PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-161 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Industry travel bursary to attend the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) ORGANISATION: Atlantis Fisheries Consulting Group (AFCG) TAGS Stakeholder Recreational Fishing Rac Cmwth Migration Funding & Investment SPECIES Skates Rays
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-159 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Survey Stock Assessment Stakeholder Population Dynamics Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-148 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme 2019-2022 ORGANISATION: CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory TAGS Training Management Fishing Technology Biosecurity Aquaculture
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-144 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Cultivation trials of the red seaweed Asparagopsis armata and A. taxiformis ORGANISATION: University of Adelaide TAGS Seaweed Rac Sa Climate Mitigation
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-140 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Presentation at World Congress of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Xiamen, China) on Biosecurity and Aquatic Animal Health ORGANISATION: Pearl Producers Association (PPA) TAGS Sustainability Reproduction Policy Nutrition Market Opportunities SPECIES West Australian Dhufish Pearl Perches Pearl Oysters
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-130 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Larval dispersal for Southern Rock Lobster and Longspined sea urchin to support management decisions ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania TAGS Rac Vic Rac Tas Rac Sa SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Blacklip Abalone Greenlip Abalone Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-129 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications The project involves the evaluation of trials of auto-longlines to target Gummy Shark in Bass Strait. ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Wild Catch Recreational Fishing Rac Cmwth Fishing Gear Economic SPECIES Snapper School Shark Whiskery Shark Broadnose Shark Morwongs FINAL REPORT • PUBLISHED DATE: 08 Apr 2022 2019-129-DLD.pdf
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 • 2019-124 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Shared science and Indigenous knowledge to support fisheries capacity building in Torres Strait ORGANISATION: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart TAGS Training Traditional Trade Resource Access And Allocation Research SPECIES Tropical Rock Lobsters Sea Cucumbers
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-112 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessing the impacts of trawl gear on sawfishes in the Northern Prawn Fishery with the aim to identify and test mitigation measures ensuring the long-term sustainability of Sawfish populations in northern Australia ORGANISATION: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart TAGS Rac Cmwth SPECIES Prawns