Australia’s Commonwealth, state and territory governments together with regulatory bodies and local authorities have worked in partnership with the fishing industry, scientists, economists, environmental non-government organisations to establish
management frameworks for fishing in...
The Award recipient participated in the annual ICES-FAO Fishing Technology and Fish
Behaviour Working Group (ICES-FAO WGFTFB) meeting on April 8 - 12, 2019. This
meeting was hosted by Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China, although each year the
meeting is held in a different location. The...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
This report covers the second of two CSIRO contributions to the project FRDC 2018-197. This project was reviewing FRDC research objectives through a process that developed alternative scenarios of possible futures relevant to Australian fisheries. Discussed here is the development of a...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Following on from the success of the 2012 and 2015 National Recreational Fishing Conferences, the Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation was successful in securing a funding grant from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) to deliver a National Recreational Fishing Conference...
This project focused on restoring tidal connectivity to a portion of the Clarence River estuary (Lake Wooloweyah) to enhance fisheries productivity. The work provides a case study for similar initiatives in other estuaries.
The overall objective of this study is to provide critical background knowledge to support the reexpansion of Queensland oyster aquaculture, which has been experiencing low levels of production since the 1920s. Once the epicentre of the oyster industry in Australia (Schrobback, 2015),...
Currently, the most significant gap in our knowledge in
assessing the status of community-shared fisheries is determining the relative
contribution by the recreational sector. To explore this issue, a two-day
national workshop was held from 10-12 July 2018 at the South
Australian Research and...