PROJECT NUMBER
•
2023-009
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
11 results
PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-161
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Atlantis Fisheries Consulting Group (AFCG)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2019-129
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
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
Developing a positive cultural attitude towards the capture and release of sharks and rays
Project number:
2018-055
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure:
$358,968.00
Principal Investigator:
Michael Drew
Organisation:
University of Adelaide
Project start/end date:
10 Jun 2019
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31 Mar 2022
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Recently, PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture (PIRSA F and A) identified the need to develop a recreational fishery- and research-supported program that combines new communication strategies and evidence-based CoP development to disseminate information relevant to supporting the management of recreational fisheries for sharks and rays. The priority identified was to improve education and awareness among the recreational fishers in relation to ethical capture, handling and release practices for sharks and rays. Examples of this approach were undertaken in the United States (NOAA), Australia (TAFI and SARDI) and Hawaii (NOAA), where recreational groups have contributed to research activities to assess PRS and use the information to educate other fishers about specific issues related to fisheries for shark species. This proactive approach could be applied to shark and ray species that are priorities for management and taken as bycatch, or targeted by recreational and gamefishing anglers across southern Australia. Correspondence with research colleagues in Victoria and NSW, and fishery stakeholders, identified a need to review, improve and rationalise guidelines for capture, handling and release of sharks and rays, and highlighted data gaps for key species. A field-based quantitative study of the PRS of selected target priority species will be designed during a workshop in 2019, led by SARDI and CSIRO, with support of a linked FRDC-funded project (2018-042) in Victoria (Monash University). The overarching aim is to inform the development of capture, handling and release guidelines and CoPs for sharks and rays that apply to the range of fishing situations across southern Australia. The SARDI and Monash-based projects address region-specific needs and will co-manage the workshop (See suppl. letter). This will include engagement between government agencies, NGOs, and fishers to understand the relative susceptibilities of target species to handling, and expected impacts of gear configuration on PRS.
Research outcomes of the broader project will be coupled with public and fishery feed-back strategies (e.g. expansion of a tagging program) to address the management and perception issues.
1. Facilitate a national workshop to identify priority species and operational factors to investigate during studies aimed at informing sustainable recreational fisher practices for sharks and rays.
2. Use web-supported telemetry technology, and direct engagement of recreational fishers to collect post-release survival data on the priority species within a structured case-study framework.
3. To support positive and sustainable cultural attitudes towards sharks and rays through the production of evidence-based educational material to inform sustainable recreational fisher practices.
Report
ISBN:
978-0-646-82728-5
Authors:
R. Reina
P. Rogers and S. Williamson
Report
•
2020-10-06
•
13.59 MB
Reina et al 2020 Sharks and rays in recreational fisheries.pdf
This report summarises the outcomes of the Workshop on; prioritisation of species, identification of best-practice capture and handling, design of post-release survival studies, and development of effective communication campaigns, for developing positive behavioural change in recreational fishing of Sharks and Rays.
Improving Outcomes of Fisher Interactions with Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras
Project number:
2018-042
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$225,740.00
Principal Investigator:
Richard Reina
Organisation:
Monash University Clayton Campus
Project start/end date:
31 Mar 2019
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29 Sep 2020
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
We address an FRDC priority to address fisher behaviour to improve the outcome following capture of sharks and rays in Victoria, foster greater environmental stewardship in Victorian fishers.
In Victoria, rapidly rising numbers of recreational fishers in faster boats equipped with accurate navigational aids, is creating new pressures on some chondrichthyan species. Our partner VRFish has survey data showing that a large proportion of Victorian recreational fishers lack knowledge on how to handle and release rays and the requirements to release them unharmed, demonstrating a clear need to provide suitable education. There is need to develop best-practice protocols that ensure the high survival of released animals and the safety of the fishers handling them, that also meet community expectations on the humane treatment of these animals, especially in light of recent media and public concern. Recreational fishers are very supportive of education and awareness strategies (VRFish survey data), so we will address the need to provide them.
To achieve better outcomes for captured chondrichthyans, there is a need to improve fisher behaviour and practices by acquiring information on current practices and to use our expert knowledge of the range of responses to capture and handling by these species. This will provide the basis for developing the best capture and handling protocols to be adopted by fishers. To promote community uptake of improved handling practices and increased survival on release there is a need to produce, provide and distribute these protocols to recreational and professional fishers in Victoria, to assist them in adopting best-practice through behavioural change and to encourage greater environmental awareness and stewardship. Extension programs are needed to engage the wider community and support educational programs about recreational fishing.
1. The overarching objective of this project is to cause behavioural change of fishers in their interactions with captured sharks, rays and chimaeras in Victoria.
2. Form an expert steering committee to oversee and guide this project and the SARDI project addressing recreational fisheries impact on sharks, rays and chimaeras.
3. Execute an informed, comprehensive, cost-effective and targeted communications strategy leading to behavioural change in Victorian fishers.
4. Complete a vulnerability risk analysis of chondrichthyan species impacted by recreational fishing in Victorian waters.
5. Co-host a multi-jurisdictional workshop with SARDI to identify species of importance, develop and agree upon capture handling protocols for chondrichthyan animals across states to ensure high post-release survival and humane treatment of these animals and the safety of fishers.
Report
ISBN:
978-0-646-82728-5
Authors:
R. Reina
P. Rogers and S. Williamson
Report
•
2020-10-06
•
13.59 MB
Reina et al 2020 Sharks and rays in recreational fisheries.pdf
This report summarises the outcomes of the Workshop on; prioritisation of species, identification of best-practice capture and handling, design of post-release survival studies, and development of effective communication campaigns, for developing positive behavioural change in recreational fishing of Sharks and Rays.
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
•
2015-014
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Estimating the impacts of management changes on bycatch reduction and sustainability of high-risk bycatch species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery
Keywords: Discards, elasmobranchs, post-trawl survival, Aptychotrema rostrata, Trygonoptera testacea, turtle excluder device, bycatch reduction device, TEDs, BRDs, ecological risk assessment, ERA
Executive Summary: Researchers from the Queensland Government’s Department of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2003-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Byproduct: Catch, economics and co-occurrence in Australias longline fisheries
The longline sector of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) and the Southern and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (SWTBF) target four main species and incidentally take over 80 other species as “bycatch”. Significant amounts of these species are often retained for sale, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2003-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2002-033
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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