GMEM: Marine Seismic Survey Impacts on Fish and Invertebrates in Gippsland Basin

Geoscience Australia's final report addresses stakeholder concerns from a 2015 seismic survey in the Gippsland Basin. It details a six-component monitoring study involving sound modelling, scallop assessment via AUV and dredging, fish tracking, and fisheries catch analysis. The report culminates the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring project to quantify seismic operation impacts on marine organisms.

Use Cases

• Modeling underwater sound propagation and exposure based on theoretical and field-based sound monitoring.
• Assessing scallop population impacts using data from Automated Underwater Vehicle surveys and dredging.
• Analyzing fish avoidance behavior based on acoustic tagging and monitoring results.
• Evaluating changes in commercial fisheries catch rates potentially linked to seismic activity.

Strengths

• Report integrates results from six distinct methodological components, providing a multi-faceted analysis.
• Project was developed in direct response to stakeholder concerns from the fisheries industry, indicating applied relevance.
• Aims to establish baseline data for quantifying impacts of future seismic operations.

Limitations

• Data is presented in report formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML); underlying raw datasets are not directly accessible.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the report text.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative modeling.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Field monitoring study involving sound modelling, AUV surveys, dredging, acoustic tagging, and fisheries data analysis.

Time Range

Monitoring was initiated in response to a seismic survey in April 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:45:19.699528; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Australia.