Nine new species of handfish have been described by Australian scientists in research that highlights an urgent need to better understand and protect the diversity of life in Australia's oceans. The ...

Researchers with the University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies have announced the discovery of a new population of the world's rarest fish. The discovery was made by ...

The independent MP said Tasmania could become a world leader in marine management after the first consultation on a proposed Marine Environment Act on Tuesday. ‘Our marine environment is central to ...

The red handfish is a funny little critter that uses its fins to scuttle along the rocky seafloor. Dwelling exclusively in the waters off Tasmania, it is also one of the rarest fish in the world. So ...

A three-metre long giant oarfish that is thought to herald calamity and disaster has washed up onto a Tasmanian beach. Tony ...

BioMar, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sustainable feed for fish farming, has created the new SmartCare Endurance aquafeed, which the company says can boost the survivability of salmon by ...

The Department of natural resources and environment (NRE) and the environment protection agency (EPA) on Monday released a “reflections and learnings” report into the mass mortality event from January ...

Richard Flanagan's new novel resembles one of those otherworldly globefish that ply their lightless rounds along the Pacific's Mariana Trench. Flanagan has sounded the depths of his native Tasmania's ...

Mass salmon deaths overwhelmed Tasmania’s aquaculture industry last summer with a report into the crisis exposing multiple failures in agencies’ responses to the mass fish death. The Department of ...