Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Curator Aquatic Zoology and Mollusca, WAM.

Lisa will discuss and show images of the many new species found during recent surveys in the Perth Canyons, Ningaloo Canyons, Bremer Canyons and Ashmore mesophotic zone (aboard RV Falkor) and also Gascoyne Marine Park, Indian Ocean Territories (aboard RV Investigator).

During the evening Talitha Wolfe from Pew Trust and Save Our Marine Life will provide an update on the proposed extension to Marmion Marine Park and the proposal to establish a South Coast Marine Park.

( Image: Schmidt Ocean Institute/WAM)