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Integrated Reef Fish Monitoring Project (IMR)

Name: Integrated Reef Fish Monitoring Project (IMR)
Published: 2026

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

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The project focuses on monitoring reef fish assemblages in deep-water inter reef areas, inshore nursery grounds and fringing reefs of high continental islands. The surveys will first set monitoring baselines for offshore deep water inter-reefal fish communities beyond safe limits of SCUBA based surveys. Underwater Visual Census survey will occur on 8 island groups using transect based methods (Emslie & Cheal, 2018). Nursery seascapes will be surveyed with RUVS (non-baited BRUVS) and BRUVS to survey fishes various habitats (estuary, mangrove, seagrass, reef flat) in three seascape elements (coastal, inter-reef, and continental island).

BRUVS and ROVs will be employed for data acquisition in three nodes, the northern, central and southern GBR. Sampling will be a spatially balanced design among different habitats (e.g. shoals, Halimeda banks, sponge gardens) as well as Marine Park zoning.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded

Statement: Three datasets were collected, one for each component of the project including: 1. Nursery Seascape - collected by TropWATER (James Cook University) and University of Sunshine Coast. - data collected in a number of inshore habitats (coastal mangroves, seagrass meadows, inter-reef shoals, bottom of fringing reef slopes, back reefs, island mangroves) - data for fish abundance, diversity and size collected by unbaited remote underwater video systems (RUVS) and baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) - data for benthic classification collected using drop camera imagery Data QC processes were performed by the collecting agencies and prior to data ingestion to AIMS Databases 2. Inshore Fringing Reef - Data collected by TropWATER (James Cook university) - data collected at 8 inshore island groups (Turtle Group, Franklin Island, Family Islands, Palm Islands, Magnetic Island, Whitsunday Islands, Cumberland Islands, Keppel Islands) in 2023 and 2024. - fish abundance, diversity and size data collected using underwater visual surveys conducted by experienced observers -benthic categorisation collected using point intercept transects Data QC processes were performed by the collecting agencies and prior to data ingestion to AIMS Databases 3. Deep-water inter-reef - data collected by AIMS - Fish abundance, diversity and size collected by BRUVS -video imagery analysed by experienced AIMS observers - AIMS QA/QC processes

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Institution: TropWATER (James Cook University)

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Girringun Aboriginal Corporation

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Institution: University of Sunshine Coast

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Mingga Mingga Rangers and Manbarra Elders Counsel

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Funding: Reef Trust Partnership administered by Great Barrier Reef Foundation

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Yunbenun Advisory Group, Wulgurukaba Yunbenun Aboriginal Corporation and Wulgurukaba Aboriginal Corporation

Modified: 18 09 2026

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