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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-038
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Study of ghost fishing in the NSW rock lobster fishery

This project concerns an assessment of the significance ghost fishing in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery and potential modifications to fishing gears and practices that could minimise trap loss and consequent ghost fishing of the target species, Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi. The...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Nsw
Mortality
Fishing Technology
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
Eastern Rock Lobster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-009
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram: Perkinsus olseni in abalone - development of fit-for-purpose tools to support its management

The project was able to successfully propagate a new P. olseni isolate from Queensland and successfully cultured the isolates from Spain, Japan, New Zealand, and South Australia as well as P. chesapeaki, which was used as a negative control. We were unable to culture the Western Australian (WA)...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Rac Wa
Mortality
Disease
Diagnostic
Biosecurity
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Roe's Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
Brownlip Abalone
Abalone
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-159
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spawning biomass of Jack Mackerel (Trachurus declivis) in the East sub-area of the Small Pelagic Fishery during summer 2019

Estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator for quota species in the Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). The objective of this study was to conduct ichthyoplankton and adult trawl surveys that underpin the DEPM in the...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Responsible Fishing
Reproduction
Rac Cmwth
SPECIES
Mackerels
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Saucer Scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment

This study examined possible contributing environmental factors to the recruitment variability of the Ballot’s saucer scallop Ylistrum balloti across the main stocks in Western Australia. The project was undertaken to explain the variation observed between years and between regions as well...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Remote Sensing
Rac Wa
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Ballot's Saucer Scallop
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-032
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Incorporating the effects of marine spatial closures in risk assessments and fisheries stock assessments

Within the framework of the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has adopted clear decision rules to set catch limits for commercially targeted species in Commonwealth fisheries. In several fisheries, AFMA has adopted a tiered harvest strategy...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Sustainability
Stakeholder
Rac Cmwth
Productivity
Policy
SPECIES
Silver Trevally
Pink Ling
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