Symposium Sponsors & Exhibitors

The Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS) was established to help address the current and future use of our marine coasts and oceans. CMS is a unique collaboration between the University of Tasmania and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), with support from the Australian Antarctic Division. It brings together disciplinary expertise in physics, law, mathematics, economics, biology, sociology, psychology, human health, art, media, philosophy and governance.  CMS uses this extraordinary diversity of disciplinary expertise, and considers multiple knowledge systems, to focus on the complex issues that are developing in the management of the marine estate. We work together in active multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary collaborations to directly address both the theoretical and applied aspects of marine socioecological systems, at local, regional and global scales.

CSIRO is Australia’s national science agency. Within CSIRO, the Oceans & Atmosphere (O&A) unit provides the knowledge to manage Australia’s marine estate, plan for and respond to weather and climate related natural hazards and ensure sustainable coastal development and growth of marine industries. Specifically, O&A aims to increase environmental knowledge that informs government policies about mitigation and adaptation to climate variability and change, as well as support governments and communities in their efforts to protect Australia’s unique environments and conserve its marine biodiversity.

Within O&A a growing body of research is devoted to developing a robust science basis for implementing nature-based solutions to some of the world’s most difficult problems – such as climate change and food security. The research within this domain includes the role of blue carbon in climate mitigation, the role of coastal ecosystems in ameliorating the effects of extreme events and restoration of coastal ecosystems. Our research on restoration encompasses methods for restoring ecosystems, ways of measuring the benefits that accrue when this occurs and the trade-offs that need to be considered, and the financial and economic scenarios that are needed for restoration to occur.

CSIRO sponsorship in this conference aims to foster discussions about factors influencing restoration success in temperate reefs, including techniques that maximise the return of ecological processes, and strategies to assess restoration success.

Echoview Software is pleased to exhibit at the 2023 International Temperate Reef Symposium.

Echoview is the world’s premier software package for hydroacoustic data processing, delivering powerful and flexible capabilities for water-column and bottom echosounder and sonar data processing.

We work with governments, scientists, commercial fisheries, and NGOs globally to support the understanding and sustainable use of aquatic resources.

Visit our booth to find out how we can make your hydroacoustic data processing faster, easier, more objective, and cost-effective.

www.echoview.com

Huon Aquaculture (Huon) was established in 1986. We are located in Hideaway Bay, which is in the southern reaches of Tasmania’s Huon Valley. As Australia’s most comprehensive, vertically integrated salmon producer, Huon’s operations encompass all elements of the production chain and lifecycle of its fish. This includes freshwater hatcheries, marine farms, processing, and the sales and marketing of a wide variety of fresh and smoked products.

In 2018, Huon became the first Australian salmon producer to join the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme. This achievement came after meeting the RSPCA’s detailed animal welfare standard or farmed Atlantic salmon, while also undergoing a rigorous and continual assessment process.

Today, Huon permanently employs over 850 people and produces approximately 35,000 tonnes of fresh salmon per year. We sell salmon across the globe, supplying the most discerning customers with the freshest premium product.

Huon Salmon are grown using a set of principles called ‘The Huon Method’, an approach that guides everything we do in our hatcheries, farms and smokehouse which includes:

• LOW STRESS
  Raised to mirror the natural life cycle of salmon in the wild.
• WELL NOURISHED
  The highest quality feed dispensed by our ingenious remote feeding systems with patented artificial intelligence technology, based in our Hobart office. This results in better food conversion (the amount of food required to produce 1kg of salmon) and zero pellet wastage.
• KEPT CLEAN AND HEALTHY
  Nurtured in the most spacious enclosures in the world thanks to our patented Fortress Pens. That’s 99 per cent water to 1 per cent fish!
• RAISED WITH SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
  We farm in some of the roughest waters in the world, ensuring greater oxygen flow and breakdown of nutrients.

www.huonaqua.com.au

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania is an internationally-recognised centre of excellence for marine and Antarctic research.

Located at the gateway to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, our research spans ecology and biodiversity, oceans and cryosphere, and fisheries and aquaculture.

We are working to address the major questions in temperate marine and Antarctic science, with research focused on living marine resources management, systems ecology, oceanographic connectivity and process dynamics and climate studies. With collaborative partners across the globe, we deliver our research to government, industry, institutions and communities to inform resource management, conservation and climate change decision making.

Our headquarters on the Hobart waterfront houses world-class laboratories and teaching spaces, and cultivates new research and educational opportunities. We share this landmark building with Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and other important program partnerships.

Just 15 minutes away on the scenic route south, IMAS Taroona provides a unique fisheries and aquaculture precinct – a centre for world-class research, enhanced collaboration and industry engagement, and outstanding marine science education.

At IMAS, we create exceptional learning opportunities for the next generation of scientists, and we are dedicated to enhancing environmental understanding and facilitating thoughtful and sustainable development of marine resources for the benefit of Australia and the world.

SeadragonSearch is a collaborative research project that seeks to understand wild seadragon populations through meaningful community involvement. Seadragons are icons for marine biodiversity, but there are still many knowledge gaps for their conservation. SeadragonSearch will collect data from underwater imagery using artificial intelligence tools to track these fish across their southern Australian distribution. 

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Founded in the U.S. through grassroots action in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than a million members and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and over 400 scientists, we impact conservation in 76 countries and territories: 37 by direct conservation impact and 39 through partners.

At The Nature Conservancy’s Oceans Program in California, our dedicated Kelp Strategy is energized to accelerate kelp protection and restoration as well as increase resiliency of kelp forests across California and around the world.

The Tasmanian Smart Seafood Partnership (TSSP) is a partnership project between NRM South and the Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council which aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Tasmania’s seafood industry practices to conserve and restore marine biodiversity in our waterways.

The TSSP is hosted by NRM South and works in partnership with the Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council and is supported by the Australian Government