PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-064 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Responsible (animal welfare) fishing practice for the Australian Wild Prawn industry ORGANISATION: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF) TAGS Wild Catch Trawl Community Behaviour Animal Welfare SPECIES Royal Red Prawn Black Tiger Prawn Redspot King Prawn King Prawns Banana Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-003 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Evaluating the economic and environmental return on investment of modern fish screens ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW) TAGS Rac Nsw Freshwater
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-034 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Profiling and tracking change in Australia's seafood workforce: establishing a baseline workforce dataset ORGANISATION: University of Adelaide TAGS Workforce Social Science Social Science Human Dimensions Research Data
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-009 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Quantifying Banded Morwong, Bluethroat Wrasse and Purple Wrasse abundance and movements to sustain key fisheries in Tasmania - postgraduate ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Tas Data Capacity Building Abundance SPECIES Banded Morwong Wrasses
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-082 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Enhanced Education and Engagement with NSW Commercial Fishers re Biosecurity with focus on White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) ORGANISATION: Professional Fishers Association (PFA) TAGS White Spot Disease Education Biosecurity App SPECIES Black Tiger Prawn King Prawns Tiger Prawns School Prawns Endeavour Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-010 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessment of the interactive effects of climate change, floods and discard stress on the commercially important Mud Crab (Scylla serrata) and Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) - postgraduate ORGANISATION: Southern Cross University (SCU) National Marine Science Centre TAGS Recreational Fishing Rac Nsw Discard Capacity Building Animal Health SPECIES Blue Swimmer Crab Mud Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-012 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish longline fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Tagging Bycatch Animal Welfare SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish Skates
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-189 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Bursaries for emerging leaders in the Southern Rock Lobster industry to attend the 2023 Trans-Tasman Lobster Congress and International Conference & Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management 2023 ORGANISATION: Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL) TAGS Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-195 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Fisheries Management Training Course Bursaries ORGANISATION: University of Wollongong TAGS Travel Bursary Fisheries Management Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-187 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT National Seafood Industry Leadership Program 2023/2024 (NSILP) ORGANISATION: Affectus Pty Ltd TAGS Travel Bursary Leadership Capacity Building