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PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-774
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: harvest strategy evaluations and co-management for the Moreton Bay trawl fishery
The Moreton Bay otter trawl fishery is a multispecies fishery, with the majority of the catch composed of various species of prawns, squid and Moreton Bay Bugs. The project was an initiative of the MBSIA and developed from concerns over a number of issues. These included concern over declining...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Abalone diver observation collection, analysis and reporting system for improved management decision making
Project number:
2019-038
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$95,800.00
Principal Investigator:
John M. Minehan
Organisation:
Abalone Council Victoria Inc (ACVI)
Project start/end date:
5 Jan 2020
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30 Dec 2021
Contact:
FRDC
The Victorian Diver Observation System enables divers to use their mobile phone to report observations on stock abundance, catch rates and habitat changes. These observations are stored, analysed and reported back to authorised industry personnel in a manner suitable for stock assessment meetings. This project aims to customise and make available the Diver Observations System to participating jurisdictions. Extensive industry consultation, trials and investigation will lead to a final solution being recommended for a Diver Observation System beyond the life of this project.
Feedback from industry divers on stock levels, habitat and other factors that affect fishing activity are widely used to provide context to scientific data during stock assessment and management decision making. The predominate method for obtaining this feedback is through direct representation by divers at stock assessment workshops. There are several issues with this approach. Only divers present at the meeting have an opportunity to contribute, there may be disincentives to be honest with peers and employers also in the room, and recall may be inaccurate with time passed.
Fishery management departments and industry groups in other states are keen to utilize a diver observation survey on a cost- effective electronic data capture platform that provides greater opportunity for obtaining diver feedback.
In Victoria, diver observations are included in the multiple lines of evidence approach (e.g. catch per unit effort, independent surveys of abundance and size, industry-collected data) for setting the annual Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) as detailed in the Victorian Wild Harvest Abalone Fishery Management Plan (DEDJTR 2015). The value of observation by divers cannot be underestimated for abalone management, as they witness the state of the resource at a fine scale and over time. Thus, there is a strong need to develop a tailored system for anonymous collection, analysis and reporting of abalone diver observations to better inform management decision making.
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1. Collaborate with industry in each jurisdiction to develop customised Diver Observation Surveys.
2. Collect, analyse and report diver observation data using an electronic system.
3. Validate Diver Observation data against gps logger data.
4. Develop a potential business model for the continuation of the Diver Observation System beyond the life of this project.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9870470-8-3
Authors:
Mr. John Minehan
Dr. Duncan Worthington
Dr. Kirsten Abernethy
Mr. Craig Fox
Mr. Josh Cahill
PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-161
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
National Social and Economic Survey of Recreational Fishers 2019
The NRFS involved three stages of data collection. An overview of the three stages of data collection and the purpose of each, and a guide summarising which chapters draw on data from each stage of data collection, are provided in the next section. Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 provide a detailed...
ORGANISATION:
University of Canberra
PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-150
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Attendance at the Annual Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) - 4-9 December 2018 in Honolulu, USA
This report is an overview of my attendance at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Meeting 15 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 9–16 December 2018 which was made possible through a FRDC Development Award.
The report includes information on: (i) what issues were discussed at the meeting,...
ORGANISATION:
Narooma Seafood Direct
PROJECT NUMBER
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2014-241
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Reassessment of intertidal macroalgal communities near to and distant from salmon farms and an evaluation of using drones to survey macroalgal distribution
The salmon farming industry has significantly expanded in South-eastern Tasmanian both in production and in number and location of farms. Along with this expansion has been an increasing concern from the general community about the effects of salmon farms on the environment. This includes a reported...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-092
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Valuing Victoria's Wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture industries
This project provides the first evaluation of the social and economic contributions of wildcatch professional fisheries and aquaculture of Victoria to the communities in which the industries are located and to the entire state. This project was developed in consultation with the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
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