A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting
juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone,
Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed
ARMs at...
The 2023 National Centrostephanus Workshop was convened by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. The workshop brought together 130 representatives from industry, government, research, Aboriginal communities, recreational fishing groups, and the community to:
• Identify...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
This project investigated the extent to which trawled communities of Australia’s North-West Shelf have recovered from high levels of trawling before the exclusion of foreign fleets in 1990 and after the imposition of tight controls on trawl and trap fishing in the early 1990s. The results...
This project focused on addressing a key challenge of the Australian prawn industry: the reduction/removal of nitrogen (N) and the coagulation of suspended solids (including microalgae) to facilitate the expansion of the industry whilst continuing to meet these sustainability targets. The...
In Tasmania, farming of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L) has developed rapidly since the first
trials in 1985 and has grown progressively to the current 60,000 tonnes produced in 2020..
Salmon farming in open sea cages produces organic and inorganic wastes which have the
potential to impact the...
The ecological and social risk assessment detailed in the three volumes of this report was one of the projects funded through the NCCP.
The ecological component of the assessment was undertaken in two parts:
(a) A compilation of the science and epidemiology of CyHV-3 and an assessment of...
Summary
The overarching aim of this research was to provide an improved understanding of the environmental interactions of Atlantic Salmon farming and to provide recommendations to both government and industry on monitoring and management strategies that are appropriate to the level of risk...
The present study, undertaken by Charles Sturt University, was developed to investigate the potential for commercial, or subsidised, fishery exploitation to effectively control carp populations in Australia. Using published literature examples of fish (and other) vertebrate pest-removal...