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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-082
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Ensuring monitoring and management of bycatch in Southern Rock Lobster fisheries is best practice

Bycatch is an important issue in fisheries worldwide, with the impacts of fishing activities on non-targeted species and the wider marine environment receiving increasing public attention. Issues such as the potential wastage of resources through discarding of unwanted catch, ecological impacts on...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-202
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tackling a critical industry bottleneck: developing methods to avoid, prevent and treat biofouling on mussel farms

Biofouling negatively affects shellfish production through several pathways, including: 1) reducing natural mussel spat settlement rates; 2) preying upon mussel spat and juveniles; 3) competing for food with mussels; and 4) smothering established mussels. These problems are well documented in the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spatial management within the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery

The NSW Department of Primary Industries-Fisheries has outlined the results of a four-year trawl survey (2017-2020) aimed at evaluating spatial management provisions within the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery (OTF) and the potential for these to be adapted to deal with tactical challenges associated with...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-076
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

QX resistant oyster challenge trial 2005 - 2006

The Hawkesbury River is located approximately 50 km north of Sydney NSW. In 2003, the Hawkesbury River was the third largest Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata (SRO) producing estuary in NSW, with an annual farm gate production of $3.6M (10.1 million oysters). The commercial production of SRO...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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