Sea Change Australia wants to hear your questions about climate change. Whether you’re in rec fishing, commercial fishing, aquaculture, processing, or supply chains, your questions will help Aus fisheries and aquaculture better prepare for the future. Your questions will be answered by members of the Sea Change Australia Expert Network - a national group of […]

CMS would like to extend a massive congratulations to Dr Madeline Green who was shortlisted in the prestigious Nature Awards – Inspiring Women in Science! Madeline Green is a molecular ecologist specialising in fisheries compliance, based at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She leads the Forensic Fisheries Lab, where her team develops DNA tools to […]

Presenter: Assoc Prof Emily Ogier (IMAS/CMS) Title: Novel marine-climate interventions: Understanding the current global status of their use and how we can govern them responsibly Description: Novel marine-climate interventions – such as ocean alkalinity enhancement, assisted evolution of marine species, assisted migration of marine species, regrowing targeted species, restoring habitat, and aquaculture for carbon sequestration […]

Interactive Q&A platform connects the seafood community with climate change experts. Sea Change Australia is a new national initiative bringing fishers, aquaculture producers, industry, managers, and researchers together to facilitate knowledge exchange and co-develop climate-resilient options for strong and healthy fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Australia. Climate change is a growing threat—and stakeholders in the […]

CMS Director Prof Gretta Pecl presented during a public panel session at AMSA 2025 conference in Melbourne (July 2025), called "Why Oceans Matter". The session was recorded and broadcast by RRR. Listen here: https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/34716/1603000/3600000

The CMS held our annual showcase event in Hobart/Nipaluna on 28th October 2024, with over 160 people in attendance from over 40 organisations, ranging from our members and students, to government representatives, industry representatives, researchers, and traditional owners and custodians. The CMS Showcase 2024 event was structured around a series of panels with researchers, government, industry representatives […]

Chris Sharples (University of Tasmania) provides insights on the topic of ‘Why is sea level rising and how is Tasmania affected?’. This footage was shot at live public forums for the Curious Climate Tasmania project held across Tasmania in August 2019 as part of Australian National Science Week. Curious Climate was initiated by a group […]

Professor Gretta Pecl (University of Tasmania, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, Centre for Marine Socioecology) provides insights on the topic of ‘Why does 1 or 2 degrees make so much difference for species?’. This footage was shot at live public forums for the Curious Climate Tasmania project held across Tasmania in August 2019 as […]

Clara R. Vives (University of Tasmania, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies) provides insights on the topic of ‘What technology and methods can suck carbon back out of the atmosphere?’. This footage was shot at live public forums for the Curious Climate Tasmania project held across Tasmania in August 2019 as part of Australian National […]

Clara R. Vives (University of Tasmania, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies) provides insights on the topic of ‘What role does deforestation play in climate change?’. This footage was shot at live public forums for the Curious Climate Tasmania project held across Tasmania in August 2019 as part of Australian National Science Week. Curious Climate […]