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

Geoscience Australia's final report for the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring project details a multi-component study on the impacts of seismic operations on marine life. The study was initiated in response to a 2015 seismic survey and includes sound modelling, scallop assessments using AUV and dredging, fish behavior tracking, and fisheries catch analysis. The report is available in PDF, ZIP, DOCX, and HTML formats.

Use Cases

• Modeling underwater sound propagation and its potential impact on marine organisms based on theoretical and field-based sound modelling.
• Assessing scallop population health and distribution 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 fisheries catch rates potentially linked to seismic survey operations.

Strengths

• Report is the culmination of a multi-faceted study involving six distinct research components.
• Study was developed in direct response to stakeholder concerns from the fisheries industry, indicating applied relevance.
• Data collection methods include both theoretical modelling and multiple field-based techniques (AUV, dredging, acoustic tagging).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• The underlying raw data files are not directly described; the primary artifact is a final report.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Project involved theoretical sound modelling, field sound monitoring, AUV and dredge surveys for scallops, acoustic tagging of fish, and analysis of fisheries catch data.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:30:36.079562; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin