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PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-748.30
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Introduction to the use of bioeconomics in fisheries management for key decision makers

A bio-economic workshop for fisheries managers was held to discuss the importance of economic objectives and the role of government and industry in attaining those objectives. Participants learnt how economic analyses, such as bio-economics, can identify management changes that can improve fishery...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood CRC Company Ltd
TAGS
Workshop
Sustainability
Social Science
Social Science
Rac Tas
Industry
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ESD risk assessment for under-utilised species to facilitate structural reform of South Australia's commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery

South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) is facing a number of complex issues that are affecting business profitability and stock sustainability. One particular issue relates to the long-term reliance of the fishery on the three primary finfish species of King George Whiting, Snapper...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Underutilised
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Rac Sa
Profitability
SPECIES
Snapper
King George Whiting
Southern Garfish
Southern Calamari
Whitings
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-019
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Refining a Nordmøre grid to minimise the incidental catch of cuttlefish and crabs in the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery

This report presents the findings of bycatch reduction device (BRD) trials undertaken for the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF) in South Australia using a ‘Nordmøre-grid’—a type of BRD that mechanically separates organisms based on size and/or morphological differences....
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Rac Sa
Habitat
Fishing Gear
Bycatch
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
King Prawns
Cuttlefishes
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-214
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Survey for WSSV vectors in the Moreton Bay White Spot Biosecurity Area

The objective of this project was to undertake opportunistic plankton sampling and collect small non-commercial species of decapod crustaceans in northern Moreton Bay and near the intakes of the three prawn farms which remained operating on the Logan River during April and May 2020, at a time when...
ORGANISATION:
DigsFish Services Pty Ltd
TAGS
White Spot Disease
Survey
Rac Qld
Fisheries Management
Disease
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Freshwater Prawns
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-022
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding the movement, behaviour and post-release survival rates of Swordfish to sustainably develop a new large pelagic game fishery off the coast of Tasmania – a pilot study

While recreational fishers in Australia have targeted Swordfish in the past, both at night-time with shallow set baits and during the day with deep-set baits, success had been limited with only a few Swordfish reported landed. In 2014, adjacent to the coast of Tasmania an individual fisher had...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Recreational Fishing
Rac Tas
Population Dynamics
SPECIES
Swordfish
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-002
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Identifying the cause of Oyster Oedema Disease (OOD) in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima), and developing diagnostic tests for OOD

The goal of this project was to investigate the cause of oyster oedema disease (OOD) in Australian pearl oysters so that diagnostic tests and management practices for the disease can be developed. OOD has been associated with mortalities in some pearl oyster farming areas. However, the cause of...
ORGANISATION:
Macquarie University
TAGS
Training
Rac Wa
Fisheries Management
Economic
Disease
SPECIES
Pearl Oysters
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-038
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Study of ghost fishing in the NSW rock lobster fishery

This project concerns an assessment of the significance ghost fishing in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery and potential modifications to fishing gears and practices that could minimise trap loss and consequent ghost fishing of the target species, Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Nsw
Mortality
Fishing Technology
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
Eastern Rock Lobster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-009
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram: Perkinsus olseni in abalone - development of fit-for-purpose tools to support its management

The project was able to successfully propagate a new P. olseni isolate from Queensland and successfully cultured the isolates from Spain, Japan, New Zealand, and South Australia as well as P. chesapeaki, which was used as a negative control. We were unable to culture the Western Australian (WA)...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Rac Wa
Mortality
Disease
Diagnostic
Biosecurity
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Roe's Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
Brownlip Abalone
Abalone
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