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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-062
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Driving innovation in environmental performance in the Queensland fishing industry

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
Industry
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-133
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The right conversations - Identifying optimal stakeholder engagement and evaluation practices for fisheries

This Project aimed to improve understanding of how and to what extent certain barriers keep the seafood industry from making substantive progress towards building greater stakeholder and community trust. The Project was designed to meet this aim by researching obstacles to, and enablers of,...
ORGANISATION:
ENVision Environmental Consulting
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-021
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Radiometric aging of sharks

Determining the age of sharks is difficult. A reliable independent method of validating age estimates is needed, apart from relying on tag return data. The success of radiometric analysis for bony fish overseas and in Australia suggested that it would be worth trying the method on sharks. Four...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A study of the sand crab (Portunus pelagicus) and its exploitation in a sub-tropical multi-sector fishery

Based on logbook records the sand crab commercial pot fishery in Moreton Bay is worth in the vicinity of $2 million wholesale annually. Sand crabs are also taken as an incidental by-catch by otter trawlers and in addition Moreton Bay supports a substantial recreational fishery. Sand crabs are caught...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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