PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-031 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Post graduate support for novel governance for a changing ocean ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Travel Bursary Leadership Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-011 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Sea Change: co-developing pathways to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Climate Resilience Climate Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-005 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Research to support the development of a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Rac Tas Fisheries Management Commercial Species Biomass SPECIES Sardines
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 • 2020-005 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing a cost-effective monitoring regime and stock assessment for Sand Flathead in Tasmania ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Stock Assessment Recreational Fishing Rac Tas Population Dynamics Migration SPECIES Southern Sand Flathead
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-128 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessing the benefits of sea urchin processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and soil ameliorant ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Waste Sustainability Rac Tas Physiology Market Opportunities SPECIES Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-075 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Recreational Southern Rock Lobster tagging program – assessing current data and modelling assumptions and approaches to establish a robust estimate This project assesses options for streamlining and improving the current electronic reporting process (VicRLTag app) based on an evaluation of the first three years of the Victorian Recreational Rock Lobster Tagging Program. ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Stakeholder Social Science Social Science Resource Sharing Resource Sharing SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-028 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Physiology Mortality Audit Animal Welfare Animal Health SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-067 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Socio-economic characterisation of a small scale commercial fishery: opportunities to improve viability and profitability in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Wild Catch Wellbeing Trade Supply & Demand Social Science SPECIES Snook Banded Morwong Jackass Morwong Silver Trevally Southern Garfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-101 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Modification of fishery assessment and modelling processes to better take account of changes in population structure, specifically animal size, on catch rate data ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Stock Assessment Population Dynamics Harvest Strategy Fishing Gear SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster