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IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Mooring Sub-Facility

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The New South Wales Mooring Sub-Facility is part of the National Mooring Network Facility. This sub-facility is establishing a transect of moorings and measurements off Sydney, which includes the Port Hacking (Sydney) National Reference Station (NRS). Like the NRS sites at Maria and Rottnest Islands, data has been collected for over 70 years at Port Hacking. The transect consists of three moorings in 65, 100 and 140m of water off Bondi and a mooring in 100m at the Port Hacking NRS, where monthly biogeochemical water sampling is conducted. This region is typically downstream of where the East Australian Current (EAC) separates from the coast, and is often influenced by EAC eddies. Data collection supports research on the marine ecosystems associated with these eddies and, as the sub-facility is located in the most densely populated area of Australia, issues such as water quality, waste disposal, shipping hazards, harmful algal blooms and recreation are also of particular research interest. The sub-facility has also deployed two moorings across the shelf at Coffs Harbour in the north of NSW, and a pair of moorings at the Bateman's Marine Park, off Narooma in the south. These moorings will enhance the ANMN coverage along the coast of south-eastern Australia and also provide long term monitoring of the continental shelf region both upstream and downstream of the EAC separation point.

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Title IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Mooring Sub-Facility
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e834f5d8-58bb-4d43-96ff-a1b1f797923c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 30/05/2025
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Mooring Sub-Facility". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-national-mooring-network-new-south-wales-nsw-mooring-sub-facility