Traditionally, management of marine activities has occurred on a sector-by-sector basis, with limited consideration of the interactions between different activities and users, or their cumulative impacts. There is increasing global recognition of the need for Integrated Management (IM) of the...
This project assesses options for streamlining and improving the current electronic reporting process (VicRLTag app) based on an evaluation of the first three years of the Victorian Recreational Rock Lobster Tagging Program.
The 2018 Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy (Bycatch Policy) establishes the requirement for bycatch management in Commonwealth-managed fisheries. The Guidelines for the Implementation of the Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy aim to provide assistance to Australian Government entities...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
This FRDC funded project, Project No 2012/216, sought to build on an earlier pilot study, Project No. 2009/308 , undertaken in 2010 which examined the nature and dimensions of Aboriginal cultural fishing in the Tweed region of far northern New South Wales . Project No 2012/216 had two elements, the...
This project trialled the use of remote cameras to monitor the relative abundance of Australian sea lions (ASLs, Neophoca cinerea) at three Western Australian (WA) breeding colonies. The research was undertaken by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) to assess...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA