PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-068 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Multi-fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened Sawfish captured in commercial fishing operations in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Tagging Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-021 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Contextualising shellfish food safety in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania TAGS Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt Market Opportunities Food Safety SPECIES Oysters
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-114 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Giant Crab Enhanced Data Collection - Innovative approaches to enhance data collection in the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian Giant crab fisheries ORGANISATION: Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) Queenscliff TAGS Rac Vic Rac Tas Rac Sa Innovation Fisheries Management SPECIES Giant Crab
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-133 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Determine the risk that Southern Rock Lobster fishing and other recreational and commercial fishing activities act as a vector of transmission of the Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) ORGANISATION: AusVet Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Vic Rac Sa Biosecurity Avg SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Abalone
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-027 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Centro Workshop - Actions and management outcomes for Longspined Sea Urchin ORGANISATION: Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) Queenscliff TAGS Rac Vic Rac Tas Rac Nsw Market Opportunities Invasive Species SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Abalone Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-089 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing a non-invasive method to assess mud crab meat fullness using portable Near Infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Seafood Quality Rac Qld Rac Nsw Post Harvest SPECIES Mud Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-150 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Normalising voluntary catch reporting on QLD Fishing 2.0 app ORGANISATION: Currie Communications TAGS Rac Sa Rac Qld Behaviour SPECIES Spanish Mackerel
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-010 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Wider investigation of the use of video survey techniques to determine commercial scallop abundance in inshore and offshore waters, closed areas and juvenile beds ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania TAGS Rac Tas Rac Qld Artificial Intelligence SPECIES Commercial Scallop
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-014 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Genetic stock structure of commercially important deep sea crab species ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Rac Vic Rac Tas SPECIES Champagne Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-072 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Educational travel trip for Ocean Trap and Line industry development to explore alternative fishing practices which help prevent TEP species interactions and ghost fishing ORGANISATION: OceanWatch Australia Ltd TAGS Rac Wa Rac Nsw Innovation Fishing Gear Capacity Building SPECIES Ocean Jacket Mulloway Snapper Yellowtail Kingfish Eastern Rock Lobster