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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-082
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Ensuring monitoring and management of bycatch in Southern Rock Lobster fisheries is best practice

Bycatch is an important issue in fisheries worldwide, with the impacts of fishing activities on non-targeted species and the wider marine environment receiving increasing public attention. Issues such as the potential wastage of resources through discarding of unwanted catch, ecological impacts on...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Threatened Endangered Protected Species
Stakeholder
Mortality
Data
Bycatch
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
Communities
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-210
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National fisheries and aquaculture industry social and economic contributions study: Phase 1

This report presents estimates of the economic contribution of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industries to the Australian community for 2017/18. It forms part of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Contributions Study (FRDC project 2017-210) which was funded by the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
TAGS
Social Science
Social Science
Resource Access And Allocation
Human Dimensions Research
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-418
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National people development: Building education and training pathways for research and development adoption

The Building Education and Training Pathways for research and development ( R&D) Adoption Project commenced in March 2017. The project explored how Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) could more effectively engage with education and training providers to create opportunities...
ORGANISATION:
Anwen Lovett Consulting
TAGS
Training
Innovation
Education
Animal Health
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-409
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

WINSC - Providing pathways for the involvement of women in seafood industry development

The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) was formed in 1996 by a group of women fishing in South Australia and that later evolved into the Women’s Industry Network Seafood Community (WINSC). WINSC is a not for profit organisation to support the operation of the network. WINSC builds the...
ORGANISATION:
Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA)
TAGS
Workforce
Survey
Stakeholder
Leadership
Community
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-040
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic animal welfare – a review of guidance documents and legislation

This report provides a contemporary review of aquatic animal welfare in Australia, focussing on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods that are captured or farmed in the commercial wild capture, aquaculture and recreational fishing sectors in Australia. It also reviews the welfare of aquatic animals used...
ORGANISATION:
Panaquatic Health Solutions Pty Ltd
TAGS
Policy
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
Animal Welfare
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-049
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Monitoring abalone juvenile abundance following removal of Centrostephanus and translocation

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...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Reproduction
Rac Vic
Fisheries Management
Depredation
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Sea Urchins
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ESD risk assessment for under-utilised species to facilitate structural reform of South Australia's commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery

South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) is facing a number of complex issues that are affecting business profitability and stock sustainability. One particular issue relates to the long-term reliance of the fishery on the three primary finfish species of King George Whiting, Snapper...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Underutilised
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Rac Sa
Profitability
SPECIES
Snapper
King George Whiting
Southern Garfish
Southern Calamari
Whitings
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