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Environment
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-034
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Golden fish: evaluating and optimising the biological, social and economic returns of small-scale fisheries

This project investigates recreational and commercial fisher motivations for using a fishery and the beliefs, attitudes and perceived benefits of aquaculture-based enhancement programs and other management options. It also determines the total economic value for recreational fishing for Blue Swimmer...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
TAGS
Responsible Fishing
Recreational Fishing
Rac Wa
Indigenous
Harvest Strategy
SPECIES
Black Bream
Blue Swimmer Crab
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-091
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of national-scale tracking of commercially important fish species

In this FRDC project, a team from Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility (IMOS ATF), in coordination with state and federal agencies and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Providers Network (RPN) met. They systematically reconfigured the IMOS ATF national network to...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Remote Sensing
Recreational Fishing
Migration
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Spanish Mackerel
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Yellowfin Bream
Black Bream
Snapper
Environment
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-181
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The End of an Era: Acknowledging the socio-cultural history and contribution of Australian small-scale fisheries

With little fanfare or attention, commercial fishing in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria ceased on 1 April 2020. The small-scale commercial fishery, which was crucial to the establishment of the town of Lakes Entrance roughly 150 years ago, was closed by the Victorian State...
ORGANISATION:
A Twigg
TAGS
Workshop
Wild Catch
Wellbeing
Rac Vic
Human Dimensions Research
SPECIES
Blue Weed Whiting
Yelloweye Mullet
Black Bream
Silver Trevally
Yellowtail Scad
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-180
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Restocking of the Blackwood River Estuary with black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri)

The results of this study show that hatchery-reared Black Bream can be used to enhance the stock of the population of this commercially and recreationally important species in the Blackwood River Estuary in which it has become depleted. An initial trial of different stains demonstrated that alizarin...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
TAGS
Restocking
Habitat
Fisheries Management
Estuarine
Data
SPECIES
Black Bream
Environment
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