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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-002
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2010 - 29 NOV 2010

The use of BRUVs as a tool for assessing marine fisheries and ecosystems: A review of the hurdles and potential

This application was developed following a special session on non extractive fish sampling at the Indo Pacific Fish Conference in Perth in June 2009. A consistent theme of discussions at the workshop and subsequent email and phone conversations was that many people were supportive of the use of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Industry
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-002
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2022 - 29 JUN 2024

Investing in our future: stock assessment and the next generation

Stock assessment is a key component of sustainable fisheries management. It relies on a small pool of scientists who are technically able to develop and adapt complex statistical estimation methods to lead the assessments undertaken in Australia. A series of projects has given us some insight into...
ORGANISATION:
Cathy Dichmont Consulting
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-002
DATE START/END: 10 JAN 2021 - 15 DEC 2022

Quantifying the exposure, protection and recovery of seafloor habitats in Spencer Gulf to prawn trawling

Public scrutiny of trawl impacts from fisheries on seafloor ecosystems is increasing (Amoroso et al. 2018). Demonstrating the environmental sustainability of trawling is a major challenge. Well-managed trawl fisheries aim to employ best practices, which are described as ‘management and technical...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-002
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2023 - 9 JAN 2027

Developing a cost-effective and novel fisheries-independent monitoring program to inform scalefish fisheries management

Background The Tasmanian scalefish fishery contributes to total state fisheries production and is of high community value. However, target species remain difficult to assess and manage. Historically, scalefish, except for Banded Morwong, have been assessed using trends in commercial catch and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-022
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2005 - 31 AUG 2008

Bringing economic analysis and stock assessment together in the NPF: a framework for a biological and economically sustainable fishery

The effort reductions in the NPF (instituted during the 2001 NORMAC meeting after an international review of the stock assessment for tiger prawns) were implemented based on combinations of gear and season reductions. Given the slow recovery of the tiger prawn stocks in certain parts of the Gulf,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-216
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 30 JUL 2008

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

SBT Aquaculture Industry: Position The aquaculture of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challengers. The industry, which started in 1990, has expanded to produce about 9000 tonnes...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-213
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 1 SEP 2007

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: commercial AGD and salmon health project

The parasitic gill amoeba Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is believed to be the primary causative agent of amoebic gill disease (AGD) of cultured Atlantic salmon in the South east of Tasmania. The amoeba attaches to the gills of susceptible salmon and the response to the irritation by the amoeba is an...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-303
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 30 MAR 2007

Contribution to the organisation and publication of ASFB2004 Workshop entitled the “National Symposium on Ecosystem Research and Management of Fisheries”

The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) is the professional scientific society for fish and fisheries research in Australia. Each year, ASFB hosts a workshop on a topical issue in Australian fisheries. The workshop for 2004 is entitled the ‘National Symposium on Ecosystem Research and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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