PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-159 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Survey Stock Assessment Stakeholder Population Dynamics Life History SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-149 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) reports 2020, and further development of the SAFS production and dissemination system ORGANISATION: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) TAGS Stock Assessment Fisheries Management Data
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-143 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT An investigation of Indigenous knowledges and nutritional health and wellbeing benefits and values of seafood for supporting Indigenous fisheries development ORGANISATION: Monash University Clayton Campus TAGS Rac Nt Nutrition Indigenous
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-140 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Presentation at World Congress of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Xiamen, China) on Biosecurity and Aquatic Animal Health ORGANISATION: Pearl Producers Association (PPA) TAGS Sustainability Reproduction Policy Nutrition Market Opportunities SPECIES West Australian Dhufish Pearl Perches Pearl Oysters
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-130 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Larval dispersal for Southern Rock Lobster and Longspined sea urchin to support management decisions ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania TAGS Rac Vic Rac Tas Rac Sa SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Blacklip Abalone Greenlip Abalone Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-129 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications The project involves the evaluation of trials of auto-longlines to target Gummy Shark in Bass Strait. ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Wild Catch Recreational Fishing Rac Cmwth Fishing Gear Economic SPECIES Snapper School Shark Whiskery Shark Broadnose Shark Morwongs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-127 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing a traditional fishing harvest strategy to support the sustainable harvest of Quampie (Pinctada albina) in Moreton Bay ORGANISATION: David Brewer Consulting (DBC) TAGS Rac Qld Indigenous SPECIES Pearl Oysters
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-124 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Shared science and Indigenous knowledge to support fisheries capacity building in Torres Strait ORGANISATION: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart TAGS Training Trade Resource Access And Allocation Rac Cmwth Indigenous SPECIES Tropical Rock Lobsters Sea Cucumbers
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-120 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Building industry capacity to lead co-management initiatives within the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery: Training industry to conduct biomass estimate surveys ORGANISATION: Bass Strait Scallop Industry Association (BSSIA) TAGS Training Rac Cmwth Harvest Strategy Fishing Technology Fisheries Management SPECIES Commercial Scallop
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-118 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Drawing strength from each other: simulation testing of Australia’s abalone harvest strategies ORGANISATION: Cathy Dichmont Consulting TAGS Sustainability Software Mental Health Harvest Strategy Fishing Effort SPECIES Blacklip Abalone Roe's Abalone Greenlip Abalone