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How many different types of plants, algae and animals are below the water’s surface? How many different species of fish are out there to look at when you go diving, or to catch when you go fishing? How does a fisheries scientist determine how many fish are in the sea?
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 24.05.2023
Explore the classification of beach flotsam and jetsam of the West Coast bioregion.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 26.04.2023
In this activity, students learn about the benefits and limitations of aquaculture as a farming technique. Students will also learn about Western Australia’s key aquaculture species, the types of aquaculture systems used across the state, and the practiced used to manage the organisms in these systems.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 26.04.2023
Explore our Metropolitan region education program for Hillarys based excursions.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
Come and discover what is found on Perth’s limestone reef and conduct an ecosystem survey using transects and quadrats.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
In this activity, students will learn about the biology of the iconic Western rock lobster, how Western rock lobster are managed by fishery scientists and DPIRD, and how currents and other environmental factors influence this valuable fishery.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
Why are sea sponges classified as animals? Why is seaweed not a true plant? How is a mussel related to a cuttlefish? In this activity students will learn the importance of scientific classification and classify local marine organisms using a dichotomous key.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
In this fish dissection activity, students learn why dissection is an important tool in fisheries science and what information scientists gain from dissecting fish. Students will conduct a fish dissection to examine and identify the internal anatomy of a bony fish, as well as learn how these features enable the fish to survive.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
In this activity, students will learn the role ageing fish plays in the sustainable management of fish populations. Students will learn how and why fisheries scientists age fish, then try their hand at ageing prepared microscope slides of sectioned fish otoliths.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
This interactive activity gives students an overview of some of the fisheries management tools the Department applies to recreational fishing activity to sustainably manage our aquatic resources.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
This introductory session asks students to reflect on their relationship with the marine environment and describes the role the Department plays in managing Western Australia’s aquatic resources and environments.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
Classification is the organising or sorting of organisms into groups according to their characteristics. This poster shows the classification of common marine animals, plants and algae found across Western Australia.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 07.12.2022
This poster shows how fisheries scientists at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) use scales and, more accurately, otoliths, to age fish. Determining the ages of fish tells scientists the health of the overall population. From this information, informed fisheries management practices can be applied to ensure fish for the future.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 07.12.2022
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has the largest collection of fish ages in Australia. Our fisheries scientists have processed and aged 381,000 fish (December 2022), ranging from small estuarine to large marine species. This information is held in a database at the Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, which dates back to 1990 (and even earlier for some species!).
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 07.12.2022
Despite their huge size, whale sharks are docile, filter feeders that cruise the world's oceans looking for plankton.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
This worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Ageing fish
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 26.05.2022
This is a post excursion resource associated with the Excursion: Reef transect.
Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 24.02.2022
Resource type: UnitLast updated: 24.02.2022
Come and discover what is found on Perth's limestone reef and conduct an ecosystem survey using transects and quadrats.
Resource type: Teacher GuideLast updated: 24.02.2022
This student worksheet is associated with Hillarys school excursion: Reef transect and Teacher Guide: Reef transect
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 03.02.2022
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