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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-029
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Improving performance of ITQ fisheries - Project activity paused

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) in fisheries involve the allocation of shares or portions of a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to individual fishers, vessels, communities, or others with an interest in the fishery. Previous research on the unintended and unwanted consequences of ITQs (FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-024
DATE START/END: 9 JUN 2013 - 31 JUL 2014

Professionalising Industry - NSW Pilot

This project has been developed as a direct response to the NSW wild catch industry priorities identified through an industry wide call for RD&E ideas by NSW FRAB, and an open invitation priority setting workshop held at SFM 2012. The need to address people development for the catching sector was a...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-020
DATE START/END: 2 OCT 2016 - 5 MAR 2020

Spatial management within the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery

Linkages between estuaries and coastal habitats are an important component of many species life history, and such connectivity is often mediated by rainfall. The impacts of intense rainfall events can be beneficial or detrimental on particular species, depending on their magnitude and their timing....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-031
DATE START/END: 7 OCT 2019 - 29 OCT 2022

Assessing the Risk of Pathogenic Vibrio Species in Tasmanian Oysters

FRDC has called for EOI addressing particular RD&E priorities; “Assessing the Risk of Pathogenic Vibrio spp in Tasmanian Oysters” was identified as a priority by the Tasmanian RAC. Foodborne vibrio infection has been associated with several pandemic outbreaks due to consumption of seafood, in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-079
DATE START/END: 6 JAN 2019 - 28 JAN 2021

Ecological modelling of the impacts of water development in the Gulf of Carpentaria with particular reference to impacts on the Northern Prawn Fishery

An earlier proposal to develop dynamic integrated ecosystem models to explore ecological and economic trade-offs of the impacts of existing and proposed water resource development in Northern Australia, and specifically the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), was submitted to FRDC who commented as follows...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Crawley
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-011
DATE START/END: 1 DEC 2019 - 6 JUN 2021

Optimising Compliance Outcomes in Recreational Fisheries

The Western Australian (WA) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the South Australian (SA) Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) each have primary responsibility to conserve, sustainably develop and equitably manage fish resources. Relevant fishing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-028
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2019 - 30 DEC 2022

Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment

The Australian Southern rock lobster (SRL, Jasus edwardsii) fishery is largely reliant on an international live lobster market. The increased value of lobsters and reliance on live export has meant that even low levels of stock losses or poor product quality can have significant financial or brand...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-039
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2019 - 29 JUN 2022

South Australian Pacific Oyster selective breeding program: Building POMS resistance to reduce risk for the South Australian oyster industry

In 2015-16, the SA oyster industry had an on-farm value of $32 million and employed approximately 230 people directly; with indirect and downstream aspects, these figures increase to $150 million and 700 people (Econsearch 2017). Farming is regionally based (i.e. Denial Bay, Smoky Bay, Streaky Bay,...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-062
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2020 - 29 JUN 2024

Knowledge to improve the assessment and management of Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland

The Giant Mud Crab (GMC, Scylla serrata) is an iconic and major target species of commercial, recreational and indigenous fisheries in northern Australia. However, the true harvest of this species from Queensland (Qld) waters is unknown (due to non-validated commercial catch, imprecise and sporadic...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-101
DATE START/END: 1 JUL 2020 - 1 NOV 2022

Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants

Recruitment to the western rock lobster fishery has been recognised to be largely driven by environmental conditions but the role of freshwater and/or contaminant derived from submarine groundwater discharge from land is unknown. Various anecdotal accounts from Western Australia, the Caribbean and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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