PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-111 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Mitigating threatened species bycatch in gillnet fisheries ORGANISATION: Charles Darwin University (CDU) TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Sustainability Bycatch SPECIES Barramundi
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-155 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Prawn trawl sea-snake bycatch reduction device - Assessment, refinement, and extension ORGANISATION: Sea Harvest Fishing Company Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Wa Fisheries Management Environmental Impact Bycatch SPECIES Prawns
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 • 2023-039 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessing the effectiveness of LEDs, T90 cod-end/grid trawl systems and net modifications for reducing bycatch and improving efficiency and selectivity of catches in South Australian prawn fisheries ORGANISATION: Flinders University TAGS Trawl Rac Sa Innovation Efficiency Bycatch SPECIES Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-009 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Reducing impacts on threatened, endangered, and protected species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Rac Qld Education Capacity Building Bycatch SPECIES Prawns Skates Rays
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Abundance, population modelling, and potential biological removal estimates for Common Dolphins in Spencer Gulf: implications for the South Australian Sardine Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Adelaide TAGS Sustainability Stakeholder Rac Sa Population Dynamics Observer SPECIES Sardines
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-109 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Australian Council of Prawn Fishers Industry Partnership Agreement - Environment RD&E Program ORGANISATION: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF) TAGS Trawl Technology Transfer Marine Plastics Bycatch SPECIES Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-173 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Science to support Australia's Southern Oceans Fisheries 2024-2028 ORGANISATION: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) TAGS Tagging Stock Assessment Commercial Species Bycatch SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-196 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Removing seabirds from the otterboard trawler danger zone. ORGANISATION: South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) TAGS Rac Cmwth Fisheries Management Bycatch Aquaculture
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