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News of the Hurley photos spread like wildfire through Darnley...

My colleague Scott Mitchell and I recently visited Darnley Island, also known as Erub, in the far eastern Torres Strait Islands (TSI).

Seeing the large amounts of fishing net and rope at Erub Erwer Meta, I was surprised that they could be turned into such beautiful things.

Our second day on Darnley Island saw the beginning stages of construction for Garom the rock cod.

Earlier this year, we acquired a ghost net 'Turtle' that was made by Ellarose Savage.

Two of our scientists are taking part in a major biodiversity survey based at St Johns Island, south of Singapore.

Some ground-breaking trials have recently been performed at our Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.

In April, we attended the CPAF in Melbourne to explore new Pacifica social and cultural initiatives being championed in the state.

Ceremonies at Pura Bale Batur - four decades apart.

We have now been trawling at Burdwood Bank for over three days.

We had a fifth grade science class at Heritage Elementary, Escondido, California send us questions about our work.

After sampling at the eastern side of the Falklands/Malvinas, we went north and took some samples off the side of the continental shelf.

At the moment, we are sampling near the Falkland islands (or Malvinas).

Today we went for the deepest and steepest.

We are still doing some deep trawls, which take up a lot of time, but it is fascinating to see different animals. And speaking of which...