PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-111 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Mitigating threatened species bycatch in gillnet fisheries ORGANISATION: Charles Darwin University (CDU) TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Sustainability Commercial Species Bycatch SPECIES Barramundi
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-044 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Characterising the impacts of warm water and other stressors on the boom-and-bust cycle of the Commercial Scallop ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Rac Tas Fishing Gear Fisheries Management Commercial Species Climate Adaptation SPECIES Commercial Scallop
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-014 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Genetic stock structure of commercially important deep sea crab species ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Rac Vic Rac Tas SPECIES Champagne Crabs
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 Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-041 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of mitigation tools for protected species interactions in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery ORGANISATION: Tuna Australia Ltd TAGS Wellbeing Threatened Endangered Protected Species Rac Cmwth Modelling Innovation SPECIES Striped Marlin Swordfish Bigeye Tuna Albacore Southern Bluefin Tuna
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-173 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Science to support Australia's Southern Oceans Fisheries 2024-2028 ORGANISATION: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) TAGS Tagging Stock Assessment Commercial Species Bycatch SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-066 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Metal Detector installation on Toothfish vessels to improve PIT tag recovery rates ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Stock Assessment Post Harvest Commercial Species SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-052 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Novel fishery independent, biological and economic-processing methods to underpin expansion of Australia's fastest growing fishery, the Western Rock Octopus ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Rac Wa Economic Commercial Species Biology SPECIES Octopuses
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Design of a fishery independent longline survey for chondrichthyans in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Survey Rac Nt Fisheries Management Commercial Species Abundance
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-012 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capturing fisher ecological knowledge of climate change: a Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery case study ORGANISATION: Fishwell Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Cmwth Fisheries Management Commercial Species Climate Change Climate Adaptation