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Found across tropical Australia, Blackspot tuskfish are a hard fighting and highly prized table fish, popular with recreational fishers as they can be caught close to shore.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
With their goggling, oddly placed eyes and their whisker like pectoral filaments, blue threadfin are one of the weirder looking Western Australian fish species.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Barramundi are a highly opportunistic, dominant fish species in many tropical rivers. Delicious to eat and thrilling to catch, they live in both freshwater and saltwater and eat just about anything.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Found in the tropical and warm temperate marine waters of the Indo-Pacific, many estuary cod are caught accidentally by anglers seeking mangrove jack and barramundi in creeks, or emperors over inshore reefs.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
This lesson is an introduction to the text, 'Blueback'. Students will discuss the author, the different covers of the book and engage in a shared reading of the first chapter.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 09.06.2022
These resources have been compiled to assist Ashdale Primary School students in their learning about marine debris.
Resource type: UnitLast updated: 08.06.2022
This student worksheet is related to the Lesson: The language of Winton
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 02.06.2022
This student worksheet is associated with the Lesson: The language of Winton
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 02.06.2022
This worksheet is associated with the Lesson: Ageing fish
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 26.05.2022
The recreational fishing community on WA’s south coast has a protective attitude toward the western blue groper that live along the coastline. Some southerners reckon there is something different about blue groper that makes them inherently vulnerable and, as a result, fishing for blue groper is not encouraged. Jeff Norriss explores, what is different about blue groper, compared to the average fish?
Resource type: Student Resource SheetLast updated: 26.05.2022
The 'marine heat wave' that was observed off the coast of Western Australia in the summer of 2010/11, saw ocean waters around the mid-west coast rise more than 3 degrees Celsius above average. Learn more about this from this poster.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 25.05.2022
The Beachcombers Field Guide is an easy to use identification tool that describes some of the more common items you may find whilst beachcombing in the southern half of Western Australia.
Resource type: Field GuideLast updated: 27.04.2022
Students will identify fish adaptations and discuss how these may help the fish survive in its habitat.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 12.04.2022
Hammerhead sharks are easily identifiable by their distinctive hammer-like heads.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 12.04.2022
White sharks are warm blooded. They have a heat-exchanging circulatory system that allows them to maintain their body temperature above that of the surrounding seawater. This allows them to swim at high speeds through cooler water.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 12.04.2022
The Western Australian marine environment is home to a number of species that are protected under international agreements and national or state legislation.
Resource type: Field GuideLast updated: 12.04.2022
A population is the number of animals inhabiting a specific area. To manage the marine environment effectively, marine managers need to know the size and composition of animal populations.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 07.04.2022
Students will conduct a fish dissection to examine and identify the internal anatomy of a bony fish and learn how these features enable the fish to survive.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 06.04.2022
Students will measure out the length of a whale shark and compare it to lengths of other creatures in the ocean.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 06.04.2022
Students will explore the diversity of marine life on Ningaloo Reef.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 06.04.2022
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