ABC Tasmanian Country Hour, 28 Oct 2014.

A half-a-million-dollar study on coastal communities dealing with the effects of climate change is being carried out by UTAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), the CSIRO, and Murdoch University.

Dr Stewart Frusher from IMAS, who was leading the project, said St Helens in Tasmania, Bowen in North Queensland, and Geraldton in Western Australia were chosen for the study, which involved members of the community and professional fishermen.

Dr Frusher said a website had been developed from the study, to allow community members or local government to assess what their strengths and vulnerabilities were when it came to changes in the marine environment. 

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