PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-028 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Development of resources and equipment to enable best practice in the humane dispatch of sharks caught by commercial fishers in the NT ORGANISATION: DigsFish Services Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Nt Animal Welfare
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-027 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Targeting behavioural change in fisheries and aquaculture ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Adaptation
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-023 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Reduction of oyster waste: Establishing best practices for controlling wild spat under commercial production ORGANISATION: End Food Waste Australia TAGS Technology Aquaculture SPECIES Sydney Rock Oyster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-012 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish longline fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Tagging Bycatch Animal Welfare SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish Skates
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-010 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessment of the interactive effects of climate change, floods and discard stress on the commercially important Mud Crab (Scylla serrata) and Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) - postgraduate ORGANISATION: Southern Cross University (SCU) National Marine Science Centre TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Nsw Discard Capacity Building Animal Health SPECIES Blue Swimmer Crab Mud Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-009 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Quantifying Banded Morwong, Bluethroat Wrasse and Purple Wrasse abundance and movements to sustain key fisheries in Tasmania - postgraduate ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Tas Data Capacity Building Abundance SPECIES Banded Morwong Wrasses
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-008 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Towards healthy and sustainable freshwater fish populations – assessing genetic health of priority fish species to inform management ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW) TAGS Stock Assessment Restocking Rac Nsw Broodstock Biomass SPECIES Silver Perch Golden Perch Murray Cods
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-006 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing a harvest control rule to use in situations where depletion can no longer be calculated relative to unfished levels ORGANISATION: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart TAGS Stock Assessment Rac Cmwth Harvest Strategy
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-003 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Evaluating the economic and environmental return on investment of modern fish screens ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW) TAGS Rac Nsw Freshwater
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-001 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Exploring changes in recreational fishing participation and catch due to COVID-19 – A WA case study ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Wa