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Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.

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New season of turtle tracking helping to understand the sub-surface waters of Northern Australia

Oct 22, 2025

IMOS is providing valuable oceanographic measurements in this poorly sampled region whilst simultaneously delivering information about turtle behaviour and movements by attaching satellite tags to turtles. On a recent field trip satellite tags were attached to 20 olive ridley turtles during the nesting season at Imalu Beach on Melville Island, which is in the Tiwi…

Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.

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Category: Traditional Owners

New season of turtle tracking helping to understand the sub-surface waters of Northern Australia