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Explore the beach flotsam and jetsam of the West Coast bioregion.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 23.04.2025
Explore the beach flotsam and jetsam of the South Coast bioregion.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 23.04.2025
From Collier Bay to King Sound just north of Derby, lies a group of 800 or more scattered islands and low-lying reef known as the Buccaneer Archipelago. Lying crumpled and creased, the archipelago’s shores are notched with a myriad of mangrove estuaries, bays and sand beaches, plunging cliffs and rocky masses, rugged headlands and islands, and innumerable hidden reefs.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 17.04.2025
Marine parks help to conserve marine biodiversity and provide special places for people to learn about, enjoy and appreciate spectacular marine areas.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 13.02.2025
The Yawuru people, are the Traditional Owners of Roebuck Bay. They have cultural rules and responsibilities about how we use and look after the country, plants and animals.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 19.11.2024
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 explore the wonderful range of organisms washed up on Perth’s beaches.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
Explore Hillarys Beach and discover the wonderful range of organisms washed up on Perth beaches.
Resource type: School ExcursionLast updated: 14.12.2022
In this interactive activity, students will try their hand at our simulated fishing activity and observe the effects of fishing pressure on our fish stocks.
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 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.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 07.12.2022
This poster features the life cycle of the Western Rock Lobster with images of egg and larval stages
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 29.08.2022
In southern Australia, the western blue groper is actually the largest carnivorous bony fish species found living on reefs, reaching a length of up to 1.7m and a weight of up to 40kg. Learn more about the biology of this fish in this fact sheet.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 22.06.2022
There are over 3,000 species of bony fish that have been recorded in Western Australia. Of these, the most highly sought after by recreational and commercial fishers are the demersal scalefish - fish that live on or near the sea floor.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 09.06.2022
Colour me in. Manta rays are the largest rays and can reach immense sizes of 3 - 7 metres from wing tip to wing tip.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Colour me in. Sawfish are a PROTECTED SPECIES in Western Australia. If you catch one you must return it to the water as quickly and carefully as possible.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Colour me in.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
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