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Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-309
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Community perceptions of fishing: implications for industry image, marketing and sustainability

A pioneering national study of Australian public perceptions, knowledge and attitudes towards the fishing industry, has been completed. It covers the commercial, recreational and traditional fishing sectors, and also examines seafood consumption and factors likely to affect future consumption....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Adoption
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-008
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of seal fishery interactions in the South East Trawl Fishery (SETF) and the development of fishing practices and seal exclusion devices (SEDs) in the winter blue grenadier fishery to mitigate seal bycatch by SETF trawlers

Introducing a Code of Fishing Practice aimed at avoiding seals appeared to halve the incidence of seal bycatch in this fishery. In SED trials, the problems of fish-loss via the SED escape hatch and net blockage via the SED grid were solved by changes in SED design. Although the effectiveness of most...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-202
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Monitoring the catch of turtles in the Northern Prawn Fishery

Bycatch, the catch of non-target species, is a significant issue in many of the world's fisheries. Sea turtles are of particular concern given their endangered status and the considerable numbers caught, and occasionally killed, worldwide in commercial fishery operations. Trawl fisheries, in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-166
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Estimation of gross value of fisheries production

To meet the needs of the fishing industry and fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers, ABARE has been publishing on an annual basis, detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics since 1991. The research undertaken in this project (98/166) produced data on the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-118
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of factors influencing prices of domestic seafoods

Australian fisheries are managed by governments to ensure that commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable and economically efficient manner. Fisheries management decisions influence the level of catch from a fishery, either directly through setting the total allowable catches that the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determination of Australian fisheries statistics 1994-95 to 1996-97

This project was undertaken to maintain and develop the collection of industry production, value of production and trade data. These are the only collated, published source of information on commercial industry catches and are used for a wide range of purposes , including determination of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
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