Marine Futures Project: Broke Inlet

Brief description

Broke Inlet is a relatively remote area 400km south of Perth, located in the South West of Western Australia between Augusta and Albany. The marine environment off Broke is one fairly untouched by major tourism pressures and thus this location was selected due to its relative inaccessibility. This collection comprises datasets describing habitat mapping, biodiversity and human uses in the Broke Inlet area. The hydroacoustic and towed video surveys are complete for the Broke study location. Using these two data sets the spatial modelling team have modelled over 140 square kilometres, developing full coverage maps for this site. The baited videos illustrate the fish diversity over an array of habitats found throughout the Broke Inlet study location. Habitat mapping consists of four Google earth detailed and basic biota and substratum maps for the Broke Inlet study area. There are four interactive Microsoft Excel charts each of which contribute to biodiversity analysis. These charts combine the biodiversity and mapping products to give the user an interactive and visual display of which organisms are found in what habitats. A Human Uses report containing an appendix of the Broke Inlet study location is also included.