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Support for 15th International Pectinid Workshop

Project number: 2004-305
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,000.00
Principal Investigator: Mike Dredge
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 30 May 2004 - 30 Jun 2005
Contact:
FRDC

Need

There is considerable impetus and interest in the revival of scallop fisheries and the development of scallop aquaculture in Australia at this time.

The Bass Strait, Victorian and Tasmanian (Pecten) scallop fisheries, which were one of Australia’s most profitable in the 1960s and 1970s, declined markedly in the 80s and all but collapsed in the 1990s. The stock or stocks are showing signs of slow recovery. The saucer scallop (Amusium) fisheries in Queensland and Western Australia have generally been more stable, although recruitment in some areas of Western Australia has shown intermittent but marked spikes ins some years. The Queensland fishery has suffered what is hopefully a short-term decline, probably as a consequence of changes in management arrangements rather than declining population abundance. At the same time, many international fisheries are depressed or collapsing. New forms of assessment based upon spatial data and models are evolving and demonstrating alternative management strategies for such fisheries. This is a global phenomenon best seen in U.S. population modelling for scallops.

Three substantial sea ranching and culture ventures have developed in WA, Queensland and Victoria since 2000. All are linked to or have used FRDC project 2000/190, ‘Feasibility of scallop enhancement and culture in Australian waters’ and other FRDC projects. Scallop aquaculture is growing rapidly in Asia and is generating interest and investment across the globe. Associated culture technology is also increasing.

This is an opportune time for Australian fisheries managers, industry participants, scientists and aquaculturists to learn and share information about scallop fisheries, assessment and aquaculture. Such an opportunity exists via an international scallop workshop that will cover aspects of scallop biology, ecology, fisheries, aquaculture and economics. The 15th International Pectinid Workshop, to be held in Moloolaba in April 2005, will be an informal, interactive and highly informative forum. These Workshops attract a wide range of nationalities and expertise and are unique in the breadth of experience available to participants.

Objectives

1. To support the dissemination of international knowledge and experience on scallop biology, fisheries, aquaculture, economics and related topics to industry and government, through support for the 15th International Pectinid Workshop.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-048
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving mortality rate estimates for management of the Queensland Saucer Scallop fishery

This research was undertaken on the Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) fishery in southeast Queensland, which is an important component of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (QECOTF). The research was undertaken by a collaborative team from the Queensland Department...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-190
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a business plan for enhancement of saucer scallops in sub-tropical waters

A working party of persons with technical and practical experience in scallop biology, hatchery technology, economics, management, fishing operations and processing technology was convened to develop a study on the feasibility of enhancing and culturing saucer scallops (Amusium balloti) in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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)
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
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-014
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Estimating the impacts of management changes on bycatch reduction and sustainability of high-risk bycatch species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

Keywords: Discards, elasmobranchs, post-trawl survival, Aptychotrema rostrata, Trygonoptera testacea, turtle excluder device, bycatch reduction device, TEDs, BRDs, ecological risk assessment, ERA Executive Summary: Researchers from the Queensland Government’s Department of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
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