Marine Life Society of South Australia

[1] In 2014 the society took a more outward facing approach than in previous years, presenting the inaugural Whyalla Underwater Shootout photography competition and an art exhibition at Port Noarlunga.

The society also responded to a variety of marine conservation issues including the potential impact of shipping noise on the Australian giant cuttlefish aggregation of Upper Spencer Gulf[2] and a mass stranding of sperm whales at Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula in December.

[5] The society also hosted an online photo index of species native to South Australian waters on its website,[6] though this was retired with the development of the Atlas of Living Australia and iNaturalist.org's databases.

In December 2013, a once-off grant to the Marine Discovery Centre at the Star of the Sea School was approved by the society's committee to sponsor the design, production and establishment of three outdoor interpretive signs.

The society has an extensive library of publications relevant to South Australian marine life which are available to members and to visitors to the Port Environment Centre where the collection is housed.