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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Byproduct: Catch, economics and co-occurrence in Australias longline fisheries

The longline sector of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) and the Southern and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (SWTBF) target four main species and incidentally take over 80 other species as “bycatch”. Significant amounts of these species are often retained for sale, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Stakeholder
SPECIES
Slender Tuna
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-118
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of factors influencing prices of domestic seafoods

Australian fisheries are managed by governments to ensure that commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable and economically efficient manner. Fisheries management decisions influence the level of catch from a fishery, either directly through setting the total allowable catches that the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Survey
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-200
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Guidelines on a tiered, risk-based approach to bycatch management

The 2018 Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy (Bycatch Policy) establishes the requirement for bycatch management in Commonwealth-managed fisheries. The Guidelines for the Implementation of the Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy aim to provide assistance to Australian Government entities...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Sustainability
Adoption
Environment
Adoption
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-202
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Monitoring the catch of turtles in the Northern Prawn Fishery

Bycatch, the catch of non-target species, is a significant issue in many of the world's fisheries. Sea turtles are of particular concern given their endangered status and the considerable numbers caught, and occasionally killed, worldwide in commercial fishery operations. Trawl fisheries, in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Fishing Gear
People

Survey of cadmium concentrations in crustaceans

Project number: 1992-112
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $291,532.00
Principal Investigator: Heloisa A. Mariath
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 2 Mar 1993 - 3 Oct 1996
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TAGS
Survey
Fisheries Management
Contamination

Objectives

1. Collate data on contaminants in crustaceans for use in a submission to the National Food Authority to review the maximum permitted concentration of cadmium in crustaceans
2. Provide early warning and background information to industry and relevant government agencies on potential contaminant problems in crustaceans
3. Investigate seasonal variation in concentrations of cadmium as basis for possible catch-time management of some species of prawn
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