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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-208
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Waste to profit in urchin fisheries: developing business opportunities to ensure fishery sustainability and safeguard reef dependent fisheries from destructive urchin grazing

This report examines two potential applications of Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) via pitot scale trials; processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and use as Southern Rock Lobster bait. The biochemical composition of Longspined Sea Urchin waste products was analysed, and the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-409
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Australian oysters

This project was designed to produce a “snapshot” of the prevalence of the bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Australian oysters during March and April of 2002. V. parahaemolyticus occurs in two main forms: pathogenic and non-pathogenic. In the past 3 years there have been several...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

El-Nemo SE: extending the Redmap pilot to south east Australia: using citizen science for engagement and early indication of potential new opportunities

Project number: 2011-088
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $60,000.00
Principal Investigator: Gretta T. Pecl
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 5 Jul 2012 - 31 Oct 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

One of the major implications of climate change is the large-scale redistribution of species; as the environment changes, species shift in response to keep track of preferred environmental conditions.
This is happening faster in the ocean compared to land, and species are moving greater distances where the warming is greater (Chen et al 2011 Science) - such as the southeast of Australia.

To best respond to these changes we need to ensure 1/ we have an early indication of how species are shifting (what might be new opportunities?) and 2/ our industries and communities are aware of these changes and accepting of the science underpinning management responses. Redmap takes advantage of the collective observations and geographical area covered by fishers and divers to provide detailed, verifiable and low-cost observations of how and when our marine ecosystems are changing. Information collected can address key knowledge gaps in partnership with the southeast’s marine industries and coastal communities. Critically, it is also a valuable proven tool to promote awareness of climate change impacts. Range shifts is a concept which is tangible, visual and easily understood, in contrast with complicated computational projections or analyses which are not readily grasped (or indeed trusted) by the general community. Up to 80% of fishers do not believe climate change is occurring, or that it will affect their industry, yet given Australia approach of co-management it is absolutely critical that industry and community acknowledge climate change as a risk so they may better respond and adapt in a timely manner to the challenges ahead.

This project directly addresses high level objectives in the SEAP/DAFF deed, which are to:
• facilitate fishing and aquaculture sectors to make informed decisions on adapting to climate change; For example, as new species are reported to Redmap in a new jurisdiction, stakeholders will be able to consider the potential of future fishing opportunities.
• inform decisions on fisheries management arrangements to ensure they are responsive to a changing environment. For example, as new species are reported to Redmap in a new jurisdiction, fisheries managers will be able to review available data and consider the appropriateness of current management controls such as catch limits, closed seasons and size limits.

In terms of the existing DAFF deed milestones, this proposal clearly aligns with 'information products of climate change implications for the sectors'. It has demonstrated capacity to help increase awareness amongst the fishing and non-fishing community - increased awareness is a pre-requisite for effective stakeholder engagement and ultimately adaptation.

Objectives

1. Add VIC, NSW and SA material and species details to the Redmap website, make appropriate database connections and add VIC, NSW and SA scientists to the ghtings verification panel to ensure highest quality data.
2. Develop a facility where we can engage, inform and educate marine industries and communities in the southeast (using their own data) about marine climate change impacts and issues
3. Provide and test the framework allowing ecological monitoring of southeast coastal waters for observations of species shifting their geographical ranges.
4. Once deployed, utilise Redmap to increase awareness of climate change among SE marine industries, thereby indirectly improving adaptive capacity to respond constructively to climate change impacts.
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determining when and where to fish: Linking scallop spawning, settlement, size and condition to collaborative spatial harvest and industry in-season management strategies

Spatially explicit harvest strategies employed in the southeast Australian commercial scallop fisheries aim to buffer against recruitment variation to increase both production and continuity between seasons. As part of these harvest strategies, biomass surveys determine areas to be opened the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-049
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Monitoring abalone juvenile abundance following removal of Centrostephanus and translocation

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-111
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tasmania's Marine Atlas

Marine groups in Tasmania expressed a need to better understand the distribution of ocean uses, ecosystems and species in Tasmanian marine waters, and to make that information readily available to stakeholders. The Tasmania’s Marine Atlas project aimed to address this need by collating...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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