Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring: Seismic Survey Impacts on Fish and Scallops

The Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring (GMEM) project final report details a multi-component study on the effects of seismic surveys on marine life. The study was developed in response to fisheries industry concerns following the GA352 seismic survey in the Gippsland Basin in April 2015. It includes components such as sound modelling, scallop assessment via AUV and dredging, fish behavior tracking, and fisheries catch analysis.

Use Cases

• Modeling underwater sound propagation and its impact on marine organisms based on theoretical and field-based sound modelling.
• Assessing scallop population health and mortality using data from Automated Underwater Vehicle (AUV) surveys and dredging.
• Analyzing fish avoidance behavior in response to seismic activity based on acoustic tagging and monitoring data.
• Evaluating changes in commercial fish catch rates potentially linked to seismic operations.

Strengths

• Study designed with six distinct methodological components to quantify impacts from multiple angles.
• Project initiated in direct response to a specific seismic survey event (GA352 in April 2015) providing a clear context.

Limitations

• Data is presented as a final report; underlying raw datasets are not directly accessible.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative modeling.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Multi-method environmental monitoring project involving sound modelling, AUV surveys, dredging, acoustic tagging, and fisheries data analysis.

Time Range

Study initiated after April 2015 seismic survey; specific data collection period is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:35:59.059082; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Australia.