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DATE:
2023-09-18

Underutilised species

Overview Commercial and recreational fishing inevitably results in the capture of unwanted fish species. While some of these species are sold at low prices for low-value products, a significant portion are discarded at sea. Despite advancements in fishing gear to reduce bycatch, large...
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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,...
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-032
DATE START/END: 16 MAR 2012 - 17 JAN 2015

Incorporating the effects of marine spatial closures in risk assessments and fisheries stock assessments

Within the framework of the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy, AFMA has adopted clear decision rules to set catch limits for commercially targeted species in Commonwealth fisheries. In several fisheries they have adopted a tiered harvest strategy framework that specifies both assessment methods...
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2021-09-14

Under-catching makes economic sense

A demand analysis has identified the influences of farmed and imported seafood on Australia’s wildcatch pricing and fishers’ harvest strategies By Gio Braidotti The fact that commercial fishers are not catching as many fish as regulated limits allow has perplexed...
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2016-03-01

Success tied to cultural priorities

History, culture and country come together in the Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation’s Aquaculture Knowledge Partnership Project The CDU researchers worked with the Warruwi community to document traditional ecological knowledge about target aquaculture species – specifically sea cucumbers, oysters...
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