Brett Fenton
About Brett
Brett Fenton is the Chief Operations Officer at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Background
Brett is the Chief Operating Officer at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS). SIMS is a unique collaborative marine research centre in the heart of Sydney harbour, which drives innovation in Marine Conservation. Brett is passionate about sustainability, science communication, and community engagement. Brett grew up surfing and with a love of the ocean from a young age.
Articles by Brett
From surfing came a love of the ocean
From surfing came a love of the ocean
Brett Fenton, now a global leader in marine conservation, developed a lifelong love of the ocean through a childhood up and down the New South Wales c...
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Sydney Harbour – a river valley flooded in the last ice age
Sydney Harbour – a river valley flooded in the last ice age
What is now Sydney Harbour, 12,000 years ago was a river valley that was drowned. Water flooded in and the sea level rose 120 metres
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Connection with nature turns hope into action
Connection with nature turns hope into action
According to marine conservation leader Brett Fenton, hope is important, but not enough. But having a deep connection to the environment that we live ...
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Encounter with a seal in Sydney Harbour
Encounter with a seal in Sydney Harbour
Ocean lover Brett Fenton describes a very special encounter with a seal in the heart of Sydney Harbour
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Restoring Sydney Harbour’s seagrass
Restoring Sydney Harbour’s seagrass
This unique marine restoration project is working to restore Sydney Harbour's beautiful seagrass meadows - crucial habitat for marine biodiversity
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Restoring urchin barrens in Sydney Harbour
Restoring urchin barrens in Sydney Harbour
Sea-urchins have over-adapted to urbanisation and their proliferation is causing urchin 'barrens', areas devoid of kelp and seaweed. A project is tack...
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Project Restore: Bringing marine life back into Sydney Harbour
Project Restore: Bringing marine life back into Sydney Harbour
Project restore is a leader globally in moving beyond habitat-by-habitat marine restoration to provide an example of how multi-habitat restoration can...
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Sydney Harbour’s extraordinary marine biodiversity
Sydney Harbour’s extraordinary marine biodiversity
In and around Sydney Harbour, we have over 600 unique species of fish. To put that in context, that's the same biodiversity as the entirety of the Eur...
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Restoring Sydney Harbour's marine biodiversity with Brett Fenton
Restoring Sydney Harbour's marine biodiversity with Brett Fenton
Learn more about SIMS's work to restore Sydney Harbour's marine habitats in this educational video with Brett Fenton.
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Living Seawalls for Sydney Harbour
Living Seawalls for Sydney Harbour
In Sydney Harbour, certainly upriver, nearly 100% of the natural shoreline has been transformed to artificial shorelines. This remarkable restoration ...
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Sydney inspiring global leadership on marine restoration
Sydney inspiring global leadership on marine restoration
The Sydney Institute of Marine Science is leading groundbreaking marine restoration research, bringing marine life back into Sydney harbour, and poten...
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Saving White’s Seahorse
Saving White’s Seahorse
An incredible project in the heart of Sydney harbour aims to save one of the world's two endangered species of Seahorse - the beautiful, tiny, White's...
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