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Climate and fisheries on the south east Australian continental shelf and slope

Project number: 1996-149
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $56,355.00
Principal Investigator: Tony Koslow
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Project start/end date: 27 Oct 1996 - 25 May 2000
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Wild Catch
Reproduction
Oceanography
Fishing Gear
Climate Change

Objectives

1. To assist in developing better management models for temperate Australian fisheries by assessing the role of oceanographic and climatic variability on historical changes in SE Australian fish stocks by: (1) developing indices of deepwater productivity and temperature, based on physical and chemical analyses of the growth rings of bamboo coral.
2. Developing time series of relative growth for long-lived fish species on the shelf and slope in the SEF.
3. Developing time series of temperature for the SE Australia shelf off Tasmania and NSW from the growth rings of mollusc shells.
4. Examining statistical relationships among: the above environmental and fishery indices
available records of climate from the Maria Is. station
terrestrial records of regional rainfall, wind, and temperature
apparent recruitment to orange roughy from ageing data
and long-term records of fish landings in the SEF.

Final report

Author: Tony Koslow
Final Report • 1999-12-06 • 622.76 KB
1996-149-DLD.pdf
Environment
Adoption

SCRC: Seafood CRC Master Class: Stimulating Consumption of Australian Seafood

Project number: 2010-769
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Dawn Birch
Organisation: University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Project start/end date: 28 Feb 2011 - 29 Feb 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Workshop
Software
Profitability
Oceanography
Marketing

Need

The CRC now has a wealth of current information about various aspects of Australians seafood consumption. The issue now is how to get this information out to the various stakeholders in the Seafood industry in such a format that companies can use the results in a very practical way to improve their returns and ensure their continued sustainability.

This education module has been designed to be practical, flexible and widely disseminated and so fulfil needs in several ways as follows:

• The module has been designed based on a transformational learning model, that is, a model where participants are required to reflect on their current practices and behaviours and then based on information provided, plan operational changes to maximise firm benefits.

• The module is being designed for delivery in two formats, face-to-face and digitally/online to maximise the potential audience reached. The online materials will provide access for those who cannot attend face-to-face sessions, as well as providing an ongoing resource for those who do attend face-to-face.

• The face-to-face component will be delivered in a mix of capital cities and regional locations to maximise exposure to where industry is actually located. This multimodal approach is designed to ensure the widest possible dissemination of results as well as providing face-to-face participants with a resource than can use within their own organisations.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-27-5
Authors: Dawn Birch Meredith Lawley and Nick Danenberg
Final Report • 2012-03-01 • 855.12 KB
2010-769-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Seafood CRC now 'owns' the most up-to-date and extensive research data on how and why consumers purchase and consume seafood, gathered through a variety of projects including Repositioning Australian Farmed Barramundi, the Omnibus Surveys and the Retail Transformation project to name a few. The challenge was to communicate this knowledge, and more importantly to help firms to apply this knowledge to achieve improved returns.

This project was an Education and Training project with a key purpose being the dissemination of consumer research findings from other CRC projects. This project allowed for wider dissemination by not only relying on face-to-face delivery but also developing an online resources equivalent.

Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment

Industry survey of the 1997 eastern gemfish season

Project number: 1997-147
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $144,564.00
Principal Investigator: Jeremy D. Prince
Organisation: Biospherics Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 22 Jun 1997 - 1 Oct 1998
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Oceanography
Marine Sound
Environmental Impact
Data

Need

In 1997 1,000t will be allocated amongst the South East Trawl fishery, individual allocations will vary from over 100t down to 100s of kg. These allocations will allow some targeted fishing for gemfish but operators will also have to manage their individual allocations to cover their anticipated bycatch of gemfish as they fill quotas for other species. This management of bycatch will bias reported commercial catch rates in 1997 preventing comparison with historic trends and the updating of the stock assessment developed by EGAG during 1996.

Consequently EGAG considered that another Industry Survey in 1997 is needed for two principal reasons:
1. To provide catch rate data which is representative of targeted gemfish fishing.
2. To ensure timely provision of high quality data for stock assessment during September and October 1997.

However having decided on the need for the 1997 survey EGAG considered that two other lesser needs could be addressed for little additional expense. These are:
A. to understand targeting patterns in the SEF and their impact on stock assessment and
B. the influence of oceanographic factors on the South East Fishery.

Objectives

1. Catch and effort and length-frequency data for targeted eastern gemfish fishing during the 1997 season will supplied in Excel spreadsheets will be supplied to EGAG before 1 September 1997.
2. The targeting practices of four survey vessels
Charissa, Marina Star, Illawara Star and Santa Rosa II during the 1997 season will be documented and analysed in relationship to previously reported targeting patterns.
3. The relationship between gemfish aggregations and oceanographic features during 1997 will be documented and analysed.
4. The feasibility of using multi-frequency acoustics to measure the size of gemfish aggregations will be analysed.

Final report

Author: Jeremy Prince
Final Report • 1998-08-18 • 10.04 MB
1997-147-DLD.pdf
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