PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-180 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Design and implementation of an Australian National Bycatch Report: Phase 1 - Scoping ORGANISATION: Pisces Australis Pty Ltd TAGS Quality Mitigation Bycatch
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-119 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving bycatch reduction strategies and escape vents in Queensland Mud Crab fisheries ORGANISATION: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Recreational Fishing Fishing Gear Commercial Species Bycatch SPECIES Mud Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-036 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Identifying population connectivity of shark bycatch species in NT waters ORGANISATION: Charles Darwin University (CDU) TAGS Stock Assessment Research Offshore Modelling Harvest Strategy
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 • 2019-027 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Shark and Scalefish Fishery (SESSF) ORGANISATION: NSW Department of Primary Industries TAGS Law Innovation Fishing Gear Environmental Impact Economic
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-129 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications The project involves the evaluation of trials of auto-longlines to target Gummy Shark in Bass Strait. ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Wild Catch Recreational Fishing Fishing Gear Economic Distribution SPECIES Snapper School Shark Whiskery Shark Broadnose Shark Morwongs FINAL REPORT • PUBLISHED DATE: 08 Apr 2022 2019-129-DLD.pdf
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Abundance, population modelling, and potential biological removal estimates for Common Dolphins in Spencer Gulf: implications for the South Australian Sardine Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Adelaide TAGS Sustainability Stakeholder Population Dynamics Observer Mortality SPECIES Sardines
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-065 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Industry moving towards a Zero-Waste Fishery: a case study to future proofing South Australia's Marine Scalefish Fishery ORGANISATION: Marine Fishers Association Inc (MFA) TAGS Waste Byproduct Bycatch
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-068 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Multi-fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened Sawfish captured in commercial fishing operations in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Tagging Mortality Bycatch Abundance
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-196 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Removing seabirds from the otterboard trawler danger zone. ORGANISATION: South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) TAGS Oil And Gas Mitigation Management Fisheries Management Bycatch