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PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-051
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National Fisheries Technical Workshop Series: "Recreational Fishing: What's The Catch"

This Workshop entitled 'Recreational fish­ing: what's the catch?' continues the series, commenced in 1985 by the Australian Society for Fish Biology. The major objec­tive of the Workshops has been to promote the opportunity, during the Society's Annual Conference, for the national fish and fisheries...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc

National fisheries technical workshop series - Larval Biology and Recruitment processes

Project number: 1991-095
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $44,153.00
Principal Investigator: John Glaister
Organisation: Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1992 - 31 Dec 1992
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To hold the annual workshop and conference for the ASFB
2. To hold workshops on Larval Biology and recruitment processes

Final report

Author: John Glaister
Final Report • 2017-09-29 • 241.60 KB
1991-095-DLD.pdf

Summary

The two workshops were hosted by CSIRO Division of Fisheries and enjoyed the professional backup of its excellent Hobart facilities. The workshop on "Larval Biology" which was held on August 20, 1991 was aimed at resolving concerns that fisheries scientists working on the same commercial species in different laboratories were having difficulty in agreeing on adequately staging and identifying larvae. This had implications from temperate to tropical regions and marine to freshwater habitats. It included groups as diverse as penaeid prawns, scallops, demersal finfish such as gemfish or orange roughy and pelagic finfish such as tunas.

Funding for the workshop and administrative resources was provided by the then Fishing Industry Research and Development Council, the workshop coordinated by Dr Don Hancock (formerly Research Director with W .A. Fisheries) and publication of the Proceedings provided by the Bureau of Rural Resources.

Project products

Proceedings • 8.47 MB
1991-095 Proceedings.pdf

Summary

Proceedings of the Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, which was held on August 20, 1991.

This workshop brought together national expertise to discuss issues of significance to the Australian fishing industry.

People Development Program: Visiting Expert – Paul Lumley

Project number: 2008-328.23
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $10,000.00
Organisation: Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
Project start/end date: 5 Jul 2015 - 29 Nov 2015
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The ASFB, through our annual conference and network of members has a forum for exchange of information. For our 2015 conference we are proposing to support the attendance of Paul Lumley the Executive Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) as a keynote speaker and organise some targeted workshops prior to the conference in Darwin (lead by NT Fisheries, Bo Carne and Charles Darwin University, Alison King) and Mildura (lead by Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Lee Baumgartner & Deb Bogenhuber).

Mr Lumley has been selected as our preferred keynote based on his extensive history working with Northwest US tribes on salmon issues, particularly in the Columbia River Basin. He previously spent 17 years with CRITFC working on biological issues associated with power stations, and has also assisted in fund raising and establishing a grant program for the four Columbia River treaty tribes. Mr Lumley has indicated availability and a preliminary commitment to attend and undertake proposed workshops and present Keynote.

ASFB has a commitment to increase engagement between ASFB members and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, within the scope of the society. We recognise that to support this involves improving opportunities for Indigenous people to engage in research, fisheries management and compliance and other commercial activities. There is a great deal of interest in the ability to develop and start new commercial initiatives that maintain ongoing Indigenous interests and concerns in the fisheries management and industry and environmental rehabilitation. Australian Indigenous experience in commercial fisheries has gained momentum, and many of our members have expressed an interest in learning from International First Nations and Indigenous peoples experience.

We have in principal support for this activity through Indigenous agencies and advisory groups, including the Fisheries Research and Development Corporations Indigenous Reference Group, Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, the Murray Lower Darling Indigenous Nations.

