Multi-fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened Sawfish captured in commercial fishing operations in Northern Australia

Project number: 2022-068

Project Status:

Current

Budget expenditure: $528,552.00

Principal Investigator: Richard Pillans

Organisation: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd

Project start/end date: 31 Dec 2022 - 29 Jun 2026

Contact:

FRDC

Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence

Related research

All research

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-155

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Prawn trawl sea-snake bycatch reduction device - Assessment, refinement, and extension

1. Comprehensively assess the bycatch reduction performance of the Sea-snake TED/BRD including coverage of when, where, and how sea-snake escape, and what other species are likely to benefit the most from its use.

ORGANISATION:

Sea Harvest Fishing Company Pty Ltd

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-154

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Inshore fishery alternative and innovative gears partnership

1. Scoping of alternative gear types

ORGANISATION:

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-111

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Mitigating threatened species bycatch in gillnet fisheries

1. Comprehensively test two novel mitigation devices (deterrents) to provide industry and managers with scientifically robust tested measures with the potential to be implemented throughout a wide variety of gillnet fisheries.

ORGANISATION:

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

Multi-fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened Sawfish captured in commercial fishing operations in Northern Australia

Need

Objectives

Related research

Stay up to date