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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Can commercial harvest of long-spined sea urchins reduce the impact of urchin grazing on abalone and lobster fisheries?

At low-levels of exploitation, commercial harvesting of long-spined sea urchins was found to prevent increase in urchin density. Adjacent unfished locations experienced an increase in both urchin density and grazed area over the 2014 – 2016 study period. Research sampling of populations...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Safety
Rac Tas
Harvest Strategy
Fishing Effort
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Sea Urchins
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determining when and where to fish: Linking scallop spawning, settlement, size and condition to collaborative spatial harvest and industry in-season management strategies

Spatially explicit harvest strategies employed in the southeast Australian commercial scallop fisheries aim to buffer against recruitment variation to increase both production and continuity between seasons. As part of these harvest strategies, biomass surveys determine areas to be opened the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Workshop
Rac Tas
Productivity
Habitat
Economic
SPECIES
Commercial Scallop
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-017
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Demand Conditions and Dynamics in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery: Empirical Investigation

This final report, a collaboration between economists from CSIRO, CQU and ABARES, is the first detailed analysis of the interrelationship between fish prices on the Sydney and Melbourne fish markets. In addition, the study derived empirical estimates of the own and cross-price flexibilities for the...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Supply & Demand
Rac Cmwth
Market
Human Dimensions Research
Economic
SPECIES
Gemfish
Jackass Morwong
Silver Trevally
John Dory
Mirror Dory
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-048
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving mortality rate estimates for management of the Queensland Saucer Scallop fishery

This research was undertaken on the Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) fishery in southeast Queensland, which is an important component of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (QECOTF). The research was undertaken by a collaborative team from the Queensland Department...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Rac Qld
Mortality
Habitat
SPECIES
Ballot's Saucer Scallop
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-213
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enabling land-based production of juvenile Yellowtail Kingfish in NSW

NSW DPI conducted a series of experiments and commercial-scale production to investigate the viability of producing advanced juvenile yellowtail kingfish (YTK, Seriola lalandi) at the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) during March 2016 - December 2018. There is a significant shortfall of...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
TAGS
Recirculation System
Rac Nsw
Productivity
Husbandry
Biology
SPECIES
Yellowtail Kingfish
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
Environment
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
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