This proposal addresses the FRDC RD&E Theme 2 objective “Minimise the effects of fishing, aquaculture, pollution, habitat destruction and land-based activities, and non-fishing occurrences, on fish, aquatic habitats and ecosystems” by identifying juvenile eastern king prawn nursery habitats in NSW,...
Co-management approaches by their nature require fisheries stakeholders to commit time and effort to participating in fisheries management processes. The intention of this is to achieve positive outcomes: for stakeholders to feel able to successfully have input into processes and know their voices...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
In 2014, the aquatic animal industries and Commonwealth and state and territory governments endorsed Australia’s third national strategic plan for aquatic animal health – AQUAPLAN 2014-2019. AQUAPLAN outlines priorities for enhancing Australia’s management of aquatic animal health. Priorities and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
The Queensland east coast inshore fin fish fishery (ECIFFF) operates in tidal and near shore waters spanning from Cape York in the north to the New South Wales border in the south. The commercial sector of the ECIFFF is extremely diverse with fishing undertaken using mesh net, haul (seine) net,...
Why and how this application was developed:
In most marine systems, marine mammals are major consumers of production from a range of trophic levels, and because of their large body size are considered to be important in structuring the trophic interactions in many marine systems (Katona and...
As the research leader of Australia’s Tuna Champions program, Associate Professor Sean Tracey knew it had been a success when he discovered recreational fishers teaching each other the best way to care for their catch of Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii).
‘If people are not taking...
Globally, the understanding of penaeid prawn sex determination is limited, making the development of robust technologies to produce 100% female populations difficult. Furthering our basic understanding of the genetic and biochemical processes involved in penaeid prawn sex determination will greatly...