PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-031 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Post graduate support for novel governance for a changing ocean ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Travel Bursary Leadership Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-011 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Sea Change: co-developing pathways to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Climate Resilience Climate Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-005 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Research to support the development of a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Fisheries Management Commercial Species Biomass SPECIES Sardines
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-012 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish longline fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Tagging Bycatch Animal Welfare SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish Skates
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-091 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Whale entanglement mitigation program – understanding whale population dynamics, entanglement dynamics and gear modifications to reduce entanglements in WRL gear ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-123 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Biology and Ecology Program: Strategically targeting research on Panulirus cygnus and its ecosystem to suit the needs of the WRL fishing industry and stakeholders ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Sustainability SPECIES Western Rock Lobster
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 • 2019-028 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Physiology Mortality Audit Animal Welfare Animal Health SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-067 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Socio-economic characterisation of a small scale commercial fishery: opportunities to improve viability and profitability in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Wild Catch Wellbeing Trade Supply & Demand Social Science SPECIES Snook Banded Morwong Jackass Morwong Silver Trevally Southern Garfish FACT SHEET • PUBLISHED DATE: 12 Oct 2023 2018-067 summary infographic.pdf FINAL REPORT • PUBLISHED DATE: 18 Sep 2023 2018-067-DLD.pdf
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-101 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Modification of fishery assessment and modelling processes to better take account of changes in population structure, specifically animal size, on catch rate data ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Stock Assessment Population Dynamics Harvest Strategy Fishing Gear SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster