Professor Norm Hall has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science for his significant contribution to the statistical modelling of fish stocks.

Murdoch University student Vanessa Jaiteh has won a prestigious Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Outgoing Postgraduate Award.

Murdoch University researcher Professor Neil Loneragan says Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are still needed in Western Australia despite evidence that fish stocks are healthy.

Carter’s Freshwater Mussel, the only mussel known to inhabit freshwaters of south-west Western Australia, is in serious decline.

Western Australia’s unique freshwater fish are in trouble, say scientists at Murdoch University’s Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research.

The investigation into six Bottlenose Dolphin deaths in the Swan Canning Riverpark in 2009 has drawn to a close. The Chief Scientist of Western Australia’s report has been presented to the Minister for Environment and the Murdoch University investigation has been delivered as a peer-reviewed Technical Report.

The deaths of six dolphins in the Swan Canning Riverpark last year reflect the stressful nature of the environment that they inhabit.

A Murdoch University program to track endangered sawfish in the Fitzroy River has been awarded an extra $110,000 in funding.