Following Abalone Viral Ganglioneurits (AVG) re-emerging in the Western Zone of the Victorian Abalone Fishery in early May 2021 it was decided that a workshop needed to be convened as soon as possible with relevant stakeholders to evaluate past research and understand research gaps while the virus...
Pain point:
The delay in exchange and reconciliation of catch data by fishers and processors means that there is a delay in quota accounting which impacts planning due to lack of timely information. Furthermore, with no access to pre-fishing information data to the processors means they are unable...
This project was an industry-led and highly collaborative project to develop a rigorous and cost-effective electronic platform to gather abalone divers’ observations of abalone stocks in situ that could be useful to inform the management of Australian abalone fisheries.