Citizen science gets the thumbs up
How reliable is citizen science data? Pretty good, according to theconversation.edu.au (but Redmappers already knew this!). Read the article here: Citizen science can produce reliable data
Heatwave causing jellyfish blooms?
The dangerous irukandji jellyfish is not usually found as far south as Fraser Island, Queensland. Yet six people have been hospitalised after irukandji stings on Fraser Island beaches over the past few weeks. ABC radio's PM team explore if warmer temperatures have anything to do with this: Heatwave causing massive jellyfish blooms.
Forests of the Sea animation
Forests of the Sea - the animation illustrates some of the changes being observed in Tasmania's marine ecosystems. The stop-motion animation, created through the Lynchpin program, was screened at the launch of Redmap Australia in December 2012.
Tropical turtle found on Hobart beach
A WAYWARD young turtle, a long way from its usual home, spent four days convalescing in a Hobart bathroom this week, writes the Mercury this week. Read the article here.
ABC News WA: Website to record fish sightings
A website which allows members of the public to log sightings of fish species in unusual locations has come online in Western Australia, writes ABC news. Read the article here.
Tracking wayward fish (the history of Redmap Tasmania!)
Since 2009, Tasmanian fishers and divers have logged onto the Redmap website to report hundreds of sightings of fish and marine species that they considered unusual to their stretch of the coast. Now the project has gone national with the launch of Redmap Australia! Read about the history of Redmap and how it all began with reports of some wayward snapper in Tasmania...
The mystery of the missing photos
The Redmap website has gone national with today's launch of Redmap Australia! If you've logged a marine species on Redmap Tasmania over the last three years but can't see it on the new site: don’t worry and read on.
Redmap Tasmania's field guide
Spot and ID unusual fish in Tasmania with the help of Redmap's Tasmanian field guide.
Welcome to Redmap SA!
It’s a whaaaat? The national log-a-fish-website Redmap started out as a Tasmanian pilot project and has been eagerly adopted by South Australia.
Climate change impacts on south-east Australian fisheries
Australia’s south east is a climate change ‘hotspot’, with marine waters warming at more than three times the global average. Warming will affect Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors in different ways, according to the El Nemo South East Australia Program (SEAP).