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NESP MaC Project 4.1 - Coastal seagrass of the Gulf of Carpentaria: building knowledge and capacity as a foundation for long-term monitoring, 2024-2026 (JCU, CLCAC)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Coastal seagrass of the Gulf of Carpentaria: building knowledge and capacity as a foundation for long-term monitoring. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. The Gulf of Carpentaria has a globally significant seagrass habitat, supporting dugongs, green turtles, and commercially important fish and prawns. Key to managing impacts to species in these habitats, including indirect impacts through land use within southern Gulf catchments, is reliable data on seagrass distribution and how it changes over time. Achieving this requires large-scale mapping and a ranger-led seagrass monitoring program. This project will map intertidal seagrass habitats from the western boundary of the Nijinda Durlga (Gangalidda) and Thuwathu/Bujimulla Indigenous Protected Areas to the Bynoe River near Karumba. This mapping focuses on data-deficient regions along the mainland coastline of the southern Gulf. Surveys will be co-designed and undertaken with rangers. New technologies for monitoring using drones will be collaboratively tested in key locations for ongoing monitoring of coastal habitats by rangers. This will value-add to surveys being conducted around Mornington Island and the Gilbert River in 2023 and contribute towards the development of a regional baseline of seagrass for the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Planned Outputs • Seagrass datasets for the Gulf of Carpentaria [spatial dataset] • Final technical report with analysed data and a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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Title NESP MaC Project 4.1 - Coastal seagrass of the Gulf of Carpentaria: building knowledge and capacity as a foundation for long-term monitoring, 2024-2026 (JCU, CLCAC)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/8e7462a3-a6f8-4275-a9cd-9a6e609efd12
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
catherine.collier@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 01/02/2024 -
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "NESP MaC Project 4.1 - Coastal seagrass of the Gulf of Carpentaria: building knowledge and capacity as a foundation for long-term monitoring, 2024-2026 (JCU, CLCAC)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/nesp-mac-project-4-1-coastal-seagrass-of-the-gulf-of-carpentaria-building-knowledge-and-capacit