{"id":13643,"date":"2021-08-19T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cygnetbaypearlfarm.com.au\/?page_id=13643"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:14:42","slug":"environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cygnetbaypearlfarm.com.au\/environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimberley Marine Research Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13643\" class=\"elementor elementor-13643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba63e36 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba63e36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-bg-color=\"#EBE1D3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be7f429\" data-id=\"be7f429\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c630401 reveal-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c630401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-type=\"letter\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">KIMBERLEY MARINE RESEARCH STATION<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b942b41 fadeup elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b942b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Situated within the southern Kimberley Coast Bioregion, at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm, the Kimberley Marine Research Station (KMRS) represents the &#8216;gateway&#8217; to the Kimberley for independent marine research. Headed up by our Director James Brown (Marine Biologist, Australian Farmer of The Year), KMRS offers our pearl farm base, infrastructure, vessels, personnel and local knowledge to the wider science community as the first and only fully operational marine research facility in the region.<\/p><p>We are currently working on innovative breeding and farming programs to resolve the shell heath issues that have decimated the Australian pearling industry over the last decade, discovering the possibilities that lie within the &#8216;blue economy&#8217; and &#8216;blue carbon&#8217; as well as heading up collaborative research programs with other industry and universities from all over Australia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78dbcb5 elementor-align-center dark-button alt fadeup elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"78dbcb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kmrs.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit Kimberley Marine Research Station Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6c05e reveal elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f6c05e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cygnetbaypearlfarm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marine-research-station-image-1600x1125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14635\" alt=\"A scientist works at Cygnet Bay, on a boat on the sea. 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