Conserving oceans of life

In this vodcast we meet two Hobart based CSIRO research scientists working to conserve our oceans' biodiversity, and a visiting scientist applying his expertise to an Atlantic salmon breeding program.

With its proximity to the Southern Ocean, CSIRO's Hobart laboratories are an excellent location for research into the oceans and atmosphere. It's here that we meet Dr Nic Bax and Dr Karen Wild-Allen from CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship who are working to better understand our oceans' biodiversity through various deep-ocean and coastal research projects.

Also working at CSIRO's Hobart laboratories is visiting scientist Dr Brad Evans, who is part of a science-industry partnership recruiting an elite pool of Atlantic salmon bloodlines to transform Tasmania's A$350 million Atlantic salmon industry.

For more information go to http://www.csiro.au/en/Outcomes/Oceans.aspx

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Science & Technology

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• CSIRO
• science
• research
• wealth from oceans
• salmon
• fish
• salmon fish breeding industry
• Tasmania
• biodiversity
• environment
• ocean
• marine life
• commercial fishing
• amoebic gill disease
• Atlantic salmon
• ocean floor