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 Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Rac Qld Education Commercial Species Capacity Building SPECIES Prawns Skates Rays
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-064 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Responsible (animal welfare) fishing practice for the Australian Wild Prawn industry ORGANISATION: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF) TAGS Wild Catch Trawl Community Behaviour Animal Welfare SPECIES Royal Red Prawn Black Tiger Prawn Redspot King Prawn King Prawns Banana Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-019 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Removal of microalgae and total nitrogen in effluent water from prawn farms using electrocoagulation (EC) water treatment technology ORGANISATION: Nautilus Collaboration Pty Ltd TAGS Sustainability Innovation Environmental Impact Aquaculture SPECIES Black Tiger Prawn Banana 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 • 2021-082 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Nature-based solutions for prawn farm effluent using seaweed ORGANISATION: University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) SPECIES Black Tiger Prawn
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