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Investigating the use of a remote operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) for surveying abalone on reefs in the Western zone abalone fishery, Victoria.

Project number: 2020-125
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $160,000.00
Principal Investigator: Harry F. Peeters
Organisation: Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
Project start/end date: 3 Jun 2021 - 21 Feb 2022
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Rac Vic
Biosecurity
Avg
Artificial Intelligence
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Greenlip Abalone

Need

Provide a tactical and strategic response to the recent outbreak. Develop a cost effective assessment tool to validate the spread of the virus and build a long term mechanism to undertake fisheries independent surveys.

Objectives

1. To validate a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) survey tool
2. Assess options to integrate video from ROUV technology and other sources with existing diver data to develop fisheries independent surveys
3. To validate non surveyed abalone populations
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-065
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Indicators for density and biomass of exploitable abalone – developing and applying a new approach

The objectives of this project are to use the Victorian Western Zone (WZ) abalone fishery to develop and evaluate a new approach to calculating abalone density and biomass indicators from the combination of three information sources. The three information sources are: i. ...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Resource Access And Allocation
Fishing Gear
Fishing Effort
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
Brownlip Abalone
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