This project provided a robust assessment that gear modifications introduced into the WCRLMF
and octopus fisheries have reduced the number of reported entanglements. The management
arrangements around the implementation of these modifications are appropriate in light on the
new spatial and temporal...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The investment in this project has resulted in a substantially more extensive set of age composition data than would have otherwise been possible. This in turn has underpinned stock assessment modeling that has provided the basis for determining that the commercial fishery for snapper in Shark...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This collaborative project between industry and academia was developed in response to the need for a reliable and simple measurement of fish health status in farmed populations as well as in a research context, to assess the outcomes of trials on health, nutrition and environment. We have developed...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This report summarises the scientific and consultation work undertaken to identify a new species name (Octopus djinda) and new common name (Western Rock Octopus) for the species that supports Australia’s largest octopus fishery, with 734 tonnes harvested in 2022. The species had been...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA