WAMSI and AMSA’s World Oceans Day Science Breakfast

4 June 2025
7:30 am - 10:30 am
Scarboro Surf Life Saving Club

WAMSI has joined with the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) to organise a breakfast science event for World Oceans Day.

It’s on Wednesday 4 June, starting at 7:30am at Scarboro Surf Lifesaving Club with a series of speakers giving 1-minute presentations. This ‘marine snapchat’ format, tried and tested by AMSA, means you get to hear about a lot of marine science research in an accessible, exciting way.

Featuring:

  • Coffee/tea and cinnamon scrolls on arrival
  • Local sea shanty band - The Lost Quays
  • Marine style snapchat science talks
  • Beach clean-up
  • Ocean swim for the brave
  • Door prizes

This event is open to anyone who would like to celebrate World Oceans Day.

Tidal Moon Seagrass Festival

1 June 2025
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Freo Social

Join us for a one-night concert at Freo.Social featuring music and culture to raise funds for Ocean Conservation in Shark Bay.

Tidal Moon will host a special one night only concert to raise critically needed funds for ocean conservation in Shark Bay.

Held on Sunday 1 June at the Freo Social Club, Sea Grass Festival 2025 will feature music, culture and an impressive lineup of performers. Hosted by comedian Kevin Kropinyeri, the concert will include performances by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists including Stephen Pigram (of the Pigram Brothers), Phil Walleystack, Prita Grealy, Morgan Joanel, Natasha Eldridge and Emma Sibosado.

The concert will help fund important restoration work and draw attention to the need to protect ecologically sensitive marine areas like Shark Bay.

In 2011-2012 a marine heat wave wiped out between 22-25% of Shark Bay’s seagrass beds, which are an important habitat for sea cucumbers and nursery for many other marine species. Tidal Moon has made it their mission to restore Shark Bay’s seagrass. Planting will assist with restoring this important ecosystem and will help prevent the release of up to 40 million tonnes of stores of carbon dioxide ‘bombs’ normally kept locked in the sediment by the seagrass.

Tickets to the Sea Grass Festival 2025 can be purchased from Moshtix at https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sea-grass-festival-2025/179725?ref=RSS_rss_freosocial&skin=freosocial

Blue Minds Mental Health and Climate Workshop

24 May 2025
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Shelter Brewery Busselton

🌊 Blue Minds, MIM Network & Blue Crew Present: Mental Health & Climate Workshop 🌊

Join us for a powerful 3-hour community workshop where youth mental health, ocean leadership, and climate action collide. Together, we're tackling eco-anxiety, exploring the science of whale acoustics, and inspiring the next generation of ocean advocates through real-world experiences, storytelling, and action-driven workshops.

🎤 Featuring:

  • Kal Glanznig (Youth Mental Health & Climate Action)
  • Brodee Lowe & Emily Evans (Whale Acoustics & Their Importance in Geographe Bay)
  • Wayne Walters (Inspiring the Next Generation of Ocean Advocates)

🧠 Empower young people to turn climate anxiety into action.🐋 Discover how whale songs tell us stories of our oceans.🌱 Connect with the ocean’s value and learn how to become an advocate for change.

💙 Limited seats available - secure your FREE spot today!

Seagriculture – 2nd International Seaweed Conference Asia-Pacific

18 March 2025
20 March 2025
8:00 am
Adelaide, Australia

Seagriculture Asia-Pacific 2025 gathers top speakers, who will share their know-how within seaweed for feed, food, offshore cultivation, biorefinery of seaweed, and much more.

Australia's southern coast has around 1,500 species of seaweed, one of the highest numbers in the world, with private and government investment in research and development leading to a fast-growing commerical seaweed industry.

MIM Network South West Beach Clean Up

13 April 2025
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Busselton Foreshore

Collaborate with locals, enjoy a fun-filled day, and stand a chance to win exciting prizes as we work together to make a difference for our community and our oceans.

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming South West Beach Clean Up event!

Join us on Sunday, 13th April as we come together to clean up our beautiful coastline.

The event will include:

  • Beach clean up either side of the Busselton Jetty.
  • Post-event collective BBQ with prizes and stalls from our collaborators.
  • Marine debris data collection for the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) database in partnership with Tangaroa Blue.

