This site is intended to provide information about the Fisheries & Marine Environmental Research Facility which operates out of the University of New South Wales, in Sydney Australia.
We hope that you find the information contained here both useful and interesting. Please do not hesitate in contacting relevant persons if you have any questions or suggestions regarding their research.
Recent FAMER Updates
OCTOBER 2009 - As part of the NSW Node of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) program, the FAMER lab have launched their 3rd Slocum Glider (Affectionately known as Nemo 3) off the coast of NSW. Go to our Glider Page to track its location and oceanographic conditions in real time.
OCTOBER 2009 - Professor Iain Suthers was interviewed by David Marr on ABC Classic FM. Read about the interview and Iain's chosen music on our News Page .
JANUARY 2009 - Interviews with FAMER researchers from previous years have been added to the News Page. Check them out.
DECEMBER 2008 - "Finding Nemo in a Cruel Sea" - Professor Iain Suthers discusses the deployment, mission and retrieval of a Slocum Glider. The first deployment on the East Coast of Australia. The article is available on our news page.
NOVEMBER 2008 - Dr Mark Baird, was interviewed about Salps by the Sydney Morning Herald. The article is available on our news page.
NOVEMBER 2008 - Dr Jason Everett, was interviewed by Simon Lauder on The World Today broadcast on ABC Local Radio and Radio National. Jason discusses the FAMER Facility's research on Salps. Click here to read or download the interview from our news page.
OCTOBER 2008 - To view some information about out latest research on Salps while aboard the RV Southern Surveyor please click here.
OCTOBER 2008 - Our recent voyage aboard the RV Southern Surveyor was a "featured voyage" by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. To read about it, please click here to go to the CSIRO website.
SEPTEMBER 2008 - Congratulations to Faith Ochwada, who recently won the Australian Society for Fish Biology Student International Travel Award. This generous $5000 award provides funding for travel to an overseas scientific meeting to showcase their research, and facilitate the development of international contacts and collaborations. A well deserved award for Faith, after all those long lonely nights dragging nets through 5 deg water on the far South Coast.
SEPTEMBER 2008 - Along with Dr Ross Hill of UTS, FAMER scientist Dr Jason Everett, was recently aboard the Southern Surveyor with 10 undergraduate students as part of a national initiative to retain and encourage promising students to pursue research at sea. The students were exposed to the challenges of doing research at sea, while also learning about equipment they would never get to use in the classroom. Go to our news page to read more about this voyage from Gladstone to Sydney.
SEPTEMBER 2008 - One of FAMER's researchers, Elke Venstra, was interviewed by Scott Levi on Radio ABC Central Coast for his program Big Fish. In this interview, broadcast on Saturday the 27th September, Elke discusses the FAMER facility's work in mulloway restocking. Click here to download the interview from our news page.
