The Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System in practice. management

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1 The Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System in practice Deployments, projects and data management Charlie Huveneers and Rob Harcourt Sydney Institute of Marine Science Macquarie University

2 Mooring design Surface Float Float VR2W receiver Acoustic release Tether rolled in cannister Release VR2W receiver Acoustic release Tether rolled in cannister Rope/wire Rope/wire Mooring base Mooring base

3 Alistair Hobday s mooring design (CSIRO) Float Stainless steel shackles VR2 receiver Canister & tether rope Burn-wire unit Galvanized steel shackle Galvanised steel mooring wire Anchor (125 kg) Release arm (anode) Release shackle (anod Chain (swivel, shealth, shackle)

4 AATAMS curtain locations East Coast deployments

5 Coffs Harbour 47 receivers Sydney 46 receivers

6 10 receivers Coffs Harbour ambucca Heads 37 receivers

7 Heupel et al MFR 57

8 10 receivers Coffs Harbour ambucca Heads 37 receivers

9 10 receivers Sydney 36 receivers

10 East coast deployments Two curtains to the 200 m isobath; Sub-curtains close to shore and at 200 m (expected highest detection frequecny); Use trawling exclusion zones and protected areas; Species targeted: white sharks (Bruce), grey nurse sharks (Otway), mulloway (Suthers), black cod (Booth), bull sharks (Suthers, Harcourt, Gray), Australian salmon (Semmens)

11 AATAMS curtain locations Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array (NRETA)

12 59 receivers 14 receivers 41 receivers

13 7 receivers 52 receivers

14 14 receivers

15 receivers 5 receivers

16 In-kind support from AIMS/WAMSI Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array (NRETA) Two curtains to 100 m isobath, one curtain to 200 m isobath, 3 arrays (North and South) Investigators: Mark Meekan, John Stevens, Russ Babcock, Conrad Speed, Florencia Cerutti Organisms targeted: sharks, mantas, coral reef fishes

17 AATAMS curtain locations South Australian deployment

18 Adelaide 10 receivers Glenelg

19 South Australian deployments In-kind support from SARDI 10 receivers off Glenelg Investigators: Tim Ward, Simon Goldsworthy, Paul Rogers (SARDI) White sharks, whaler sharks, salmons

20 AATAMS curtain locations Southwest Western Australia

21 20 receivers 20 receivers 20 receivers

22 Deployed for 5 year SW Western Australian deployments 60 receivers in 3 lines of 20 receivers each Investigators: Alistair Hobday (CSIRO) Tuna, white sharks (Bruce)

23 AATAMS curtain locations Ocean Tracking Network lines

24 Rottnest Island 31 receivers 23 receivers Perth

25 OTN West line In-kind support from WA Fisheries Two lines off Perth/Rottnest Island Dusky and sandbar sharks (McAuley)

26 33 receivers 31 receivers Bass Strait Gates

27 31 receivers Portland

28 Mallacoota 33 receivers

29 OTN East lines: Bass Strait Gate In-kind support from Fisheries Victoria One line off Portland, one line off Mallacoota Tuna (Hobday), white shark (Bruce), Australian salmon (Semmens), gummy sharks (Walker), snapper, tailor, whiting

30 AATAMS curtain locations

31 AATAMS receiver pool 25 receivers available every year VR2Ws on loan to Australian users: 12 in Tasmania 14 in Queensland 6 in Western Australia 3 in New South Wales

32 NSW DPI: SEACAMS (NSW coast) Investigators: Nick Otway, Megan Storrie (NSW DPI) Approx. 85 VR2s already deployed all along the NSW coast (from Byron Bay to Eden) Based on grey nurse Based on grey nurse shark aggregation sites

33 AATAMS

34 Existing network of acoustic telemetry users 103 scientists 52 projects Over 660 receivers AATAMS/OTN is deploying a further 330 Total of 990 acoustic receivers All Australian States and Territories

35 34 institutions Institutions Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Australian Institute of Marine Science Australian Rivers Institute New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Queensland Department of Primary Industries South Australian Research and Development Institute Charles Darwin University Sydney y Institute of Marine Science CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Department of Environmnent and Climate Change Department of Natural Resources Department of Primary Industries Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria) Department of Territory and Municipal Services Edith Cowan University Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute The Ecology Lab Undersea Explorer University of Adelaide University of Canberra University of Melbourne University of New South Wales Environment Protection Agency University of Newcastle Griffith University James Cook University University of Queensland University of Tasmania Macquarie arie University University of Technoloy, Sydney Moreton Bay Research Station Murdoch University University of Western Australia Western Australia Fisheries

36 Species 57 species: 2 crustaceans, 3 cephalopods, 27 Osteichthyes, 22 Chondrichthyes, 2 reptiles, 1 other (medusae) Crustaceans Golden perch Brown-banded bamboo shark Mud crab Macquarie perch Draughtboard shark Southern rock lobster Black cod Port Jackson shark Cephalopod Bluenose cod Banded wobbegong Arrow squid Coronation cod Leopard shark Giant Australian cuttlefish Australian bass Gulper shark Southern calamari Black jewfish Gummy shark Ostheichthyes Mulloway Sawfishes Short-finned eel Golden trevally Speartooth shark Yellowband parrotfish Silver trevally Dusky whaler Bullethead parrotfish Yellowspotted trevally Blacktip reef shark Common carp Snapper Silvertip shark dhufish Blue groper Grey reef shark Dusky flathead Southern bluefin tuna seven gill shark Tupong Chondrichthyes Hammerhead shark Twinspot wrasse Black-blotched fantail ray Bull shark Black bream Southern eagle ray White shark Yellowfin bream Southern fiddler ray Reptiles Spangled emperor Smooth stingray Green turtle tl Yellow-tail emperor Stingarees Saltwater Australian crocodile Estuary perch Manta ray Other Cubozoa medusae

37 AATAMS and community receivers

38 The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) $168 million project funded by the Canadian Funding for Innovation to track thousands of marine animals around the world while building a record of climate change

39 AATAMS part of OTN Existing 1 st Wave 2 nd Wave 3 rd Wave

40 OTN and OBIS The example is from the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project The POST project is one of thirteen projects contributing to the Census of Marine Life The data is accessed through the Ocean Biographic Information System (OBIS).

41 POST project The database contains data from 200 receivers in 20 lines over 3 years

42 2.5 million detections Unknown tags 1.11 million detections (44%)? Known tags 1.4 million detections Importance of creating a network of users with a centralised data depository

43 Data management Issues Tag purchased by researchers Intellectual Property Commercialisation of data Sensitive species (e.g. protected species) Talk more about it during the AATAMS session

44 Data management - schema Database upgraded from the POST project

45 Data management - schema Data will be managed through one of the IMOS facilities: the electronic Information Infrastrucure (emii) and OTN data management (through OBIS)

46 OBIS

47 Data management - archiving Stored, backed-up and archived within: Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN); Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) (Canada) Data management - advantages Quality control and quality assurance Data managed, backed-up, and archived Search for tag outside own array Increase in likelihood of your tags being detected Citation of your data Data products

48 Data managements - data products Visualisation using a web-based mapper and the OBIS schema (Jerry Black, Bedford Institute) It provides an interpreted view of tracked animal taking into account: Avoidance of travelling across land boundaries; Minimum path distance.

49 Detection locations connected

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51 Questions? Go wobby!