PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-108 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT TNFD (Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosure) - "Blue TNFD Pilot" - Three Case Studies Applying The TNFD Nature Related Risk and Opportunity Management and Disclosure Framework to Commercial Fisheries: Austral Fisheries, Western Rock Lobster Council (WRL) and Spencer Gulf and West Coast Fishermen’s Association (Spencer Gulf Prawns) ORGANISATION: Savoir Consulting TAGS Climate Resilience SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish Western Rock Lobster King Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT WRL Communication, Education and Engagement Program ORGANISATION: Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC) TAGS Wild Catch Survey Social Science Social Science Community SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-091 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Whale entanglement mitigation program – understanding whale population dynamics, entanglement dynamics and gear modifications to reduce entanglements in WRL gear ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-030 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Digital transformation of the WRL industry to help resolve challenges and leverage opportunities to grow GVP and maintain competitiveness ORGANISATION: Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC) SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-123 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Biology and Ecology Program: Strategically targeting research on Panulirus cygnus and its ecosystem to suit the needs of the WRL fishing industry and stakeholders ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Sustainability SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-004 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT The impact and implication of Perkinsus olseni on Australian abalone fisheries ORGANISATION: University of Adelaide TAGS Health And Safety Fisheries Management Economic Animal Health SPECIES Blacklip Abalone Roe's Abalone Greenlip Abalone
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 • 2019-130 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 • 2019-101 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Wild Catch Threatened Endangered Protected Species Stock Assessment Stakeholder Safety SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-099 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Climate driven shifts in benthic habitat composition as a potential demographic bottleneck for Western Rocklobster: understanding the role of recruitment habitats to better predict the under-size lobster population for fishery sustainability ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Modelling Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster