RETIRED: Australian Marine Video and Imagery Collection

Updated: 2019-05-17

Unlike land based environments, relatively little is known about what the seafloor around Australia looks like or has living on it. Geoscience Australia undertakes a range of marine surveys to improve the understanding and the management of Australian marine environments. One component of the research involves the use a towed video system to directly observe coastal and deep sea environments and identify what habitats occur there and the organisms that live there. In some regions these surveys build on existing knowledge, but in many areas, particularly in deep offshore sites, these devices provide the first images of the seafloor. More information about this collection can be found at https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/survey-techniques/photography-video Alternative catalogues can be found at: https://researchdata.edu.au https://data.gov.au https://ecat.ga.gov.au/ Dataset decommissioned on 29 July 2025