VICTORIAN MARINE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (VMSC)

MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MAFFRI)

VICTORIAN CENTRE FOR AQUATIC POLLUTION IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT (CAPIM)

DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT (DSE)

MICK KEOUGH'S LABORATORY

VICTORIAN MARINE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (VMSC)

VMSC is a consortium of five Victorian tertiary institutions, together with CSIRO, EPA Victoria, and the State Government's Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute (MAFFRI). We operate marine teaching and research laboratories at Queenscliff, on the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, a large embayment on the southeast coast of Australia. The consortium aims to foster marine science research and teaching and provide synergies between VMSC partners. The facilities are available through negotiation to anyone with an interest in marine science.

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MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MAFFRI)

The Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute was established in July 1996 by the Victorian Government "as the premier Institute to provide research, consultancy and education services required for the sustainable management of aquatic resources and their environment."
MAFFRI consisted of several former marine and freshwater groups; the Victorian Institute of Marine Science, the Victorian Fisheries Research Institute, part of the Fisheries Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Freshwater Ecology Group of Arthur Rylah Institute. From 1996 MAFFRI operated under the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Act 1974 as a separate business. In 1998 the decision was made to repeal the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Act 1974 and to include the Institute as part of the Fisheries Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. In 2002 it was handed over to the newly formed Department of Primary Industries.

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VICTORIAN CENTRE FOR AQUATIC POLLUTION IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT (CAPIM)

CAPIM is a consortium of world class researchers from The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Water, DPI (Vic), RMIT, and EPA (Vic). CAPIM creates a multidisciplinary research team to address the complicated issue of understanding the impact of pollution on the aquatic environment.
Our primary research location is at the The University of Melbourne's Bio 21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute (Bio21 Institute) with additional nodes at The University of Melbourne Department of Zoology and School of Chemistry, DPI Queenscliff and Werribee and RMIT University Bundoora. CAPIM has six  major research streams across freshwater and estuarine environments currently employing 13 full time staff, and running nine postgraduate projects.
CAPIM's vision is to improve and secure aquatic ecosystem health by developing innovative approaches to pollution detection in inland waters and estuaries, and working with environmental management practitioners to reduce pollution impacts.

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DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT (DSE)

The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) is Victoria's lead government agency for sustainable management of water resources, climate change, bushfires, public land, forests and ecosystems.

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MICK KEOUGH'S LABORATORY

The Keough Lab is based in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Our research primarily focuses on the ecology and behaviour of marine organisms and communities living in the temperate waters of southeastern Australia. We work in a variety of different marine habitats including the rocky shore, subtidal reefs, sea grass beds and sand/mudflats.

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