PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-084 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capability & Capacity: advancing education & career pathways through collaboration (inc. National Food & Fibre Education Strategy) ORGANISATION: Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) TAGS Workforce Education Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-082 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2022 ORGANISATION: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES TAGS Trade Fisheries Management Economic Data Consumer
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-075 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Seafood Careers Australia platform - technical build ORGANISATION: Icon Agency TAGS Workforce Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-072 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Educational travel trip for Ocean Trap and Line industry development to explore alternative fishing practices which help prevent TEP species interactions and ghost fishing ORGANISATION: OceanWatch Australia Ltd TAGS Rac Wa Rac Nsw Innovation Fishing Gear Capacity Building SPECIES Ocean Jacket Mulloway Snapper Yellowtail Kingfish Eastern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-067 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Investigative tour to World Fisheries Congress, Boston Seafood Show and Electric and Hybrid Maritime Expo (2024) ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Travel Bursary Sustainability Climate Resilience Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-062 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Methods to account for climate impacts in fishery models and management: Case study example of environmental contributors that affect Tiger Prawn population dynamics ORGANISATION: CSIRO Agriculture and Food Bribie Island TAGS Rac Cmwth Modelling Ecosystem Climate Mitigation Climate Adaptation SPECIES Tiger Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-060 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Pursuing Marine Stewardship Council Certification for the Australian Southern Rock Lobster fisheries ORGANISATION: Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL) TAGS Social Acceptability Market Opportunities Fisheries Management SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-040 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing stock assessment approaches and management frameworks for enhanced and environmentally driven stocks: an inland fisheries case study ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW) TAGS Stock Assessment Recreational Fishing Rac Vic Rac Sa Rac Qld SPECIES Silver Perch Golden Perch Freshwater Catfish Murray Cods
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 • 2023-036 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Understanding drivers of jellyfish blooms in the Hawkesbury estuary ORGANISATION: Griffith University Gold Coast Campus TAGS Trawl Rac Nsw SPECIES Prawns