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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-339
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fishrights '99 - use of property rights in fisheries management conference

Fisheries Western Australia, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, hosted 'FishRights99', an international Conference with the theme Use of Property Rights in Fisheries Management. The conference was held in Fremantle, Western Australia, in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Stakeholder
Resource Access And Allocation
Recreational Fishing
Policy
Fisheries Management
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-052
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spatial scales of exploitation among populations of demersal scalefish: implications for wetline management

West Australian dhufish is endemic to shelf waters of south-western Western Australia (WA). In contrast, snapper (known as "pink snapper" in WA) has a continuous distribution around the southern coastline of mainland Australia and in New Zealand. Dhufish and snapper are the two most important...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Reproduction
Otolith
Laboratory Procedures
SPECIES
Snapper
West Australian Dhufish
People
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1997-104
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Modelling to explore management strategies to optimise the value of the rock lobster fishery of Western Australia

The fishery for the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) is Western Australia’s most important single species fishery, and yields an average annual catch of 10,500 to 11,000 tonnes valued at between $200 and $300 million at the point of landing. With a high level of exploitation and a...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Modelling
Marketing
Life History
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-074
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Management of bioeroding sponges in wild stocks of Pinctada maxima in Western Australia

Data on bioeroding sponge species that excavate shells of the pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, was collected from the main fishing grounds in North Western Australia. Estimates on infestation rates across size/age classes of shell are provided from the main fishing grounds and over three consecutive...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Seafood Quality
Reproduction
Invasive Species
Habitat
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Pearl Oysters
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-006
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ESD Reporting and Assessment Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

The second stage of the operation of the ESD Subprogram was successful, but compared to the focus during the first subprogram period, mostly in a consolidation manner rather than from the generation of significant new tools. This was necessary because it takes time to adopt and integrate...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Training
Sustainability
Social Science
Social Science
Publication
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-066
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Comparing conventional ‘social-based’, and alternative output-based, management models for recreational finfish fisheries using Shark Bay pink snapper as a case study

This study has provided for the first time in Australia, an empirical comparison of different management models with a recreational marine finfish fishery. A TAC-based system was introduced for pink snapper in the inner gulfs of Shark Bay for the first time in 2003-2005, to explicitly manage...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Tagging
Survey
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Individual Transferable Quota
SPECIES
Snapper
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