education

Clownfish are a popular aquarium species, particularly for young families. While aquariums provide a convenient way for parents and teachers to show children the wonders of the ocean in an educational environment, around 95% of fish are taken from the reef and wild populations of clownfish are under serious threat from overcollection. Our research indicates that only a third of the public are aware aquarium species are harvested from the wild. Our programs provide a great educational opportunity to engage in marine biology whilst highlighting the conservation issues and empowering families to help protect the Great Barrier Reef through making better informed consumer choices.

OUR PROGRAMS

iNQUIRE ABOUT OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS

 

SAVING NEMO

Flinders University campus
Sturt Road, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia

 

For General Enquiries

Tel: +61 44 88201 2010

karen.burkedasilva@flinders.edu.au 

 

Our research centre is open to visit 5 days a week:

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

 

CONTACT US

  • Grey Instagram Icon
  • Grey Twitter Icon
  • Grey Facebook Icon
IC-ANEMONE: Citizen Science Project

Designed to educate the community and engage tourists and the general public in a citizen science research project focused on understanding clownfish behavior and ecology. To coincide with the launch of the Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory, in 2016, we released our Find Nemo app, which allows users to log the location and species of clownfish and their anemone hosts, thus adding to the data set of a large international scientific study.