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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-013
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 14 DEC 2018

Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches in the order of 1000 tonnes pa and a landed value of about $65 million. The species has also long represented a traditional food source for the local Aboriginal population as well as being...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-013
DATE START/END: 19 NOV 2019 - 30 MAY 2021

Modelling environmental changes and effects on wild-caught species in Queensland

Australia’s sustainable fisheries management strategy critically depends on quantitative assessments of stocks of harvested species. These rely on data based, detailed, scientific stock assessment models which typically do not account for fluctuating environmental factors (e.g., sea surface...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-406
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2016 - 29 MAY 2016

Oysters Australia IPA: development of a national Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) response plan

Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) is a devastating disease affecting Pacific Oysters. It is caused by the virus Ostreid herpesvirus-1 microvariant (OsHV-1 μVar). POMS has been associated with high mortality events involving Pacific oysters in Europe, New Zealand and NSW. All ages of Pacific...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-300
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2015 - 27 FEB 2018

Social Science and Economics Research Coordination Program (SSERCP)

Previous investment by the FRDC in social science and economics research capacity and coordination includes the Social Science Research Coordination Program 2010-2015 (SSRCP), the 'Building capability in Fisheries Economics' project 2008/306 ('FishEcon' project). With the finsalisation of both in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-227
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2015 - 29 NOV 2015

In-shore fisheries workshop

FRDC supported an Inshore Fisheries Forum in March 2008 and subsequently funded a project to develop “A strategic plan for Australia’s Inshore Fisheries” (2010). Since that time there have been significant changes both in fisheries management and in the nature of the processes that affect the...
ORGANISATION:
NMAC (SA) Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-035
DATE START/END: 23 AUG 2015 - 10 DEC 2015

Critical knowledge gaps: estimating potential maximum cumulative anthropogenic mortality limits of key marine mammal species to inform management

The Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) has attracted significant public attention as a result of marine mammal bycatch mortalities (common dolphins and fur seals) in mid-water trawl operations by the FV Geelong Star since it commenced fishing in April 2015. The Australian Fisheries Management...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-239
DATE START/END: 11 MAY 2016 - 24 AUG 2017

Oysters Australia IPA: Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome - resistant Oyster breeding for a sustainable Pacific Oyster Industry in Australia

POMS was first detected in NSW in November 2010 when oyster farmers in the Georges River reported mortality of wild and farmed Pacific Oysters. In late January 2013, high mortality was observed among farmed triploid Pacific Oysters from the Hawkesbury River and POMS was detected. Experience with...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-220
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2015 - 19 MAY 2016

Isolating social and economic objectives within multiple stakeholder fisheries – a case study: the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery

Like many shared inshore fisheries the Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) has sustained extensive management change over time. This has influenced its demographics, resulted in changes in the spread of fishing concentration and created stakeholder shifts in geographical location. Members within the MSF...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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