PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-067 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Investigative tour to World Fisheries Congress, Boston Seafood Show and Electric and Hybrid Maritime Expo (2024) ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Travel Bursary Sustainability Climate Resilience Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-066 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Metal Detector installation on Toothfish vessels to improve PIT tag recovery rates ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Stock Assessment Post Harvest Commercial Species SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-164 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Tropical fish traps – addressing ghost fishing impacts and refinements to catch reporting/sampling ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Nt Pollution Environmental Impact Commercial Species
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-001 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Exploring changes in recreational fishing participation and catch due to COVID-19 – A WA case study ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Wa BROCHURE • PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Feb 2024 2022-001-booklet.pdf
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 • 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 • 2020-118 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Pre feasibility for a zero emission fishing fleet - Prawn fishing case study ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd SPECIES Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-054 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing innovations with Australian wild catch fisheries ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd
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 • 2019-145 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Chemical profiling of Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) from the Heard Island and McDonald Islands fishery ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish