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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

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

In February 2017, FRDC and the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) hosted a workshop (FRDC 2016/057) of fishing-gear experts and representatives from the prawn-trawl fisheries of Australia to explore priorities for future work to develop ways to reduce bycatch, discards and habitat impacts...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-155
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

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

Dispersed around Australia’s large coastline are numerous prawn fisheries, and collectively they produce around 20 Kt of product per annum worth around $300 million (https://australianprawnfisheries.com.au/australian-prawn-fisheries/). The commerce associated with this form of primary industry and...
ORGANISATION:
Sea Harvest Fishing Company Pty Ltd
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-054
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 1 JUL 2007

Effects of Trawling Subprogram: collaborative extension program by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Seanet and Ecofish for the development and adoption of square mesh codends in select prawn and scallop trawl fisheries in Queensland

Legislation requiring the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) was introduced in Queensland as part of the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999. The legislation was introduced in response to the need to manage fisheries with an ecosystem...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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2016-09-01

Eyes on the prize

An initiative to ‘crowd-source’ ideas from industry could see prawn bycatch in the north reduced by more than 30 per cent By Bianca Nogrady Kon Triantopoulos Kon’s Covered Fisheyes In trials, the green net fitted with Kon’s Covered Fisheyes resulted in significantly less bycatch, compared...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-040
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2007 - 30 AUG 2009

Selectivity and bycatch reduction of tiger flathead and eastern school whiting nets in the Danish seine fishery

There are a number of national and international acts, policies and plans being implemented which relate to bycatch issues in trawl fisheries and have the potential to impact significantly on the way trawl fisheries operate. Amendments to Schedule 4 of the 1982 Wildlife Protection (Regulation of...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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R&D Plan outcomes

Over the next five years, FRDC investment will be targeted to achieve the five outcomes of this R&D Plan (shown in Figure 2 below). The five outcomes are: Growth for enduring prosperity Best practices and production systems A culture that is inclusive and forward...
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FRDC R&D Plan 2020-2025

Overview FRDC's R&D Plan 2020-2025 seeks to build on efforts from across Australia’s fishing and aquaculture system to achieve a shared vision of what fishing and aquaculture might look like in Australia by 2030. The Plan focuses on delivering outcomes in five key areas, supported by five...
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About this R&D Plan

2030 vision The FRDC will invest to achieve the shared vision of Australia’s fishing and aquaculture sectors of building collaborative, vibrant fishing and aquaculture, creating diverse benefits from aquatic resources, and celebrated by the community. FRDC’s...
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