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Researchers for the CLLMM Research Centre are heading back to the beaches this week to monitor local pipi (Goolwa cockles or kuti in Ngarrindjeri) populations. Their targeted surveys (before, during and after the recreational harvest season) are providing insight into how pipi populations have changed along Goolwa Beach.  The Goolwa and Younghusband Peninsula beaches support […]

CLLMM Research Centre researchers have uncovered important new insights into the life of one of the region’s smallest threatened fish. For the first time, researchers from the Centre’s threatened fish conservation project, led by Sylvia Zukowski (Nature Glenelg Trust), have produced credible age estimates for the nationally Vulnerable southern pygmy perch (Nannoperca australis) using tiny […]

On Tuesday 30 June 2026, the CLLMM Research Centre was delighted to welcome the Honourable Emily Bourke MLC, South Australia’s Minister for Climate, Environment and Tourism, Lou Nicholson MP (Member for Finniss), Ben Bruce (CE for Department for Environment and Water), SA River Murray Commissioner Emma Carmody, representatives from the River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (RLCAG), Indigenous Rangers […]

Our volunteers definitely rose to the challenge to ‘dress as your favourite research project’ at a recent thank-you dinner at the CLLMM Research Centre. Held as part of our volunteer week celebrations, the event was a great opportunity for our supporters to come together and be reminded of how important their contribution is to the […]

Droughts, floods, heatwaves and storms are climate extremes that are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. The Climate extremes project has been investigating how CLLMM ecosystems reorganise after these extreme climate events, and ways that we can help protect them.

More than 600 people took part in our horizon scan survey last year, sharing what they thought were the biggest challenges and opportunities for the region over the next 15 years.  Horizon scanning is a way of consulting with communities to help address the gap between researcher and community knowledge. It’s a technique used to […]