The aim of this project was to investigate the commercial viability of catching squid in Bass Strait, and marketing the catch, over a twelve month period.
The grant was sought to offset some of the operating expenses during exploratory fishing, especially during the winter and spring months when...
The fishery for red-legged banana prawns in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (JBG) developed in the early 1980s. Since then, fishing effort has varied from 700 to 2600 boat-days per year and catches range from 200 to 1000 tonnes per year. Initially the JBG fishery developed as an alternative to fishing in...
Following on from the success of the 2012, 2015 & 2017 National Recreational Fishing Conferences, the Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation was successful in securing a funding grant from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) to deliver a National Recreational Fishing...
ORGANISATION:
Tasmanian Association for Recreational Fishing Inc (TARFish)
A national survey of recreational and indigenous fishing was conducted in Australia during 2000-01. The survey was a joint initiative of Commonwealth and State governments. Grants from the Natural Heritage Trust, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, State and Territory fisheries agencies...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
The National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing Survey (National Survey) is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments to obtain fisheries statistics to support the management of non-commercial fishing in Australia. The National Survey has been progressively...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
This Workshop entitled 'Recreational fishing: what's the catch?' continues the series, commenced in 1985 by the Australian Society for Fish Biology. The major objective of the Workshops has been to promote the opportunity, during the Society's Annual Conference, for the national fish and fisheries...