The Southeast Australian Marine Ecosystem Survey (SEA-MES) is a a multi-year, interdisciplinary project that is revisiting previous bio-physical and ecosystem surveys of the Australian southeast continental shelf, and documenting changes in the 25 years since it was last examined. It is also establishing a baseline for the continental slope. The SEA-MES mission is to understand what has changed, what contribution has human activity made, and what is the prospect for the future.

The South East Australia Marine Ecosystem Survey team led by Dr Rich Little acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the seas in which we are conducting this research. The research area includes Tasmanian, Victorian, New South Wales and Commonwealth waters. We pay our respects to elders past and present, and thank them for their continued stewardship over the lands, seas and skies in which we live, work and rest.