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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-048

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Improving mortality rate estimates for management of the Queensland Saucer Scallop fishery

This research was undertaken on the Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) fishery in southeast Queensland, which is an important component of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (QECOTF). The research was undertaken by a collaborative team from the Queensland Department...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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Ballot's Saucer Scallop

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-047

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COMPLETED

Understanding environmental and fisheries factors causing fluctuations in mud crab and blue swimmer crab fisheries in northern Australia to inform harvest strategies

This project investigated relationships between environmental factors and harvests of crabs in the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), northern Australia. Desktop correlative analyses clearly indicated that recent fluctuations in the catches of Giant Mud Crabs in the GoC are most likely driven by...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-126

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CURRENT

Environment Social Governance (ESG) framework plan for fisheries and aquaculture

ORGANISATION:

ERM Australia Consultants Pty Ltd

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-098

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COMPLETED

Southern Bluefin Tuna: Changing The Trajectory

Life on the Line is the true story of the Southern Bluefin Tuna, its biological traits and its history of exploitation and most recently its recovery. This documentary covers how research, managers and the fishing industry - commercial and recreational have contributed to the recovering status of...

ORGANISATION:

Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-097

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COMPLETED

Reducing bycatch using modifications to sweeps and lines anterior to the trawl mouth - collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods and there has been a great deal of work done over the past few decades to develop modifications that reduce unwanted bycatches. Much of this work has focussed on modifications at, or near, the codend (at the aft section) of trawls,...

ORGANISATION:

IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-140

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CURRENT

Digitising the Western Rock Lobster Industry

ORGANISATION:

Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-070

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COMPLETED

Opportunities and impacts of range extending scalefish species: understanding population dynamics, ecosystem impacts and management needs

This work set out to quantify the biology and diet of three key range-shifting species in Tasmania with both recreational and commercial fishery value. The project was heavily reliant on engagement from the recreational fishing community and multiple citizen science initiatives, as well as...

ORGANISATION:

University of Tasmania

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-205

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CURRENT

Role of marine reserves in sustainable management of Australia's ocean estate - review of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands bioregion

The statutory requirement to undertake a 10-year review of the Heard and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Marine Reserve led to a proposal to expand the HIMI marine reserve and include new National Park Zones (IUCN II) and Habitat Protection Zone (IUCN IV) arrangements. Subsequently, the total...

ORGANISATION:

TJB Management Pty Ltd

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Patagonian Toothfish

FRDC Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Alumni bursaries 2022

Project number: 2022-066

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $12,395.19

Principal Investigator: Sally Roberts

Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Project start/end date: 18 Sep 2022 - 1 Dec 2022

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FRDC

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Leadership

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Attend ARLF gala dinner on 26 October 2022, travel (flights, 1 night accommodation, incidentals) and ticket included in the bursary.
Attend Revive leadership Development 27-30 Oct, travel (flights, accommodation, incidentals) and ticket included in the bursary.

This provides an opportunity for the alumni to re-engage with networks, utilise and develop their capabilities which has both individual and collective industry capability and capacity benefits.