Industry and expert attendance at the ICES Expert Working Group Meetings. 3-7 April 2017 Nelson NZ
Project number:
2016-144
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$12,169.41
Principal Investigator:
Crispian Ashby
Organisation:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date:
3 Apr 2017
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30 May 2017
Contact:
FRDC
The ICES working group will be meeting in the southern hemisphere and this is a perfect opportunity for Australian based industry members and researchers to be exposed to the working group on fishing gear as well as acoustics to exchange ideas.
1. Deliberate, discuss and synthesize recent research on topics related to: i) Designing, planning, and testing of fishing gears used in abundance estimation
ii) Selective fishing gears for the reduction of bycatch, discard and unaccounted mortality, especially as they relate to EU Landing Obligation
iii) Environmentally benign fishing gears and methods, iv) Improving fuel efficiency and reduction of emission from fisheries, and v) Summaries of research activities by nation
