PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-072 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Educational travel trip for Ocean Trap and Line industry development to explore alternative fishing practices which help prevent TEP species interactions and ghost fishing ORGANISATION: OceanWatch Australia Ltd TAGS Rac Wa Rac Nsw Innovation Fishing Gear Capacity Building SPECIES Ocean Jacket Mulloway Snapper Yellowtail Kingfish Eastern Rock Lobster
Investigative tour to World Fisheries Congress, Boston Seafood Show and Electric and Hybrid Maritime Expo (2024) Project number: 2023-067 Project Status: Completed Budget expenditure: $28,500.00 Principal Investigator: Clayton M. Nelson Organisation: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd Project start/end date: 20 Dec 2023 - 25 Apr 2024 Contact: FRDC TAGS Travel Bursary Sustainability Climate Resilience Capacity Building Need Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC. Objectives Commercial in confidence
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-066 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Metal Detector installation on Toothfish vessels to improve PIT tag recovery rates ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Stock Assessment Post Harvest Commercial Species SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Design of a fishery independent longline survey for chondrichthyans in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Survey Rac Nt Fisheries Management Abundance
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-062 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Methods to account for climate impacts in fishery models and management: Case study example of environmental contributors that affect Tiger Prawn population dynamics ORGANISATION: CSIRO Agriculture and Food Bribie Island TAGS Rac Cmwth Modelling Ecosystem Climate Mitigation Climate Adaptation SPECIES Tiger Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-060 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Pursuing Marine Stewardship Council Certification for the Australian Southern Rock Lobster fisheries ORGANISATION: Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL) TAGS Social Acceptability Market Opportunities Fisheries Management SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-058 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Aboriginal Fisheries Business Development Program ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW) TAGS Rac Nsw Indigenous Development Business
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-052 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Novel fishery independent, biological and economic-processing methods to underpin expansion of Australia's fastest growing fishery, the Western Rock Octopus ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Rac Wa Economic SPECIES Octopuses
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-042 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Development of molecular detection methods for myxosporean parasites infecting Yellowtail Kingfish and Mahi Mahi ORGANISATION: RMIT University Bundoora Campus TAGS Seafood Quality Rac Nsw Diagnostic Consumer SPECIES Yellowtail Kingfish Mahi Mahis
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-041 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Targeted research to detect and reduce the impact of Kudoa-Unicapsula-Soft-Flesh Syndrome (KUSFS) in Australian Yellowtail Kingfish and Mahi Mahi. ORGANISATION: CSIRO Agriculture and Food St Lucia TAGS Seafood Quality Rac Nsw Diagnostic Consumer SPECIES Yellowtail Kingfish Mahi Mahis