Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful iridescent shell but sought for its meat, is a fishery worth more than 150 million ...

The massive network of rocky reefs that lines much of southern Australia’s coastline is a shadowy cold-water underworld dominated by brown seaweeds known as kelp. The Great Southern Reef might not be ...

Like most aquatic vegetation, kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to ...

Google, Australian researchers ... habitats being wiped out due to rising ocean temperatures and invasive species like kelp-eating urchins. These forests play a pivotal role in coastal protection ...

"I knew from the beginning what it was; warmer water, lack of nutrients, [and the] East Australian Current ... "[The kelp] ...

one of the most commonly farmed kelp species. The loss of kelp populations can significantly impact ecosystems, and potentially the growing demand for sustainably farming food, feed, fertilizer ...