In this project, CSIRO researchers implemented the first Australia-wide spatial approach to quantifying the exposure of mapped seabed assemblages to the footprints of Commonwealth demersal trawl fisheries, as well as their spatial protection in areas closed to trawling. These outputs are assisting...
The overall objective of this study is to provide critical background knowledge to support the reexpansion of Queensland oyster aquaculture, which has been experiencing low levels of production since the 1920s. Once the epicentre of the oyster industry in Australia (Schrobback, 2015),...
OBJECTIVES: a. To determine the efficiency of Beam, Triple and Prawn
trawling methods for the harvesting of scatlops.
b. To investigate the difference in efficiency between the
sputnik dredge and the Japanese Keta-ami dredge.
c. To investigate the difference in bottom damage between the
sputnik and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
The world is changing more rapidly than any one individual can track. The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (1999) (EPBC Act) requires for all human activities, such as fisheries, to be sustainable not only in isolation but in combination with other anthropogenic...