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Marine Biosecurity

Preventing, responding to and recovering from pests and diseases that threaten our marine environment

 

The Australian Marine Biosecurity Database, or ‘AMBD’, is a web-based, user- friendly platform that will centralise research and information about Australian marine pathogens and pests.

With this knowledge, AMPD aims to foster new collaborations and partnerships with a broad range stakeholders to ultimately assist in the prevention of and the increase in response times to disease and pest outbreaks.​

The AMBD will address a key recommendation in the $5 million, 2015 Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resource’s review into national marine pest biosecurity arrangements to: “establish a national marine pest network to develop strong partnerships that enable Australia to better identify, assess, communicate and manage the risks of marine pests.”

The AMBD – an Australian first – will improve response times to pathogen outbreaks and allow stakeholders at all levels (citizens, researchers, government) to access and report information about marine pathogens, thereby building capacity in Australia’s ability to respond to threats to our fisheries and aquaculture industries, and more generally the sustainability and health of Australia’s coastal ecosystems.

The AMBD will have impact on Australia’s $100M ‘marine economy’ by creating a smart system for identifying individual pathogens, organisms known to be affected (incl. risks to human health), where outbreaks have been reported in the past (interactive map), future outbreak risk assessment, and response measures/solutions.

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AMBD database 

Case Studies: Case studies are an opportunity to study marine diseases and pests in more detail. The case studies synthesise known research, using data from Australia and around the world, onto one page. They also highlight areas where not enough data is available to provide conclusive information, also called ‘research gaps’.

Reporting Marine pathogens and pests:  To report pests, signs of disease, or outbreaks, contact the National Hotline or your local state authorities.

Deakin Chief Investigators: A/Prof. Peter Macreadie & Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett

For more information contact Dr. Melissa Wartman, project coordinator for the AMBD.

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  • About
    • What we are about
    • Who we are
      • Professor Peter Macreadie
      • Dr Paul Carnell
      • Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett
      • Dr Maria del Mar Palacios
      • Dr Pawel Waryszak
      • Dr Melissa Wartman
      • Dr Micheli Duarte de Paula Costa
      • Dr Noyan Yilmaz
      • Dr Christina Birnbaum
      • Dr Martino Malerba
      • Dr Tiffany Sih
      • Dr Taryn Laubenstein
      • Dr Christina Asanopoulos
      • Ashley Whitt
      • Katy Limpert
      • Holger Jänes
      • Giuditta Bonetti
      • Jaya Kelvin
      • Charlie Townsin
      • Sarah Watson
      • Alejandro Navarro
      • Abbi Scott
      • Erlania
      • Yi Mei Tan
      • Oli Dalby
      • Interns and Volunteers
      • Alumni
  • Research
    • Wetland Carbon
      • Blue Carbon
        • Queensland Blue
        • Victoria’s Blue Carbon
        • Blue Carbon Management
      • Teal Carbon
        • Farm dams
        • Teal Wetlands for Carbon Offsetting
        • Victoria’s Teal Carbon
      • TeaComposition H2O
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Ecosystem Restoration
      • Wetland Restoration
      • Kelp & Segrass restoration
      • Maximising Teal Carbon capture
    • Citizen Science
      • HSBC citizen science
    • Marine Biosecurity
    • Decommissioning Infrastructure
  • Publications
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