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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

Australian perspectives and memories on FOA code of conduct

Lessons learnt at home and overseas have helped Australia to take on the challenges of meeting international best practice for fisheries management By Catherine Norwood In the 1980s several of Australia’s leading fisheries were near the point of collapse – Southern Bluefin Tuna, Eastern...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

For all the fish in the sea

As Australia prepares to host the World Fisheries Congress 2021 in September, eminent marine ecologist Keith Sainsbury reflects on key developments within fisheries management since Australia hosted the second world congress 25 years ago Words Chris Clark, Illustration Sonia...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

Managing $50.5 million in R&D to deliver value for stakeholders

A challenging year also marked the start of several new FRDC initiatives designed to improve stakeholder consultation and increase the use of research findings The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Annual Report 2020–21 details the $50.5 million in research and development...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-044
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2023 - 29 JUN 2026

Characterising the impacts of warm water and other stressors on the boom-and-bust cycle of the Commercial Scallop

This application was developed to respond to recurring mass die-offs of scallop beds that have undermined open seasons in the scallop fishery with increasing frequency. While the boom-and-bust scallop fishery has had die-offs in the past, changing environmental conditions appear to be exacerbating...
ORGANISATION:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-401
DATE START/END: 14 MAY 2007 - 30 AUG 2007

Change Management - Seafood Supply Demonstration Project

The South Australian Seafood Industry (SASI - SAFIC/Seafood Council) is responsible for implementing the SA Seafood plan. The proposed project has been validated through the recently completed SASI project "Seafood Quality Assurance Program - Development and demonstration of supply...
ORGANISATION:
Corvel Marketing and Management
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-010
DATE START/END: 9 AUG 2014 - 31 JAN 2017

Understanding recruitment collapse of juvenile abalone in the Eastern Zone Abalone fishery – development of pre-recruitment monitoring, simulation of recruitment variation and predicting the impact of climate variation

Over the past three decades the Eastern Zone Abalone Fishery has experienced several large fluctuations in catch and catch rates, which has raised the concern that climate change may be bringing increased volatility in recruitment. This concern around recruitment is reinforced by observations of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-210
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 13 AUG 2015

Adapt or Fail: Risk management and business resilience in Queensland commercial fisheries

There has been growing interest in recent years in exploring the resilience of the commercial fishing industry and if/how fishers have adapted to management and environmental change. With ever decreasing opportunities for government assistance, it is increasingly recognised that to ensure the...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-201
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2011 - 30 OCT 2015

Implementing a spatial assessment and decision process to improve fishery management outcomes using geo-referenced diver data

Matching fishery assessment and management to appropriate biological scales in abalone fisheries The goals of this project are to improve abalone fishery management through capture of high resolution fishery dependent catch and effort data via position and depth data loggers, and, through...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-233
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2014 - 29 JUL 2016

Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Improving access for Indigenous Australians to and involvement in the use and management of Australia's fisheries resource

Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) continue to feel that their rightful place in the use and management of Australia's fisheries resources has yet to reach a level that would enable them to adequately meet their cultural and socio-economic needs and aspirations....
ORGANISATION:
C-AID Consultants
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