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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-040
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Habitat and fisheries production in the South East Fishery ecosystem

In 1994 CSIRO and FRDC started a 5-year ecosystem study of the southeastern Australian continental shelf. Fisheries management in this area is currently based on individual species. Our goal was to identify ecosystem features that could extend the data available to manage the fisheries in this...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart

Spencer Gulf Research Initiative: development of an ecosystem model for fisheries and aquaculture

Project number: 2011-205
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $215,918.80
Principal Investigator: Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Organisation: University of Adelaide
Project start/end date: 24 Oct 2011 - 26 Apr 2013
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Spencer Gulf represents an area of significant economic significance to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors of South Australia. The region is also experiencing considerable industrial growth. This year alone in Spencer Gulf, there has been the release of BHP-Billiton’s supplementary Environmental Impact Statement for the massive Olympic Dam expansion including a coastal desalination plant, the State government has recently revived plans for a deep water port at Port Bonython (in Upper Spencer Gulf) which is predicted to be a major hub for the export of mineral resources, and IronClad mining has announced plans for a floating harbor south of Port Bonython. Given this level of proposed development it is imperative that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors have a better understanding of how future developments may impact their industries.

This project is needed to provide a whole of Spencer Gulf ecosystem model to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors with the capability to address “what if” scenarios. A suite of linked habitat, biophysical, trophodynamic and economic models will be developed that can be used to assess and optimize the future ecological and economic performance of the seafood industry in Spencer Gulf.

A Spencer Gulf Ecosystem model is needed for various scenario studies to provide fisheries and aquaculture managers with sound, evidenced-based information on the impacts of current and future developments in Spencer Gulf.

Objectives

1. To conduct an ecosystem-based assessment of the fisheries and aquaculture industries in Spencer Gulf, which includes the establishment of performance indicators of ecosystem health.
2. To develop a suite of linked habitat, biophysical, trophodynamic and economic models that can be used to assess and optimize the future ecological and economic performance of the seafood industry in Spencer Gulf.
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-175
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Linking ecosystem services to the profitability of prawn fisheries linked to 2017-188

The FRDC Project 2017-175 Linking ecosystem services to the profitability of prawn fisheries delivered new methods, data and indicators to a case study on prawn fisheries in a broader project entitled Lifting farm gate profits: the role of natural capital accounts (RnD4Profit-16-03-003). This FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Land and Water Canberra
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-055.91
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Marketing research priorities for fishery ecosystem protection

The publication A Review and Synthesis of Australian Fisheries Habitat Research, by Mike Cappo, resulted from a three-year review of fisheries habitat research. The report identified the stressors and responses that characterise fisheries habitats. The FRDC requested AIMS to design a marketing...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Institute Of Marine Science (AIMS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-062
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: a reporting framework for ecosystem based assessment of Australian prawn trawl fisheries

This Tactical Research Fund Project has been undertaken by SARDI Aquatic Sciences in response to the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery’s (SGPF) need for an ecosystem-based reporting framework to support ongoing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. We reviewed the relevant literature to...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-063
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of an ecosystem approach to the monitoring and management of Western Australian fisheries

Diversity and ecosystem-based indicators were calculated for commercial finfish fisheries from 1976 to 2005 for the West Coast, South Coast, Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley bioregions. The ecosystem-based indices, which detect changes in the species composition of the food web within the ecosystem,...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
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