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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

An industry based mark recapture program to provide stock assessment inputs for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery following introduction of quota management

The West Coast Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF) moved from input to output controls in 2010. This change directly affected the relativity of a number of fisherybased data sources, making assessment of the fishery more problematic. A novel examination of the stock dynamics was required to help ensure...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA

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

Project number: 2013-748.30
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $17,824.80
Principal Investigator: Tim Emery
Organisation: Seafood CRC Company Ltd
Project start/end date: 31 Aug 2014 - 29 Jun 2015
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Need

Many fisheries managers in Australia have no formal fisheries management, let alone fisheries economics, background or training and tend to learn 'on the job'. There is currently a large gap between economists, researchers and fisheries managers. The latter group is under extreme pressure due to budgetary cuts and if the extensive results of the CRC FH harvest projects are to adopted, there is a need close that gap. The proposed workshop will demonstrate to senior fisheries managers that Government does have a key role in ensuring that the benefits from fisheries are realised, and that this includes economic benefits. They will learn about the application of a wide range of tools available to achieve this.

Other than the FH masterclass series of training courses there is almost a total absence of an opportunity for fisheries managers to be introduced to contemporary fisheries management approaches, including bioeconomic analysis. The recent AFMF workshop on small scale fisheries management held in Adelaide was an exception, and demonstrated the use and value of an interactive forum to increase the understanding and uptake of new concepts in fisheries management.

Objectives

1. Increased dialogue and establishment of networks of fisheries managers engaged in policy and fisheries management planning involving economic analysis and considerations
2. Fisheries managers are aware of the developments in fisheries economics and bioeconomic modelling, including success stories from the FH suite of projects.
3. Exposure of fisheries managers to international innovations in fisheries economics

Final report

ISBN: 9781862958074
Authors: Timothy Emery Caleb Gardner and Ian Cartwright
Final Report • 2016-03-22 • 680.03 KB
2013-748.30-DLD.pdf

Summary

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 yield. Furthermore, participants heard how the use of economic analyses and bio-economics has increased profitability in the Shark Bay Prawn trawl and Western Australian rock lobster fisheries respectively.

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 yield. Furthermore, participants heard how the use of economic analyses and bio-economics has increased profitability in the Shark Bay Prawn trawl and Western Australian rock lobster fisheries respectively.

Industry
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
SPECIES
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
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
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
SPECIES
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
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)
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