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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-129
DATE START/END: 14 MAR 2020 - 14 MAR 2021

Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications

Shark fishing in southern Australia was first recorded in 1927 (Wilson et al. 2009) with fishers targeting mainly School Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) using demersal longlines. Between 1927 and the early 1960s the shark fishery developed due to increased demand for shark meat and vitamin A from shark...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-027
DATE START/END: 29 JUL 2020 - 29 SEP 2024

Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF)

Fish-trawl fisheries are important throughout southeastern and southern Australia, with >35 species targeted in different sectors providing ~>15 000 mt valued at >$60 million p.a. Most of the catch comes from the Commonwealth Southeast Trawl (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sectors (GABTS) of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
People
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-063
DATE START/END: 2 FEB 2020 - 9 DEC 2021

Abundance, population modelling, and potential biological removal estimates for Common Dolphins in Spencer Gulf: implications for the South Australian Sardine Fishery

Bycatch in fisheries is the number one source of direct human-caused death and serious injury to marine mammals worldwide, which has been estimated at over 650,000 individuals each year. For a number of species, the level of bycatch mortality is unsustainable and has led to declines in their...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-061
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2018 - 31 JUL 2023

Abalone Council Australia Ltd Planning and Management for a National Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Program

Australian abalone (Haliotis spp) supports major commercial fisheries in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales with total catches from these States being around 2,890 t in 2017/18 (down from 4,450t in 2011/2012). Of this catch, Tasmania is the largest producer...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-023
DATE START/END: 6 APR 2023 - 30 MAR 2026

Reduction of oyster waste: Establishing best practices for controlling wild spat under commercial production

‘Overcatch’ or ‘fouling’ costs Australia’s Sydney rock oyster (SRO; Saccostrea glomerata) farming industry an insurmountable sum each year in labour, crop losses and reduced prices due to unmarketable product. Although numerous methods have been implemented to control overcatch over many decades,...
ORGANISATION:
Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-109
DATE START/END: 26 MAY 2024 - 30 JUL 2026

Australian Council of Prawn Fishers Industry Partnership Agreement - Environment RD&E Program

The Australian wild prawn sector has the opportunity to play a leading stewardship role in Australia's ocean sustainability policies under construction by the Federal Government. Working with eNGOs with common priorities, the ACPF has the opportunity to influence future direction, rather than...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
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