In Tasmania, unlike most other Australian states, recreational as well as commercial fishers are permitted to use gillnets. The gear is used to target a diverse range of finfish in a variety of habitats, including inshore reefs and sheltered coastal waters. The main scalefish species taken include...
The Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Coordination Program (AAHBCP) was established to ensure the productivity and profitability of aquatic animal industries and to protect aquatic environments through research and development.
The AAHBCP plays a pivotal role in leading national...
Summary
Global plastic production has increased exponentially since the 1950s (Geyer et al. 2017). About three percent of global plastic production ends up in the oceans, and plastics are now ubiquitous in the world’s oceans, including marine sediments (Ritchie and Roser 2018). In 2010–11,...
AFMA is increasingly moving to spatial management as a tool for influencing the operation of the fisheries it oversees. This move is driven from two sources. The increasing emphasis on an ecosystem based approach to fisheries management has driven increasing emphasis on spatial approaches as these...
Transmission of pathogens and potential vectors into farms via the intake of environmental seawater is a high biosecurity concern and prawn farms have commenced using fine filtration and chemical disinfection to reduce the biosecurity risk. The persistence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Bribie Island
The overall aim of this project is to improve our understanding of prawn (black tiger prawn Penaues monodon) nutrition during suboptmal conditions. During late stages of prawn production, farms are often subject to high rainfall events whch rapidly reduce both salinity and temperature for extended...