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KIMBERLEY MARINE RESEARCH STATION

Situated within the southern Kimberley Coast Bioregion, at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, the Kimberley Marine Research Station (KMRS) represents the ‘gateway’ to the Kimberley for independent marine research. Headed up by our Director James Brown (Marine Biologist, Australian Farmer of The Year), KMRS offers our pearl farm base, infrastructure, vessels, personnel and local knowledge to the wider science community as the first and only fully operational marine research facility in the region.

We are currently working on innovative breeding and farming programs to resolve the shell heath issues that have decimated the Australian pearling industry over the last decade, discovering the possibilities that lie within the ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue carbon’ as well as heading up collaborative research programs with other industry and universities from all over Australia.

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A scientist works at Cygnet Bay, on a boat on the sea. On her table is medical and scientific equipment, as she carries out research for the Kimberley Marine Research Station.