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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-191
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Travel bursary: Symposium on Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and Clean Environment

The Award recipient participated in the annual ICES-FAO Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour Working Group (ICES-FAO WGFTFB) meeting on April 8 - 12, 2019. This meeting was hosted by Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China, although each year the meeting is held in a different location. The...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Blue carbon and the Australian seafood industry: workshop

Several stakeholders within the Australian seafood industry have demonstrated strong leadership by developing carbon neutral business practices. In 2017, participants in the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program challenged the industry to become carbon neutral by 2030. In response, the...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-194
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Forecasting spatial distribution of Southern Bluefin Tuna habitat in the Great Australian Bight – updating and improving habitat and forecast models

This project was a collaboration between CSIRO, the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The project aim was to update work done as part of FRDC Project 2012/239 “Forecasting spatial distribution of Southern Bluefin Tuna...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart