Marine Futures Project: Point Ann

Point Ann lies on West Australia’s south coast approximately 180km east of Albany, within the Fitzgerald Biosphere, a UNESCO designated International Biosphere Reserve and one of the largest and biologically significant National Parks in Australia (DEC).

Point Ann can be accessed via boat from Bremer Bay or by road from the South Coast Highway.

As one of the more difficult sites to access, the amount of work we were able to achieve at this location was primarily due to the efforts and skill of local fisher, Marcus Grey.

This collection comprises datasets describing habitat mapping, biodiversity and human uses in the Point Ann region.

Habitat mapping consists of four Google earth detailed and basic biota and substratum maps for Point Ann.

There are two baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS)
datasets and five interactive Microsoft Excel charts each of which contribute to biodiversity analysis. The baited videos illustrate the fish diversity over an array of habitats found throughout the Point Ann study location.

The interactive Microsoft Excel charts combine the biodiversity and mapping products to give the user an interactive and visual display of which organisms are found within the habitats.

A Human Uses report containing an appendix of the Point Ann study location is also included.