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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-203
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SESSF Monitoring and Assessment – Strategic Review

The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multi-species, multi-gear, multijurisdictional Commonwealth fishery. It is a fishery of substantial economic and social importance to Australia, as a key provider of high quality fish products to Australian markets. More than 600...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-006
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Estimating fishing mortality of major target species and species of conservation interest in the Queensland east coast shark fishery

Fishing mortality rates for the major targeted and byproduct species of sharks landed by the Queensland East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery (ECIFFF) have been estimated. The effects of these fishing mortality rates on population persistence for these species have also been modelled with demographic...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-007
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Shark and other chondrichthyan byproduct and bycatch estimation in the SEF Trawl and non-trawl Sectors

The project met all four objectives completely and the outputs from the project are important inputs for the management of byproduct and bycatch. Data from the Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program (ISMP) and from fisher logbooks were analysed for the South Eastern Trawl Fishery (SETF) during...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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