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PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-049
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 JUL 2008

The effects of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems off the west coast of Western Australia

In 1999/2000 the Western Rock Lobster Managed Fishery became the world’s first fishery to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, and since then the management process has moved on to address the MSC’s annual audit requirements. As part of this process an ecological risk assessment ...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-013
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2008 - 29 JUN 2012

Assessing the ecological impact of the Western Rock lobster fishery in fished and unfished areas

The initial certification process for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery (WRLF) to obtain accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in 2000 required an ecological risk assessment to be undertaken. Although that process, which was completed in 2001, rated the effects of lobster fishing on...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-016
DATE START/END: 22 JUN 2010 - 14 FEB 2013

Assessing the impacts of gillnetting in Tasmania: implications for by-catch and biodiversity

In Tasmania, unlike most other Australian states, recreational as well as commercial fishers are permitted to use gillnets. The gear is used to target a diverse range of finfish in a variety of habitats, including inshore reefs and sheltered coastal waters. The main scalefish species taken include...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-302
DATE START/END: 2 MAY 2010 - 17 JAN 2012

Equipping the mud crab industry with innovative skills through extension of best practice handling

Mud crab is the basis of a highly valuable resource for commercial, recreational and indigenous fisheries in the northern half of Australia. The wild-harvest commercial mud crab fishery is the highest value fishery in the Northern Territory (NT) and in 2007 provided a gross value of production (GVP)...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-208
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 30 DEC 2013

The Tasmanian Freshwater Eel Industry - an industry development and directions plan

The Tasmanian freshwater eel industry captures short- and long-finned eels (Anguilla australis and A. reinhardtii) from rivers and freshwater impoundments by predominantly fyke nets. Generally over 95% of the harvest is short-finned eel. The fish are held for a period in holding tanks before being...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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