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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-746
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: optimising the size and quality of sardines through real-time harvest monitoring

In order to improve the commercial profitability and sustainability of the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) there was a need to establish improved monitoring and harvest management practices based on an understanding of Sardine habitat preferences. In this project, the South Australian...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Rac Sa
Harvest Strategy
Habitat
Fisheries Management
Disease
SPECIES
Sardines
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-200
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluating rotational harvest strategies for sea cucumber fisheries

This project evaluated the benefits of a rotational harvest strategy (the Rotational Zoning Scheme - RZS) in the Queensland East Coast Sea Cucumber (Bêche-de-mer) Fishery and found that, in general, the current management arrangements result in a low risk to most fishery species and reduce the...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Rac Qld
Mental Health
Harvest Strategy
Fisheries Management
Analytics
SPECIES
Sea Cucumbers
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-019
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Refining a Nordmøre grid to minimise the incidental catch of cuttlefish and crabs in the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery

This report presents the findings of bycatch reduction device (BRD) trials undertaken for the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF) in South Australia using a ‘Nordmøre-grid’—a type of BRD that mechanically separates organisms based on size and/or morphological differences....
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Rac Sa
Habitat
Fishing Gear
Bycatch
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
King Prawns
Cuttlefishes
Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-773
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: dried WA seafood products for the Asian market: a pilot study

In 2009 Kingsun Bioscience Company, an international company with interests in the Japanese and Asian markets expressed an interest in investigating the possibility of drying WA seafood products for sale on the Asian market. WA seafood products of interest were those from sustainably managed...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Waste
Stakeholder
Safety
Rac Wa
Market Opportunities
SPECIES
Roe's Abalone
Commercial Scallop
Sea Cucumbers
Pearl Oysters
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-025
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessing post-release survival of Southern Bluefin Tuna from recreational fishing

Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) are an important component of the recreational game fishery in Australia. Recreational fishers in waters around South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales catch this species seasonally. Each state respectively is responsible for the management of this...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Rac Tas
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-236
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: developing the decision process for setting the TAC for abalone in Victoria, particularly with reference to recovery of AVG-impacted reefs

Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) methods are used to examine the performance of prospective Harvest Control Rules for calculating the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Western Zone (WZ) Abalone Fishery. Of particular importance is recovery of the stock following the combined effects of...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
TAGS
Rac Vic
Modelling
Individual Transferable Quota
Harvest Strategy
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Abalone
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-053
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enhancing the understanding of the value provided to fisheries by man-made aquatic structures

In 2018, the state’s recreational and commercial fishers (represented by the peak bodies Recfishwest and WAFIC) commissioned a program of research as part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation project aimed at documenting the social and economic values and benefits that stakeholders...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Social Science
Social Science
Recreational Fishing
Rac Wa
Policy
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