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REMOTE SENSING OF SHALLOW WATER MARINE BENTHIC HABITATS: APPLICATION TO MARINE COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN WA WORKSHOP REPORT Ewan Buckley (DEC Marine Policy and Planning Branch) Additional notes supplied by Andrew Buchanan and Brendon McAtee (Landgate Satellite Remote Sensing Services) Date Thursday 13th November 2008 Time 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Venue Acacia Room, DEC Crawley Australia II Drive, Crawley This project is funded through South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc and South West Catchments Council, with the support of Western Australian and State Governments, through the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality Background As part of the South Coast Regional Marine Planning process, a joint project was formed between the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), South Coast Natural Resource Management (South Coast NRM) and South West Catchments Council (SWCC) to assemble all available marine information for the south coast and, where possible, fill gaps in knowledge. In order to address gaps in marine habitat mapping, a marine remote sensing project (to be undertaken by CSIRO Environmental Earth Observation Group) was initiated to capture broadscale coastal marine benthic habitat information over large unsurveyed areas of the south coast. A component of this project included the organisation of a workshop to provide a forum for discussion on the use of marine remote sensing products for marine management and planning. This Marine Remote Sensing Workshop was organised by DEC Marine Policy and Planning Branch with funding from South Coast NRM and South West Catchments Council, held at DEC Crawley on the 13th November 2008. Invitees were primarily from state government agencies, natural resource management groups or research organisations involved in the production or consumption of marine remote sensing products. See the attached list of participants (Appendix 1). Workshop Objectives The main objectives of t