PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-001 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Exploring changes in recreational fishing participation and catch due to COVID-19 – A WA case study ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Wa BROCHURE • PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Feb 2024 2022-001-booklet.pdf
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-091 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Whale entanglement mitigation program – understanding whale population dynamics, entanglement dynamics and gear modifications to reduce entanglements in WRL gear ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-123 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Biology and Ecology Program: Strategically targeting research on Panulirus cygnus and its ecosystem to suit the needs of the WRL fishing industry and stakeholders ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Sustainability SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-014 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Genetic stock structure of commercially important deep sea crab species ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Rac Vic Rac Tas SPECIES Champagne Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-159 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Survey Stock Assessment Stakeholder Population Dynamics Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-101 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Wild Catch Threatened Endangered Protected Species Stock Assessment Stakeholder Safety SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-099 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Climate driven shifts in benthic habitat composition as a potential demographic bottleneck for Western Rocklobster: understanding the role of recruitment habitats to better predict the under-size lobster population for fishery sustainability ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Modelling Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-170 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Development of diagnostic and surveillance techniques to promote modern Southern Bluefin Tuna health management ORGANISATION: RMIT University Melbourne City Campus TAGS Biofouling SPECIES Southern Bluefin Tuna
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-147 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Develop a strong current warning system and inform knowledge of the nearshore current regime influencing the Western Rock Lobster fishery ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Wild Catch Stock Assessment Oceanography Modelling Fishing Gear SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-114 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Insect protein for aquaculture feed ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Rac Wa SPECIES Barramundi Atlantic Salmon Salmons Trouts