WAMSI Node 3.2.2e - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Acoustic tracking and adequacy of sanctuary zones

This project now supports in part Australia’s first permanent acoustic listening station array on Ningaloo Reef – the Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array (NRETA) which has been established to answer major questions about the trophic structure, function and management of this environment, especially in terms of movement and migration patterns of key organisms within this ecosystem. NRETA has connected Australian acoustic telemetry science with the Census of Marine Life’s (CoML) Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project in North America and the $35 million worldwide acoustic tracking initiative proposed by R O’Dor – Ocean Shelf Tracking and Physics Array (OSTAPA). NRETA will be a key factor in the development of shelf tracking arrays within Australia as part of AATAMS and will place Australia in a good position to take a leading role as this technology continues to expand worldwide. This project will add important data management and analysis tools to this array, essentially ensuring that the ability to process and understand data and keep pace with our ability to collect it.

本项目目前为宁格罗礁（Ningaloo Reef）上澳大利亚首个永久性声学监听站阵列——宁格罗礁生态追踪阵列（Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array，NRETA）提供部分支持。该阵列的搭建旨在解答该海域生态系统的营养结构、功能与管理相关的核心问题，尤其聚焦于该生态系统内关键生物的移动与洄游模式。NRETA将澳大利亚声学遥测科学与北美海洋生物普查（Census of Marine Life，CoML）的太平洋陆架追踪（Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking，POST）项目，以及R·奥多尔（R O’Dor）提出的总投资额达3500万美元的全球声学追踪计划——海洋陆架追踪与物理阵列（Ocean Shelf Tracking and Physics Array，OSTAPA）实现了对接。作为AATAMS的组成部分，NRETA将成为澳大利亚境内陆架追踪阵列发展的关键因素，并将助力澳大利亚在该技术全球推广进程中占据领先地位。本项目将为该阵列增添重要的数据管理与分析工具，从根本上保障我们处理、解读数据的能力，使其与数据采集能力保持同步。