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PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.02
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Value added beche-de-mer products

In recent years, increased interest has been shown in the Queensland beche-de-mer industry. As a consequence, there has been a number of initiatives taken to ensure the industry will have a sustainable future. The industry, traditionally a 'cottage' industry in the past, has not been able to access...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-167
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Establishment of a Coastal Habitat Resources Information System for Qld (CHRIS)

More than 100 key datasets relevant to coastal habitat management and for monitoring the condition and trend of fisheries habitats in Queensland have been integrated into the Coastal Habitat Resources Information System (CHRIS) during this establishment phase. Design of this geographic information...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
Environment

Publication of "Proceedings from the 2nd Australasian Scallop Workshop"

Project number: 1992-092
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $19,370.69
Principal Investigator: Mike Dredge
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 11 Oct 1992 - 30 Jun 1995
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Disseminate information on the status of significant fisheries and mariculture ventures involving scallops throughout Australasia

Final report

Author: Mike Dredge
Final Report • 1994-09-23 • 4.33 MB
1992-092-DLD.pdf

Summary

The First Australasian Scallop Workshop was held in Taroona, Tasmania in July 1988 and was attended by 51 participants from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

It proved to be a very valuable forum for exchange of ideas on scallop biology, management and culture. The organisers of that workshop, Mike Dredge, Will Zacharin and Lindsay loll, along with Richard McLoughlin must be thanked again for taking the initiative in organising the second Australasian Scallop Workshop at the East Coaster Resort, Triabunna, Tasmania, 23-25 March 1993.

Support for the second Australasian Workshop has been provided by the Fishing Industry Research and Development Corporation, the Commonwealth Department of lndustry Technology Employment and Commerce, state departments responsible for fisheries in Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania, and the CSIRO Division of Fisheries. Thanks for this support are extended to each of those bodies, in the context of both the workshop and publication of the proceedings.

Scallop resources are notoriously difficult to manage because of wide fluctuations in recruitment and problems with harvesting technology; this emphasises the need for workshops of this nature to obtain maximum benefit from dissemination of knowledge and experience in scallop biology and management.

Recently we have seen progress towards more rational management of scallop resources in this part of the world and for the first time in southeastern Australia there appears to be a cooperative and constructive approach to scallop fishery management. While scallop stocks in Victoria and Tasmania have been in decline in recent years, the saucer scallop fisheries in Western Australia and Queensland have stabilised or are expanding. The background to such variation, and of the associated problems of recruitment variability in scallops from W.A. to Tasmania are discussed in some detail.

It is pleasing to note also that an appropriate time allocation has been made towards considering the impact of our scallop harvesting technology, both on the scallops themselves and on the environment which sustains them. It is clear that the industry cannot afford to continue using inefficient and destructive fishing gear if better technology is available.

The workshop was perfectly placed in Triabunna to explore recent progress in scallop culture and reseeding. Free exchange of ideas on methodology and technology relating to these activities shows promise that scallop enhancement may achieve its full potential in the coming years. The enhancement project in Tasmania has been operating since 1987 and all types of difficulties from appropriate gear to aspects of marketing are still being researched by the company.

This workshop provided an opportunity for biologists, managers, marine farmers, fishers and others with an interest in scallops to expand their understanding of scallops and pass on some of their hard earned knowledge and experience to others.

The make-up of this workshop is unusual, to say the least, in that organisers have brought together so many facets of industry and have recognised the importance of marketing to the scallop fisheries.

Finally, some public health issues associated with scallop fisheries around the world have been brought to the workshop's attention. Such issues, largely associated with dinoflagellate-derived toxins, have not been a major issue in Australia to this time. Their significance in an international context, and their potential to affect scallop marketing and fisheries in Australia, is a major consideration for the future.

Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-216
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Informing inter-jurisdictional snapper management in eastern Australia

Snapper has been fished since the early development of the colony around Sydney Harbour in the late 18th century, but it was the arrival of steam power in the 1860’s that enabled fishers to start regularly targeting the abundant schools of snapper occurring in the deep-water fishing grounds...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
SPECIES
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-129
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock assessment review workshop

A three day stock assessment course was presented by Dr Malcolm Haddon of the Australian Maritime College and Dr James Scandol of the Quantitative Training Unit for Fisheries. Techniques such as biomass dynamic and age based modelling were covered. Thereafter, a Stock Assessment Review Workshop,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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