PROJECT NUMBER
•
2010-304
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore Campus
29 results
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2018-016
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making
Through two national workshops, Indigenous community and agency representatives and researchers discussed issues around collecting, sharing and ownership of Indigenous fishing data. Challenges and opportunities were shared from all perspectives and expertise, knowledge and information came together...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2004-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-239
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2000-252
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: optimising water quality in rock lobster post-harvest processes
Rock lobsters can be exposed to poor water quality during all stages of handling and holding prior to going to market. Poor water quality reduces the time a lobster can be held alive and how many animals can be held in a system and thus may reduce profit. The quality of water can be assessed using...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2017-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management
Understanding relationships between fisher behaviour, their expectations/aspirations, responses to changes in stock status and to management intervention is critical when implementing effective management strategies. This project aims to inform on the practical challenges to achieving the stock...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2013-411
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
NSW Rock Lobster Assocation
Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery
Project number:
2019-183
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$110,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Nils Krueck
Organisation:
University of Tasmania
Project start/end date:
30 Nov 2020
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29 Nov 2021
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster is one of Tasmania’s most valuable commercial and recreational fishery species. Rock lobster are taken using traps and hand collection methods, with recreational fishers subject to licensing and a range of traditional management measures, including bag and size limits as well as seasonal closures.
Recreational fishing effort is concentrated off eastern Tasmania where recent assessments indicate that rock lobster stocks have been depleted by the combined effects of heavy fishing pressure and poor recruitment. Fishery simulations suggest that catches must be reduced to facilitate stock recovery above the biomass limit reference point (20% of unfished levels), initiating a 10-year stock rebuilding strategy that was implemented in 2013. A key element of this strategy is an annual catch limit, which is underpinned by a total allowable catch for the commercial sector and a region-specific notional catch share allocation for the recreational sector. While commercial catches are monitored and effectively controlled through an existing quota management system, management of the recreational catch has proven more problematic.
Reductions in bag and possession limits as well as a progressive reduction in season length have failed to achieve necessary reductions in recreational catch to target levels. This situation is likely to be exacerbated as stocks rebuild, resulting in higher catch rates that may incentivize additional recreational fishing pressure. Thus, achieving the stock recovery target depends on effectively regulating catches taken by the recreational sector. A novel approach supported by stakeholders is the introduction of an individual season limit. However, there are many practical issues to be considered in implementing this or any alternative management system. This project aims to combine an in-depth global review of existing recreational management systems with a feasibility analysis of candidate management schemes to effectively monitor and regulate recreational rock lobster catches in a practical and cost-effective manner.
1. In-depth review of existing management systems to monitor and constrain recreational harvest
2. Assess the practical feasibility of implementing alternative management systems to regulate and monitor the recreational rock lobster catch
3. Develop a business case and implementation plan for a preferred catch management system for the Tasmania recreational rock lobster fishery.
Final report
ISBN:
978-1-922708-20-5
Author:
Samantha Twiname
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2016-258
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
FRDC-DCCEE: preparing fisheries for climate change: identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in South Eastern Australia
Over the next century, the marine ecosystems of south-eastern Australia are expected to exhibit
some of the largest climate-driven changes in the Southern Hemisphere. The effects of these
changes on communities and businesses will depend, in part, on how well fishing industries
and resource managers...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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