website so the information is used for a very important purpose - giving all interested Australiansthe opportunity to see how our ecosystems are changing. You can see some of the scientific papers already using here.

Easy - just click on the link on the Redmap sign up page!

That's ok - we've all done that! Just go to "Sign in" and then click on "Forgotten your password" below.

Please use your region's contact email as the first point of call:

 

Western Australia: wa@redmap.org.au

Victoria: vic@redmap.org.au

South Australia: sa@redmap.org.au

Tasmania: tas@redmap.org.au

New South Wales: nsw@redmap.org.au

Queensland: qld@redmap.org.au

 

We're always interested - please contact your region administrator or the general contact email! We'll try to respond as soon as we can.

 

enquiries@redmap.org.au

 

 

Western Australia: wa@redmap.org.au

Victoria: vic@redmap.org.au

South Australia: sa@redmap.org.au

Tasmania: tas@redmap.org.au

New South Wales: nsw@redmap.org.au

Queensland: qld@redmap.org.au