Did you miss out on our exciting 2013 Marine Science Forum? Don’t despair we have a radio interview with three of the forum speakers for you to listen to. On Fuzzy Logic science show on 2xx in Canberra we spoke to Dr Steve Eggins and Kate Holland about their research on foraminifera, Kylie Owen about the feeding behaviour...
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SCMDC CEO attended an inspirational workshop recently about the Tourism Australia /Parks Australia initiative known as Australia’s National Landscapes. Development of this long term tourism strategy began several years ago and is right on track. Our region has been named amongst only 16 Australia-wide as an iconic national landscape and branded ‘Australia’s Coastal Wilderness’....
Read more →Our Board of Directors is calling for Expressions of Interest for new Board Members as it embarks on an exciting new phase of growth and opportunity. If you have expertise in areas such as research, education, legal, financial, entrepreneurial, governance and community development and are interested in giving back to the community, please email...
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If you are looking for something to do on Saturday 18th May, you could do a lot worse than head to Merimbula to check out the action in the 27th malibu surf competition. See all the details here: Malibu Origimal programme.
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Well the year started off busy and the pace is not likely to stop in the short term with a number of events lined up for our supporters up and down the coast. At 5:30pm on Friday 31st May, we will be hosting a young PhD student from Indiana State University in the US –...
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SCMDC’s 5th Annual Marine Science Forum was yet another success. Although attendance numbers were slightly down on last year, enthusiasm for this significant event was definitely at a high. With the theme of ‘Who Cares?’ the Forum focuses on global research that had local outcomes and the attendees were overwhelmingly positive about their experience....
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Professor Natalie Moltschaniwskyj, Associate Professor – Marine Science School of Environmental & Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle will be visiting the region in early June to give presentations about www.redmap.org.au Redmap stands for Range Extension Database and Mapping project. This project invites Australians to share sightings of marine species that are ‘uncommon’ to their local seas. Over time,...
Read more →The Minutes of Ordinary Board Meeting March 2013 are now online.
Read more →The Staff Reports to the April 2013 Board Meeting are now online for your perusal. The Minutes of the March 2013 meeting will be posted shortly. Building Report April 2013 CEO Report Apr 2013 Marine Education Officer report April 2013 Marine Scientist report Apr 2013 Operations Assistant progress report march 2013
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In the lead up to our Annual Marine Science Forum on the 4th and 5th May, we will feature a post about each of the scientists presenting this year. Dr Stephen Eggins, Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University. Steve Eggins is a marine biogeochemist and senior fellow at the Research...
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