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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

World Fisheries Congress: Collaboration key to sharing fisheries resources

World Fisheries Congress delegates identified collaboration and communication as key to the urgent action needed to address fisheries issues and equitable access to aquatic resources By Catherine Norwood What a difference 20 years makes. When Australia hosted the 2nd World Fisheries Congress...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-200
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 NOV 2016

Guidelines on a tiered, risk-based approach to bycatch management

Unacceptable levels of bycatch have the potential to close major fisheries and to affect markets for seafood, regardless of the fishery’s economic importance and the health of commercial fish stocks. One of the earliest and most dramatic examples of the significance of bycatch was the 1990s decline...
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
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2019-05-31

New guides to future fisheries

New science and technologies help managers build on the fundamentals of sustainable fisheries By Catherine Norwood Conversations around the sustainability of Australian fisheries have come a long way since the status of individual species was singled out as the primary indicator of...
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2024-09-16

Dynamic approach to improve fisheries management

Given the growing impacts of climate change on marine environments, leading fisheries scientist Andrew Penney advocates for greater recognition of changing population dynamics in fisheries modelling and management. By Catherine Norwood Climate change, warming oceans and associated...
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2024-04-17

Rock Lobster sector goes data harvesting to manage climate change

The dramatic, hidden, impact of marine heatwaves on Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus) survival has led to an expansion in data collection to better forecast the fishery’s stock levels.By Brad Collis With support from the Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-070
DATE START/END: 21 DEC 2009 - 30 OCT 2010

El-Nemo SE: risk assessment of impacts of climate change for key species in South Eastern Australia

Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activities are driving changes in global climate. Climate change is leading to ocean warming, changes in ocean currents and changed ocean chemistry associated with CO2 uptake. The magnitude of the recent physical changes is...
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University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2015-09-01

Delivering to the public on key challenges

Research, development and extension priorities for the next five years aim to ensure Australian fishing and aquaculture measure up to rising expectations for sustainable and ethical behaviour, while optimising the use of our natural resources The FRDC’s new Research, Development and Extension...
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2021-11-30

Final reports

No ghosts in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery 2007-038 This project addressed the issue of ghost gear in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery by investigating two possible solutions. The first approach studied the addition of sacrificial panels to the trap. These would corrode faster than the rest...
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