Objectives

1. Support shared exchange of knowledge between the experiences of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) in First Nations people involvement in Stock Enhancement and Species Restoration and Australian Indigenous communities through two targeted workshops in Darwin and Mildura.
2. Support further communication of CRITFC experiences in First Nation Peoples involvement through keynote presentation at the 2015 Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference is being held at UTS in Sydney on 11-14 October. This year it is being held in conjunction with the 5th International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching. Topic 'Using indigenous fishing rights to stimulate restoration of fish populations: A case study of salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin'
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-306
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

2005 Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop & 2005 International Barramundi Workshop

The 2005 ASFB Workshop was hosted by the Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines in Darwin on 11-12 July 2005. The workshop explored the theme ‘Monitoring Fish Stocks and Aquatic Ecosystems’. The event attracted 138 delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Africa and North...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
SPECIES
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1989-113
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National fisheries research technical workshop series

Scientific investigation uses many techniques. The array of available techniques changes over time as some are revised and new ones develop; some techniques stand the test of time better than others. Throughout the use of established techniques we must continually question the suitability, utility...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-084
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National Fisheries Technical Workshop series - Sustainable fisheries through sustaining fish habitat

This workshop, entitled "Sustainable Fisheries through Sustaining Fish Habitat", continues the Australian Society for Fish Biology's workshop series and its established tradition of bringing together the country's leading experts to freely discuss specific fish and fishery themes of na­tional...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc

Fish movement and migration - an ASFB workshop

Project number: 1999-336
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $41,800.00
Principal Investigator: David Smith
Organisation: Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1999 - 2 May 2001
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Most fish and other exploited aquatic species exhibit movement and / or migrations during some part of their life cycle. In recent years the importance of these migrations to fish and fisheries management has been increasingly realised. Changed fish behaviour due to varying environmental conditions has significant impacts on species availability/catchability and hence the interpretation of abundance indices. In freshwater, improved fish passage is seen as one of the major areas for river rehabilitation to be conducted over the next decade. Spatial models which take into account, explicitly or implicitly, fish movements are now widely used. Recent technological developments allow for greatly improved analysis of the patterns of fish movement and migration. This Australian Society for Fish Biology workshop will be the first time that migration and movement has been considered in a national forum.

The workshop will bring together scientists, managers and other stakeholders with general or specific interests in movement and migration. The workshop will cover theoretical aspects; techniques for measuring movement and migration, particularly new approaches and technologies (such as radio-telemetry, smart tags and otolith micro-chemistry); environmental determinants, barrier and human interference; analysis and input into spatial models; and management implications.

Objectives

1. To undertake a national workshop on fish movement and migration
2. To produce a 'benchmark' publication on the current knowledge of fish movement and migration

Final report

ISBN: 0 7311 4725 1
Author: David Smith
Final Report • 2012-06-13 • 372.37 KB
1999-336-DLD.pdf

Summary

Through the generous support of FRDC and State, Territory and Commonwealth fishery agencies, the Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) has hosted a national workshop series since the early 1980's with eminent local and overseas scientists presenting keynote addresses on major themes.  Increasingly, overseas scientists and managers have begun to attend these workshops as their reputation has spread.  The primary purpose of these workshops is to promote the opportunity for the national fisheries research expertise to focus on a technical area or subject of current national or regional significance.

Project products

Proceedings • 11.94 MB
1999-336 Workshop Proceedings.pdf

Summary

This Workshop entitled Fish Movement and Migration continues the series, commenced in 1985 by the Australian Society for Fish Biology. The major objective of the workshops has been to focus national expertise on an issue that has regional or national significance. The proceedings are now widely regarded as the benchmark of current knowledge on the subject area.

Most fish and other exploited aquatic species exhibit movement and/or migrations during some part of their life cycle. In recent years the importance of these migrations to fish and fisheries management has been increasingly realised. Changed fish behaviour due to varying environmental conditions has significant impacts on species availability/catchability and hence the interpretation of abundance indices. In freshwater, improved fish passage is seen as one of the major areas for river rehabilitation to be conducted over the next decade. Spatial models that take into account, explicitly or implicitly, fish movements are now widely used. Recent technological developments allow for greatly improved analysis of the patterns of fish movement and migration.

This Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop was the first time that fish migration and movement has been considered in a national forum.

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