About the Program
Westport has partnered with WAMSI to deliver a major collaborative science program on the marine environment at Cockburn Sound.
The WAMSI Westport Marine Science Program will ensure the environmental impact assessment for Western Australia’s future container port is based on independent and outstanding science.
The program will draw on numerous experts from the physical, biological and social science disciplines in Western Australia to fill knowledge gaps about this most important and unique coastal ecosystem.
Over the next three years, WAMSI and its partners will deliver 31 research projects designed to provide the information needed to manage this environment now and into the future.
For more information about Westport visit: www.westport.wa.gov.au
Program Management
Name: Dr Alan Kendrick
Project Role: Program Leader
Contact: Alan.kendrick@wamsi.org.au
Fact Sheets
WAMSI Westport Marine Science Plan
The Science Plan was developed in consultation with the Westport Program, WAMSI partners and expert scientists and includes a description of the program scope, marine science research themes and individual projects.
Westport Literature Review and Preliminary Risk Assessment
WAMSI reviewed numerous comprehensive studies and reviews of Cockburn Sound for Westport in the 2018 Westport Literature review and preliminary risk assessment, which has been used to identify gaps and risks and inform the Science Plan.
