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2022-06-20

Advocate for action to help fisheries adapt

Gretta Pecl has built a global reputation as a marine science communicator and advocate for citizen science. She is a leading voice in the call for urgent science-driven climate action to help fisheries survive By Corrina Ridgway Not even a poor Zoom connection across 2600 kilometres can...
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Research Advisory Committees (RACs)

Research Advisory Committees (RACs) play a vital role in ensuring FRDC investment delivers real impact. There are eight RACs – one representing each State, the Commonwealth, and the Northern Territory – providing advice on priorities and investment needs relevant to the public good and for...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-039
DATE START/END: 14 JAN 2012 - 31 AUG 2013

FRDC-DCCEE: preparing fisheries for climate change: identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in South Eastern Australia

South-eastern Australia has been identified as a global hotspot for marine climate change and Governments of the five jurisdictions within the region have been proactive in establishing a formal collaborative structure (SEAP) to facilitate effective adaption of fisheries to potential impacts....
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University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2022-06-20

Science briefs

Tracking the world’s fastest fish Top End anglers are helping Charles Darwin University researchers track billfish – the iconic and highly sought-after sports species that include marlin and sailfish. The research project is led by Dr Keller Kopf, Professor Hamish Campbell and PhD...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-049
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2022 - 29 JUN 2023

Developing and testing a cultural change process in the NSW wild harvest sector: a case study to facilitate a process towards co-management in the NSW Northern Fish Trawl

The Australian Seafood industry has been impacted by several unrelated disrupters, international market relationships, bushfires, drought, and Covid-19 which require resilience to respond. Response to change spans from early adopters to steadfast deniers. Acceptance of and adapting to change...
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Strategic Journeys
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2013-06-01

Translocation lifts productivity

A tray of Southern Rocklobsters collected off Tasmania’s south-west coast are lifted from the well of the boat just prior to their translocation to their new reef home in shallower waters. Photo: Randall Harper By Catherine Norwood Over the past two fishing seasons, 160,000 Southern...
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