Kimberley Warrurru (Reefs): Connecting Culture, Science and the Sea

15 February 2025
27 April 2025
12:00 am - 12:00 am
WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth Cultural Centre, Perth / Boorloo

The Kimberley region is a place of raw, untamed beauty – one of the world’s last truly wild frontiers. While its rugged landscapes captivate the eye, its underwater secrets remain largely hidden. In 2023, the Kimberley Reef Connect project set out to change this.

Partnering with the Wunambal Gaambera people and Parks Australia, the mission was simple: explore and better understand the biodiversity and cultural value of the Uunguu Wundaagu Indigenous Protected Area and North Kimberley Marine Reserves.

Over 10 days, a team of eight scientists from the Western Australian Museum and Curtin University joined Wunambal Gaambera Uunguu Rangers to survey 22 sites in northern Kimberley’s wild waters – some never explored before in the Kimberley Marine Park.

Together, they uncovered new insights into the interconnectedness of this remarkable seascape – its rich life, its deep cultural roots, and the urgent need to protect it.

Protecting the reefs of the Kimberley means preserving the delicate balance of species and habitats that sustain this wild and remarkable ecosystem—its future lies in our hands.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that this exhibition may contain the names, images, voices and works of people who have passed. Please also note one of the showcases contains baler shells with depictions of Wanjina.

AMSA 2025 Conference – Harmony in Marine Systems

13 July 2025
17 July 2025
8:00 am
Melbourne, Australia

The 59th annual Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) conference, will be held from July 13-17, 2025, in Naarm, Melbourne, Victoria.

The theme ‘Harmony in Marine Systems’ aims to integrate Indigenous and Western knowledge systems and foster collaboration among scientists, policymakers, managers, and industry leaders. Together, we will explore how to enable science, the economy, and the environment to thrive for future generations.

Our goal is to better understand the dynamic nature of marine environments and address the need for adaptive strategies in the face of global changes.

We will highlight the advancements in solutions such as restoration efforts and the blue economy, while also investigating potential challenges that our unique ecosystems face currently and in the future.

The Biodiversity Conference 2025 ‘Nature Positive’

28 October 2025
30 October 2025
8:00 am
Perth

The Biodiversity Conference 2025 brings together custodians, researchers and practitioners from across Country, academia, government, industry and community to share knowledge to protect, conserve, and enhance our incredible biodiversity.

With a strong Western Australian focus, this conference is jointly supported and run by all five WA Universities, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation & Attractions and The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute.

Join us for this exciting event, where you can share your findings, learn from peers, and find the needed synergistic benefits that come from collective forward thinking. We welcome you to the Biodiversity Conference 2025.

Exploring WA’s Deep Sea

18 January 2025
23 March 2025
12:00 am - 12:00 am
WA Shipwrecks Museum

Explore the biology, ecology, geomorphology, and oceanography at the deepest parts of the Australian Marine Parks.

This exhibition showcases the scientific findings of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre's two year-long project, Exploring the Deepest Parts of Australian Marine Parks in collaboration with Parks Australia, Minderoo Foundation and WA Museum, featuring deep sea artwork by Wadandi Noongar and Ait Koedhal artist Tyrown Waigana.

Deep dive into the Gascoyne Marine Reserve (GMR), Perth Canyon Marine Reserve (PCMR), and South-west Corner Marine Reserve (SWCMR).

The exhibition is at the WA Shipwrecks Museum, Cliff Street, Fremantle from 18 January to 23 March 2025.

Climate Adaption 2025

23 July 2025
25 July 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth, Western Australia

The NESP Climate systems hub invites you to attend Australia’s next national adaptation conference to be held in Perth from 23 - 25 July 2025.

The conference is focused exclusively on climate vulnerability, impacts and adaptation. It is an opportunity to share knowledge and experience, to network and strengthen the growing community of adaptation practice and research in Australia.

The program across three days includes plenary sessions focused on key voices, panel sessions and workshops addressing specific challenges and thematic sessions of delegate presentations.

A pre-conference day is offered for early career professionals.