WAMSI and AMSA’s World Oceans Day Science Breakfast

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

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.

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.

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.