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PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-061
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of alternative strategies for management of Commonwealth fisheries in southeastern Australia

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-221
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Impoundment stocking strategies for eastern and northern Australia

Fish stocking is a valuable and widely used fisheries management tool. If managed well, a fish stocking program can improve the status of declining or threatened fish stocks, restore species diversity to a degraded waterway, and even create a fishery where there was none before. The positive image...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-131
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock structure and regional variation in population dynamics of the red throat emperor and other target species of the Queensland Tropical Reef Line Fishery

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) is the largest and, arguably, most pristine marine park in the world. Commercial, charter and recreational fishing have occurred on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) for many decades. Since the late 1980’s, there has been growing concern about the...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Interim monitoring of the 1995 eastern gemfish spawning run

Historically, monitoring of the eastern gemfish stock has been based on sampling at NSW fish markets, and carried out by NSW Fisheries Research Institute as part of its NSWs management responsibilities for the fishery. With the advent of AFMA, however, responsibility for monitoring of the fishery...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-034
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Age and growth of jack mackerel, and the age structure of the jack mackerel purse seine catch

Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) is a pelagic species that is found in waters off southern Australia and New Zealand. It is the subject of a major fishery, predominantly off Tasmania, with annual landings in the range of 9,000 - 42,000 tonnes. The fishery commenced in the mid 1980s and uses purse...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-102
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Interactions between the abalone fishery and sea urchins in NSW

A sampling method was developed to quantify changes in the abundance of abalone on reefs in NSW from Port Stephens to the Victorian border. The method is based on the repeated sampling of the same, fixed areas and has been used each year since 1994 to provide indices of the relative abundance of...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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