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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-107
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Attendance at the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, Tenure and User Rights Conference in Yeosu, Korea 10 to 14 September 2018

The present project, which was undertaken by Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, was developed to provide the opportunity to showcase the management arrangements in the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF) and expand the knowledge base in relation to contemporary management arrangements in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-045
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Measuring non-commercial fishing catches (traditional fishing) in the Torres Strait in order to improve fisheries management and promote sustainable livelihoods

Traditional fishing in the Torres Strait Region has, and continues to be, important for livelihood sustainability for all Torres Strait Islander communities, providing a source of kai kai or food, nutrition and other social, cultural and spiritual benefits. Protection of the marine environment and...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-018
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-055
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Developing a positive cultural attitude towards the capture and release of sharks and rays

This report summarises the outcomes of the Workshop on; prioritisation of species, identification of best-practice capture and handling, design of post-release survival studies, and development of effective communication campaigns, for developing positive behavioural change in recreational fishing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
SPECIES

Preliminary evaluation of electro stunning technology for farmed Barramundi

Project number: 2021-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $21,123.00
Principal Investigator: Brian Paterson
Organisation: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Brisbane
Project start/end date: 11 Nov 2021 - 28 Feb 2022
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES

Need

The Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA) called for an EOI via FRDC for a proposal to evaluate alternative humane harvest methods for farmed barramundi. Specifically, the ABFA identified electro-stunning as a technology of interest to further optimise animal welfare outcomes, while maintaining product quality. The association needs all available information reviewed to evaluate the technology’s potential and if recommended, to help shape the direction of future R&D into the suitability of electro-stunning for the barramundi industry. As a precursor to possible on-farm trials, the ABFA wants to better understand the nature of the technology and learn from international experience in other fish culture sectors. This full proposal addresses the ABFA’s desire for greater insight into; (a) consumer’s attitudes towards fish harvesting and slaughter; (b) the state of uptake of similar technologies by other aquaculture sectors; (c) how to adapt electro-stunning efficiently into a harvest process for a range of barramundi farm sites; (d) whether local or overseas manufacturers/agents can be engaged to co-fund tests of equipment on-farm; and (e) what requirements must be met to make that testing possible and how it would be conducted.
Approval of the EOI was subject to the full application addressing the need for the literature review to include any work on methodology for establishing product quality indicators in addition to welfare indicators (Condition 9).

Objectives

1. Information about electro-stunning in fish aquaculture (reports, publications, websites, media) found using broad and selective web-searching as well as via on-line databases and then compiled/prioritised into an organised electronic library. The other objectives are addressed from this starting point.
2. Identify declared attitudes and expectations of consumers, leading retailers, and animal welfare groups concerning electro-stunning of farmed fish
3. Identify farmed fish sectors using electro-stunning for slaughter or other purposes and the known pros and cons of integrating it into their operations (including demonstrated cost-benefit, and welfare and product quality outcomes).
4. Describe the principle/specifications of electro-stunning and its relevance to different barramundi producers for slaughter and other uses and the desired end points including the methods required to measure product quality and welfare indicators).
5. Shortlist equipment to be tested/adapted on farms and consider IP and partnering/co-funding options
6. Recommend the next steps and a possible structure for a proposal to ABFA that demonstrates the efficacy of the equipment

A Stock Assessment Toolbox for Australian Fisheries

Project number: 2018-148
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $179,630.00
Principal Investigator: Cathy M. Dichmont
Organisation: Cathy Dichmont Consulting
Project start/end date: 31 Dec 2018 - 30 Dec 2020
Contact:
FRDC

Need

A review of all stock assessments undertaken in Australia and packages in the USA was undertaken by the FRDC 2014-039 project. This project found that of the 76 data rich assessments developed in Australia, about 52 of these could have been undertaken using off the shelf (OTS) packages. Although developing bespoke packages has advantages, the OTS packages that are freely available for use by analysts, have been evaluated using simulations and been extensively peer reviewed. Due to time and financial constraints in Australia, there is a need for a more strategic view of the framework Australia should adopt with respect to stock assessments. For example, there is a greater need to rapidly assess not only data rich but also data poor fisheries’ stocks, which will need the increased use of OTS packages. Transition to these packages is hampered by several constraints: but mainly, the packages are not in a single location and capacity needs to be built in their use. There is thus a need to a) develop a toolbox that links to key freely available OTS packages, and b) allows Australian assessors to contribute their models, and c) provides resources for their use.

Objectives

1. Develop a resource for housing and linking to Australian and International stock assessment packages (the Toolbox).
2. Provide material that will value add expertise to aid use of the packages within the Toolbox.
3. Provide a platform for Australian assessments (with their associated resources) to be housed.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925994-23-0
Authors: C.M. Deng R.A. Dowling N. Punt A.E. Tsang A.
Final Report • 2021-04-30 • 1.34 MB
2018-148-DLD.pdf

Summary

Stock assessment scientists from CSIRO and Cathy Dichmont Consulting designed a web-based tool that collated freely available stock assessment packages (http://toolbox.frdc.com.au/).Web searches and global consultation with assessment scientists identified more than 100 assessment packages. These were assigned to one of 10 classes of assessments and evaluated as to whether they were state-of-the-art within their class. The website provides a novel feature that allows searching and filtering for packages basedon specific features from the extensive model specifications that are provided in a consistent manner between packages (http://toolbox.frdc.com.au/toolbox/). Test data and instructions for some packages are also provided as downloadable files (http://toolbox.frdc.com.au/instructions/for a scientist to run locally on their computer. The test data can also be used to simulation test other assessment methods since these simulated data have been produced from specified, and therefore known, population status and biology. An ability to link a specific stock assessment report to the web site is also provided so that users can search for past assessments reports. Presently there are more than 70 Australian stock assessment reports linked within this repository. This project’s work is also available as a journal publication (Dichmont et al. 2020;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105844)
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