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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-183
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2020 - 29 NOV 2021

Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches on the order of 1000 tonnes per year and a landed value of about $65 million. The species also represents a traditional food source for the local Indigenous population as well as being a...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-029
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Improving performance of ITQ fisheries - Project activity paused

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) in fisheries involve the allocation of shares or portions of a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to individual fishers, vessels, communities, or others with an interest in the fishery. Previous research on the unintended and unwanted consequences of ITQs (FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
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DATE:
2023-09-11

Maugean Skate Research

Overview The Maugean Skate (Zearaja maugeana) is a unique Australian species found in two estuaries in southwestern Tasmania: Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour. While there is some uncertainty about their numbers in Bathurst Harbour, recent evidence suggests that if they are there, their...
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-038
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2017 - 28 SEP 2019

Long-term recovery of trawled marine communities 25 years after the world’s largest adaptive management experiment

Understanding the effects of trawling on seabed habitats is a major issue in Australia and internationally, and is the focus of concern by conservation NGOs and public perceptions about trawl sustainability. These perceptions negatively affect the social licence of fisheries. Consequently...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-049
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2020 - 29 AUG 2021

A Better Way to Fish: testing the feasibility of tunnel net ‘fish trap’ gear in North Queensland

The Better way to Fish project addresses key concerns facing inshore net fisheries, (1) sustainability of the fishery in terms of bycatch species, especially sharks such as the hammerhead shark (listed on EPBC as Conservation dependent), dugongs and turtles; (2) mortality of discard species, and (3)...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-065
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2020 - 30 MAY 2022

Indicators for density and biomass of exploitable abalone – developing and applying a new approach

GPS loggers of commercial fishing are now active and their use being developed in all state’s abalone fisheries. One approach to making use of the logger data is to combine estimates of area fished, with logbook records of catch, to estimate a density of legal-sized abalone (e.g. kg landed per Ha...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-102
DATE START/END: 22 AUG 2021 - 2 JUN 2022

A review of fisheries enhancement methods to promote profitability and sustainability in Australian fisheries

Fisheries managers have employed a range of techniques in efforts to enhance the productivity of commercial and recreational fisheries. The techniques have focussed on improving limiting biological parameters within the fisheries, including spawning, recruitment through to harvest size, growth rates...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Brisbane
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-114
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2022 - 30 JUL 2023

Water abstraction impacts on flow dependent fisheries species of the Northern Territory, Australia - a synthesis of current knowledge and future research needs

There is an increasing need for knowledge of the impacts of water abstraction on tropical aquatic species to underpin sound water and fisheries management. Research on this topic is receiving increasing interest in Australian stakeholder driven research and is a theme that is being incorporated into...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
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Research Advisory Committees (RACs)

Research Advisory Committees (RACs) play a vital role in ensuring FRDC investment delivers real impact. There are eight RACs – one representing each State, the Commonwealth, and the Northern Territory – providing advice on priorities and investment needs relevant to the public good and for...
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