PROJECT NUMBER
•
2008-052
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
SPECIES
9 results
Attending the international marine mammal - gillnet bycatch mitigation workshop
Project number:
2011-407
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$3,166.26
Principal Investigator:
Neil Hughes
Organisation:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Project start/end date:
13 Oct 2011
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29 Jan 2012
Contact:
FRDC
The Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery is facing a number of issues to do with marine marine interactions, particularly with Australian Sea Lion and dolphins. There are a range of possible management responses, but some uncertainty about the effectiveness of these approaches. An understanding of emerging solution and international best practice will position AFMA to best negotiate chnages in the fishery to deliver outcomes consistent with the Fisheries Management Act 1999. While attendance at the Workshop will support management of the fishery, attendance is not a core business element of the current position. Attendance at the Workshop will allow a quick and practical understaning of management and other responses for the fishery, well in advance of the emergence of scientific or management literature on the issue.
1. To better understand marine mamal interactions in gillnet fisheries.
2. To understand the range of practical management or other measures to reduce interactions.
3. To forge links with researchers and managers who can provide ongoing technical assistance for managing the fishery.
Final report
Author:
Neil Hughes
Tactical Research Fund: improved line weighting method for tuna longline fishing using live-baiting to mitigate sea bird bycatch and improve worker safety
Project number:
2012-407
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$14,999.00
Organisation:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Project start/end date:
31 Aug 2012
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31 Aug 2013
Contact:
FRDC
The Commonwealth has listed the incidental capture of seabirds in oceanic longlining as a key threatening process.
Australia has a Threat Abatement Plan for the incidental catch (of bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations (TAP). The TAP sets out actions that must be followed to mitigate seabird bycatch, including line weighting, catch rate triggers and management responses.
AFMA requires all Commonwealth longline fisheries to implement line weighting and other seabird bycatch mitigation measures. Despite these, in previous years there has been protracted daylight setting bans in key sub-areas of the ETBF, where live bait is used (and large economic impact), because of seabird bycatch incidents. This demonstrates that the current measures are not fully effective. Live bait increases seabird bycatch risk but are used to maintain target species catch rates.
AFMA is aware of four ‘flyback’ incidents where a crew member was hit by a line weight and hospitalised. An AFMA observer was also recently injured by a ‘flyback’ and is subject to a Comcare claim.
New line weighting regimes trialled in Australia using dead bait in 2010 showed that a ‘sliding’ 40g weight at or near the hook is potentially safer for crew, cheaper, improves sink rates and reduces risks of seabird bycatch, while maintaining fish catch rates. However, a significant proportion of fishers use live baits for which the 40g line weighting regime is insufficient.
Moving the weight to be at or near the hook dramatically increases the sink rate. However, the effects on the life status of live bait (and fish catch rates) have not yet been tested and fishers continue to prefer not to move weights nearer to the hook. This trial will investigate the impact of 60g weights within 1 meter of the hook on bait life status and catch rates.
1. Evaluate the effects of 60g sliding weights placed within 1 m of the hook on the life status of live baits.
Final report
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-203
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
SESSF Monitoring and Assessment – Strategic Review
The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multi-species, multi-gear, multijurisdictional Commonwealth fishery. It is a fishery of substantial economic and social importance to
Australia, as a key provider of high quality fish products to Australian markets. More than 600...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2003-061
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of alternative strategies for management of Commonwealth fisheries in southeastern Australia
In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2016-059
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Guidance on Adaptation of Commonwealth Fisheries management to climate change
This project is comprised of four key components:
(i) FRDC Final Report (Appendices 3-5 are provided as standalone documents);
(ii) Adaptation Handbook (designed to help fisheries managers, operators – and anyone else helping to support fisheries – step through a risk assessment and...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1996-129
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2018-077
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Implementation workshop for the effective adoption of the outcomes from the SESSF Declining Indicators project
The key outcome of this project is the implementation plan at Appendix 1 which provides a comprehensive, prioritised list of actions for the SESSF as it transitions to a new harvest strategy framework. The implementation plan also provides a framework for ongoing governance and reporting to ensure...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2008-078
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
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