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Citizen science guidelines in recreational fishing

Project number: 2023-108
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $98,840.00
Principal Investigator: Bridie Schultz
Organisation: Sativus Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 3 Nov 2024 - 30 Jan 2026
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Need

Many aspects of marine systems, including diverse species, habitats, and environmental issues, need expansive research to better understand and manage sustainability of the fishing and aquaculture industry. Unfortunately, data collection is one of the most resource-intensive aspects of science and can hinder the progression of commodity-specific research and development (R&D). This project will develop best practice guidelines for the creation, execution, evaluation, and evolution of citizen science projects that specifically address research data collection in the Australian aquaculture industry, which will contribute to research outcomes that facilitate long term productivity and sustainability of the industry. For more than 50 years, formal citizen science programs have proven to be an effective way for communities to contribute to R&D by collecting scientific data that drives decision making and creates innovative solutions.
This project involves a four-stage approach to enhancing R&D practices for recreational fishers, fisheries scientists, and fisheries managers by providing researchers with industry-specific information to design citizen science projects that actively engage recreational fishers. The approach provides flexibility and agility to ensure the project can achieve high quality deliverables, on time, and in budget:
1. Consultation with industry stakeholders to determine current barriers and opportunities to developing, implementing, evaluating, and evolving citizen science projects targeted at recreational fishers.
2. Desktop review and global “environmental scan” to best characterise citizen science programs, projects, and frameworks relevant to recreational fishing.
3. Development of researcher citizen science guidelines for recreational fishing that provides detailed information pertinent to industry challenges and opportunities. The guidelines will be led by the results of Stages 1 and 2, and will be intuitive, user-friendly and easily updated in the future.
4. Industry communication of the guidelines to ensure streamlined adoption by researchers and improved return on investment for this project.
Strategies to amplify collaborative and sustainable citizen science opportunities identified during this project will enhance FRDC R&D outcomes 3 (a culture that is inclusive and forward thinking) and 5 (community trust, respect, and value). The guidelines will help build an environment where researchers work directly with recreational fishers, which will promote inclusivity with stakeholders, harness the wealth of local ecological expertise and foster a solution-driven culture throughout the supply chain.

Objectives

1. Characterisation of citizen science programs, projects, and frameworks relevant to recreational fishing in Australia.
2. Facilitating the identification, design, and impact measurement of marine-based citizen science programs that are of benefit to recreational fishers in Australia.
3. Provision of guidelines to citizen science practitioners to optimise community engagement and outcomes in marine-based citizen science projects.
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Capability & Capacity: 2024 Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo North America and Conference

Project number: 2023-102
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $59,443.73
Principal Investigator: Clayton M. Nelson
Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date: 31 Jan 2024 - 21 Dec 2024
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Need

Providing opportunities for fishing and aquaculture stakeholders to engage with the latest global information and technology, learn and network from leaders, innovators and practitioners in the electric and hybrid marine space is key to enabling innovation and adoption. Participants will experience and engage with technology, approaches and people via the expo and conference program.

Through attending, participants will build their capabilities and share knowledge with peers/stakeholders to inform, enable and drive change in Australia. The project intends to maintain momentum through this investment, empowering stakeholders to communicate and extend their experiences to contextualise opportunities for Australia and encourage future participation and attendance at similar events.

Objectives

1. Support up to 10 people to attend 2024 Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo North America Exhibition and Conference
2. Enable global, local, connection and collaboration across traditional and emerging sectors

Final report

Author: Clayton Nelson
Final Report • 2024-05-01 • 371.38 KB
2023-102-DLD.pdf

Summary

I believe the value that bursary recipients received from attending the Electric and Hybrid Expo was valuable in a number of ways. The networking opportunity for the younger members was valuable as they all shared experiences and were a little removed from what was happening on a global stage for alternative sources of propulsion and energy. The balance of a couple of older heads like Mike and myself balanced out  "what needs to be done / what can be done” across various industry applications.
I note that the US Expo was of a much smaller size than the European Expo and did not have the displays and working models available to interact with. There is no doubt that a visit to the European Expo for Seafood industry participants would be very valuable. This should be targeted at those parts of industry than could not attend the US forum due to season dates ( ie Trawl).
The participation of Dr Jennifer Marshall gave those attending a link into the FRDC executive and the relationship will be further strengthen by her attendance and interaction with the team.
Clayton Nelson
Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd.
 
 
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-099
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a temperature monitoring framework for Tasmania's seafood industry during marine heatwaves

Marine heatwaves can have devastating impacts on marine ecosystems, with a strong El Nino event forecast in Australia for the summer/autumn of 2023-24. Forecasts by CSIRO indicated sustained increases in water temperatures down the east coast of Tasmania with potential to significantly affect...
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
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