Smith, Caitlin, McMahon, Kathryn, Smit, Neil, Groom, Rachel, Reason, Carissa, Proctor, Megan, Coles, Robert, McKenna, Skye, Collier, Catherine, and Carter, Alexandra (2025) Building Partnerships for Angkamuthi Sea Country Management. In: [Presented at the Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference 2025]. 318. From: AMSA 2025: 59th Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference, 13-17 July 2025, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Angkamuthi Traditional Owners are committed to building partnerships that benefit our community and support our cultural responsibilities to Sea Country. Our talk will reflect on several recent partnerships. This includes our work with Parks Australia to create a seasonal calendar to help mobilise and share Indigenous Knowledge and guide sustainable resource management and cultural practices aligned with natural cycles. We are also building knowledge by working with James Cook University and Charles Darwin University and Parks Australia to survey the West Cape York Marine Park. This includes mapping and monitoring habitats including seagrass, algae and coral, and our diverse fish communities. We also completed surveillances with AIMS, CSIRO & IMOS. These partnerships and projects have enabled knowledge sharing about culturally significant species and the pressures impacting Sea Country. As we establish a new ranger group in 2025, we are seeking partnerships that support our vision for integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Western science, sustainable management and providing opportunities for our young people, and are built on respectful yarning, knowledge sharing, and co-design that reflects Traditional Owner values and aspirations. Through this, we aim to safeguard Angkamuthi Sea Country for future generations while honouring our cultural responsibilities.

Item ID:	87681
Item Type:	Conference Item (Abstract / Summary)
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Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2025 06:51
FoR Codes:	31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 50% 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 50%
SEO Codes:	18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180299 Coastal and estuarine systems and management not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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