PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-173 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessing current data and alternate data collection methods relating to recreational catches of tropical tuna and billfishes ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Stock Assessment Recreational Fishing Rac Cmwth Fisheries Management Data SPECIES Tunas Marlins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-111 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Addressing uncertainties in the assessment and management of Queensland east coast Spanish Mackerel ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Stock Assessment Recreational Fishing Rac Qld Fishing Effort Fisheries Management SPECIES Spanish Mackerel
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-159 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Survey Stock Assessment Stakeholder Population Dynamics Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
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 • 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 • 2015-027 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Examining the relationship between fishery recruitment, essential benthic habitats and environmental drivers in Exmouth Gulf ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA TAGS Wild Catch Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Rac Wa SPECIES Prawns
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 • 2023-039 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Assessing the effectiveness of LEDs, T90 cod-end/grid trawl systems and net modifications for reducing bycatch and improving efficiency and selectivity of catches in South Australian prawn fisheries ORGANISATION: Flinders University TAGS Trawl Rac Sa Innovation Efficiency Bycatch SPECIES Prawns
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 • 2019-015 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Understanding the relationship between commercial prawn species population dynamics, fishing patterns and climate in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA TAGS Reproduction Rac Wa Population Dynamics Modelling Harvest Strategy SPECIES King Prawns Tiger Prawns