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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-040

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Aquatic animal welfare – a review of guidance documents and legislation

This report provides a contemporary review of aquatic animal welfare in Australia, focussing on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods that are captured or farmed in the commercial wild capture, aquaculture and recreational fishing sectors in Australia. It also reviews the welfare of aquatic animals used...

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Panaquatic Health Solutions Pty Ltd

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-122

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Review of fishery resource access and allocation arrangements across Australian jurisdictions

In 2010, the Australian Fisheries Managers Forum listed access and allocation as one of the top priority policy issues to be addressed in Australian fisheries. Subsequently, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) formed a working group to examine possible approaches to access...

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Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-053

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Enhancing the understanding of the value provided to fisheries by man-made aquatic structures

In 2018, the state’s recreational and commercial fishers (represented by the peak bodies Recfishwest and WAFIC) commissioned a program of research as part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation project aimed at documenting the social and economic values and benefits that stakeholders...

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Curtin University

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-250

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WAFIC, Recfishwest, DPIRD and SSPWA attendance at 'Engaging Leaders Innovating Across Sectors' (ELIAS)

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Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-093

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Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2018

Since 1991 ABARES has published detailed production and trade data annually in Australian fisheries statistics, now renamed Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics. The publication is designed to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industries, fisheries managers, policymakers and...

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Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-049

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A Better Way to Fish: testing the feasibility of tunnel net ‘fish trap’ gear in North Queensland

This study found that tunnel nets are technically feasible in this location. In spite of the weather conditions, the fishing gear remained intact and successfully captured significant numbers of marketable fishes. Importantly, SOCI species were released alive and in excellent condition, as were...

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James Cook University (JCU)

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Threatened Endangered Protected Species

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-107

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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...

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Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

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Individual Transferable Quota

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King Prawns

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-212

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Development and ongoing Maintenance of an Australian Standard for aquatic plant names

This project has started as a concept and has culminated in the publishing of AS 5301- the Australian Standard for Aquatic Plant Names. This is recognised as being a “world’s first” and has resulted in an industry agreed list of names at the start of this highly important...

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Alan Snow Konsulting

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-049

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Monitoring and mitigating interactions between small pelagic fisheries and dolphins: literature review and analysis of fishery data

This review compares approaches taken to monitor and mitigate common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) interactions with the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) with those taken for protected species interactions with other fisheries for small pelagic species, including Australia’s Commonwealth...

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University of Adelaide

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Threatened Endangered Protected Species

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-021

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