PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-091 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Whale entanglement mitigation program – understanding whale population dynamics, entanglement dynamics and gear modifications to reduce entanglements in WRL gear ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-164 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Tropical fish traps – addressing ghost fishing impacts and refinements to catch reporting/sampling ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Nt Pollution Environmental Impact
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-071 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Implementing the FRDC's 2020-25 R&D Plan - ICT Delivery ORGANISATION: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-164 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT TSGA-IPA: A five-year aquatic animal health R&D program for the Tasmanian salmonid aquaculture industry ORGANISATION: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS) SPECIES Salmons
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-012 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Reviewing solutions to reduce unwanted fisher interactions with elasmobranchs ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt Rac Nsw
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
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-132 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Ensuring that fishing and seafood industry focused RD&E delivers improved economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia’s Indigenous people – IRG and Indigenous Subprogram Support ORGANISATION: Five Cubed Environmental Indigenous Consultants Pty Ltd TAGS Indigenous Fisheries Management Community
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-122 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Human Dimensions Research Coordination Program 2021-24 ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania TAGS Social Science Social Science Human Dimensions Research Economic
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-041 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Targeted research to detect and reduce the impact of Kudoa-Unicapsula-Soft-Flesh Syndrome (KUSFS) in Australian Yellowtail Kingfish and Mahi Mahi. ORGANISATION: CSIRO Agriculture and Food St Lucia TAGS Seafood Quality Rac Nsw Diagnostic Consumer SPECIES Yellowtail Kingfish Mahi Mahis
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