Although not restricted to the following. the observational data will have significant input to research by the participating scientists and management agencies into the following questions:

• What is the detailed connection between shelf currents and the Flinders Current to non-regional influences (eg Southern Ocean, W.A.)?
• What is the nature of oceanic currents and processes (eg. wave drift, mixing, eddies) that drive both winter and summer cross and along shelf exchange including the summertime upwelling systems and flushing of the gulfs?
• How does the ocean circulation, wave drift, eddies and environmental variability affect the distribution of sediments, nutrients, the production of lower trophic levels (phytoplankton and zooplankton), the dispersal of larvae that underpin productive fisheries in the region and the effects of environment on aquaculture.