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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-045
DATE START/END: 19 APR 2008 - 30 JUN 2011

Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: assessment of management options to minimise formation of ‘barrens’ habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania

There is now widespread appreciation of the need for holistic management of ecological systems to maintain ecosystem function, biodiversity and biological productivity, particularly when systems are subject to sustainable harvest. An important component of this approach is management to maintain...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-030
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2019 - 21 SEP 2022

An updated understanding of Eastern School Whiting stock structure and improved stock assessment for cross-jurisdictional management

Eastern School Whiting (Sillago flindersi) is a key economic species of ocean trawl fisheries in south-eastern Australian waters. It occurs in ocean waters to a depth of about 100 m, from Southern Queensland to north-eastern Tasmania and west along the mainland coast to Anxious Bay in South...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-050
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2025 - 29 JAN 2026

Carbon Farming Outreach Program. Integrated approaches to building fishing and aquaculture emission knowledge - Gap analysis

DAFF released these grants is to support Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) to develop commodity specific emissions reduction information to include in the Carbon Farming Outreach Program 'knowledge bank'. Once developed, the knowledge bank will provide a 'point-of-truth' for...
ORGANISATION:
Margo Consulting
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-748.30
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2014 - 29 JUN 2015

Seafood CRC: Introduction to the use of bioeconomics in fisheries management for key decision makers

The economic performance gap (lost profit) in Australian fisheries has been estimated at 36-46% or $350-450 million per annum. The future harvest theme attempts to recover this loss and assumes that half of this gap in economic performance (i.e. $200 million p.a.) occurs in CRC fisheries (i.e. is...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood CRC Company Ltd
Environment
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PUBLISHED:
2017-12-01

Shared directions on seafood future

Access to new information, inspiration, networking and reporting on the industry’s progress to stakeholders are all part of the seafood sector’s biennial national gathering Opening the conference Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Senator Anne Ruston The environment...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-405
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2018

Establishment of a Professional Association of Australian Fisheries Managers

Recent workshops on small-scale fisheries management in Adelaide and the use of bio-economics in Queenscliff highlighted the use and value of increasing engagement between jurisdictions, to improve understanding and uptake of innovative solutions to fisheries management. At these workshops managers...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
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DATE:
2025-01-29

Global biodiversity priorities are driving Australian fisheries management

Fishers are urged to be aware of – and contribute to – national and international biodiversity and conservation policies which will increasingly influence the future of Australian fisheries management.By Catherine Norwood It’s a long way from the daily challenges on the deck of an Australian...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-103
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2017 - 29 NOV 2017

Visiting scientist: Kostas Ganias - expert on fish reproductive biology related to egg production methods

The Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) is a widely used fishery-independent method for estimating spawning biomass (SB) of commercially important fish stocks. The method was established in the 1980s and has been applied to many pelagic and demersal species around the world. The DEPM is...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-069
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2020 - 29 JUN 2021

Climate ready Tasmanian smolt

Smoltification and transfer of salmon smolt from freshwater to seawater is a critical part in the production cycle of Atlantic salmon. Smoltification in Atlantic salmon includes changes in morphology, physiology and behaviour which adapts the fish ready for a life in seawater. Successful and...
ORGANISATION:
Tassal Group
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