The following themes are a starting point for our conference programme.  This list is indicative only and special sessions may be added.​

You will be able to select from the topic list below when submitting your abstract, please select the topic you believe best reflects your presentation. 

The final conference programme will endeavour to reflect the topics below, however this is dependent on the number of abstracts submitted and their content.

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• Antarctica

• Anthropogenic impacts

• Aotearoa and the UN Ocean Decade

• Aquatic ecosystems

• Biodiversity 

• Biogenic habitats

• Blue Carbon

• Climate change

• Community action 

• Cumulative effects of stressors on Aquatic Ecosystems

• Deep Sea

• Education and outreach

• Finfish Aquaculture

• Fiordland Fiords

• Fish and fisheries

• Foveaux Strait / Te Ara a Kiwa

• Genetics

• Marine Biosecurity

• Marine Connectivity

• Marine heatwaves and temperature stress

• Marine management

• Marine megafauna

• Mātauranga Māori

• Microbiota

• Microplastics

• Ocean Energy Production

• Oceanography

• Open Ocean Aquaculture

• Organic Carbon in Marine Environments

• Pollution and contaminants

• Restoration ecology, habitats, and methods

• Science, management, conservation, and policy

• Seabirds

• Seaweed aquaculture and high value products

• Seaweed ecology and physiology

• Sediment and sedimentation

• Shellfish Aquaculture

• Soft sediment ecosystems and estuaries

• Sustainability