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PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-715
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: optimising business structures and fisheries management systems for key fisheries
There is currently an estimated economic gap (lost profit) in the CRC participant fisheries of approximately 40% or $200 million per annum.. If the economic gap could be halved from 40% to 20% the profitability of CRC fisheries would be improved by approximately $100 million. This project aimed to...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
PROJECT NUMBER
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2012-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: Review of the 2012 paralytic shellfish toxin non-compliance incident in Tasmania
During October 2012, a shipment of blue mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) derived from the east coast of Tasmania was tested by the Japanese import authorities (Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare; MHLW) and found to be contaminated with unacceptable levels (0.8mg/kg) of paralytic shellfish...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-186
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Oil and Gas: National coordination - seismic and other issues
Commercial fishing industry throughout Australia is under continued pressure on its operation due to activities relating to the oil and gas sector such as seismic surveys, drilling, construction of sub-sea infrastructure and commissioning. Generally, the commercial fishing sector throughout...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2013-711.30
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: new opportunities for underutilised species
This report summarises the research undertaken undera suite of activities that formed FRDC 2013/711.30
Using information taken from a variety of fisheries management and market sources, an underutilised species database was developed based on harvested volumes and price (see appendix 1)....
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
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
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