PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-044 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Characterising the impacts of warm water and other stressors on the boom-and-bust cycle of the Commercial Scallop ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Rac Tas Fishing Gear Fisheries Management Commercial Species Climate Adaptation SPECIES Commercial Scallop
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-014 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Genetic stock structure of commercially important deep sea crab species ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Sustainability Stock Assessment Reproduction Rac Vic Rac Tas SPECIES Champagne Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-166 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Value-add and transition the Australian Herring (Arripis georgianus) commercial fishery from the bait market to the human consumption market through effective marketing strategies and industry collaboration ORGANISATION: Blueshift Consulting TAGS Underutilised Post Harvest Consumer Commercial Species SPECIES Australian Herring
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-107 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Researching, trialling and evaluating a market driven approach to commercialising a range extended marine species - Tasmanian Wild Sea Urchin (Longspined Sea Urchin) ORGANISATION: True South Seafood TAGS Rac Tas Post Harvest Market Opportunities Invasive Species SPECIES Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-041 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of mitigation tools for protected species interactions in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery ORGANISATION: Tuna Australia Ltd TAGS Wellbeing Threatened Endangered Protected Species Rac Cmwth Modelling Mitigation SPECIES Striped Marlin Swordfish Bigeye Tuna Albacore Southern Bluefin Tuna
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-068 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Multi-fishery collaboration to assess population abundances and post release survival of threatened Sawfish captured in commercial fishing operations in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Tagging Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-066 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Metal Detector installation on Toothfish vessels to improve PIT tag recovery rates ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Stock Assessment Post Harvest Commercial Species SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-157 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Bringing the iconic Australian Herring to the food service and retail market ORGANISATION: Curtin University TAGS Underutilised Rac Wa Post Harvest Consumer Commercial Species SPECIES Australian Herring
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-138 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Developing a Kimberley Aboriginal Mud Crab Fishery ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA TAGS Rac Wa Rac Qld Rac Nt Rac Nsw Indigenous SPECIES Mud Crabs
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-005 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Research to support the development of a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Fisheries Management Commercial Species Biomass SPECIES Sardines