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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-083
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review and assessment of the impacts of the proposed broad areas of interest (BAOI) for MPA development in the SE region

On the 14 December 2005 the Australian Government announced detailed proposals for the establishment of an extensive network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the South-east Region of Australia. The 14 candidate MPAs would cover more than 170,000 square kilometres of Commonwealth waters off...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-081
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of information needs for freshwater flows into Australian estuaries

Water is a critical resource management issue in Australia and is recognised as being “part of Australia’s natural capital, serving a number of important productive, environmental and social objectives” (IGA-NWI, 2004, p. 1). The demand for water for residential supplies, agriculture, industry, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy (DRNME) Indooroopilly
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-149
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Planning for a Blue Future Salmon - informing R&D, regulation and industry development

The Tasmanian salmon industry is seeking to grow production safely and sustainably in the next two decades, further increasing the tangible benefits to the Tasmanian community. Our aim, through the Tasmanian Global Salmon Symposium partnership, is to deliver this by being the most environmentally...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-159
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Retrospective assessment of ITQs to inform research needs and to improve their future design and performance

The use of transferable fishing rights has increased internationally over recent decades with most industrialised countries now using some form of individual transferable catch quota (ITQ) or individual transferable effort (ITE) system for at least some of their fisheries. Australia also has...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-748.30
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Introduction to the use of bioeconomics in fisheries management for key decision makers

A bio-economic workshop for fisheries managers was held to discuss the importance of economic objectives and the role of government and industry in attaining those objectives. Participants learnt how economic analyses, such as bio-economics, can identify management changes that can improve fishery...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood CRC Company Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-103
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: Adapting to change - minimising uncertainty about the effects of rapidly-changing environmental conditions on the Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery

With the severity and intensity of tropical cyclones predicted to increase with global climate change (Webster et al. 2005), the need to understand the effects of these events on fisheries production is paramount. The northern tropical margin of the Australian continent is subject to tropical...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-165
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluating the benefits of recreational fishing

In 1984 a world conference on recreational fishing was held in France. Since then, there had not been a world gathering to discuss and share information regarding recreational fishing. European countries gathered, in Ireland, in 1996 to confer over recreational fishing but this focused only on...
ORGANISATION:
Recfish Australia
Environment
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