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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Male dominance to end species

Gene technology offers new hope for carp-free rivers after many years of trials Photo: Shutterstock For the first time, scientists have successfully trialled a technology that could control and even exterminate invasive fish such as carp. In a paper published in May 2014 in the journal...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-10-01

Finding the balance in a life aquatic

Good relationships are the backbone of Mervi Kangas’s life’s work on the water, as she strives to ensure commercial fisheries remain sustainable By Melissa Marino Mervi Kangas never tires of a good sunset. She has been privileged to see quite a few spectacular skies as the sun dipped below an...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-756
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2010 - 30 NOV 2013

SCRC: PhD : Managing fisheries to maximise profits by understanding and reducing variable costs of fishing

The Future Harvest Theme of the AS-CRC emphasises the management of wild fish stocks to maximise profitability. On a basic level this involves optimising the balance between higher catch (or revenue) and residual stock (to control costs). This for example is the concept behind current initiatives...
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)
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

Harvest strategies set the course for sustainability

Monitoring, assessment and transparent decision-making – this is the management trifecta setting Australian fisheries on a path to sustainable futures By Catherine Norwood Although many Australian fisheries already have harvest strategies, the roll-out of harvest management...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Collective achievements through investment

Changes to legislation during the past year are making way for new challenges and opportunities for the FRDC and its stakeholders By Julie Haldane In 2013-14 the FRDC enjoyed continued support from the Australian Government and industry stakeholders across three diverse sectors – commercial,...
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-039
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2018

Putting potential environmental risk of Australia's trawl fisheries in landscape perspective: exposure of seabed assemblages to trawling, and inclusion in closures and reserves

Addressing & demonstrating the environmental sustainability of fishing — particularly trawling — remains a major challenge & priority in management plans for many demersal fisheries in Australia. The effects of trawling (EoT) are contentious, with often negative perceptions among the public & media,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
People
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-414
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2017 - 29 APR 2017

Delivery of focused corporate governance training by the Australian Institute of Company Director's to the newly formed Tuna Australia Ltd board representing stakeholders of the Commonwealth managed Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

This application was developed in consultation with Tuna Australia, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Australian Institute of Company Directors The main beneficiaries will be the newly formed industry association Tuna Australia. It will ensure all directors are aware of...
ORGANISATION:
Tuna Australia Ltd
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