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PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-051
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 11 SEP 2008

Management and monitoring of fish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region of Western Australia

Summary: This project focuses on the exploitation of demersal finfish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region. In particular, it is focused on key species such as dhufish and snapper, and the growing catch and release fishery that targets large, deep-water spawning aggregations of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-057
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 1 MAR 2008

Biological parameters required for managing Western Blue Groper, Blue Morwong and Yellowtail Flathead

The western blue groper Achoerodus gouldii, the queen snapper (southern blue morwong) Nemadactylus valenciennesi and the bar-tailed flathead Platycephalus endrachtensis are important recreational fish species in Western Australia and contribute ca 85 tonnes annually to the overall commercial finfish...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-060
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 MAR 2008

Effects of trawling subprogram: An investigation of two methods to reduce the benthic impact of prawn trawling

The physical contact between trawl gear and the seabed is coming under closer scrutiny by various interest groups. Some groups raise concern that this contact is severely affecting biodiversity in marine environments that have high natural heritage value (WWF 2002). Substantial scientific research...
ORGANISATION:
DJ Sterling Trawl Gear Services
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-063
DATE START/END: 14 APR 2005 - 30 NOV 2008

Determining ecological effects of longline fishing in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

The Fisheries and EPBC Acts now require that fisheries are managed sustainably, not only for target species but for the ecosystem in which the fisheries operate. The ET&BF impacts pelagic ecosystems by taking a range of apex predators including tunas, billfishes and sharks, along with other minor...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-066
DATE START/END: 28 OCT 2003 - 30 AUG 2007

Understanding shelf-break habitat for sustainable management of fisheries with spatial overlap.

Habitat at the shelf break - a depth zone in ~180-400 m where the continental shelf drops away rapidly down the continental slope - is an area of high productivity off Southern Australia and is targeted by different fisheries using different gear types. For example, traps are used for ling and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-067
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 JAN 2007

Review of the fishery status for whaler sharks in South Australian and adjacent waters

There are two species of whaler sharks that occupy inshore and offshore waters of South Australia, i.e. the bronze whaler (Carcharinus brachyurus) and dusky whaler (C. obscurus). These species have been taken in a variety of fisheries for a number of years, but the reporting of catch and effort...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-068
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 11 MAR 2007

Effects of Trawl Subprogram: evaluation of the effectiveness of reducing dolphin catches with pingers and exclusion grids in the Pilbara trawl fishery

The Pilbara Trawl Fishery captures approximately 50 dolphins per year (Stephenson and Chidlow 2003), nearly always dead. Video footage taken with a digital camera mounted on the headrope, pointing towards the cod-end, revealed dolphins swimming in the pressure wave of the net and feeding on the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-070
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 1 MAY 2008

National Strategy for the Survival Of Released Line Caught Fish: planning, project management and communications Phase 2

The National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish is an initiative of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) in conjunction with the Australian National Sportfishing Association (ANSA), Australian Fishing Tackle Association (AFTA) and Recfish Australia. The...
ORGANISATION:
Infofish Australia Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-071
DATE START/END: 30 OCT 2004 - 10 FEB 2007

National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish: maximising post-release survival of line caught flathead taken in sheltered coastal waters

The National Survey of Recreational Fishing has estimated that about 13.5 million flathead (various species) were caught by recreational fishers in Australia during 2000/01 and that of this total, almost 45% (6.0 million fish) were released or discarded (Lyle et al. 2003). The retained component of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-074
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 30 JUN 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: a whole-of-ecosystem assessment of environmental issues for salmonid aquaculture

This project will form part of the Environment Research Program of the CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish (“Aquafin CRC”), and will employ funds invested out of the CRC’s Commonwealth grant and by FRDC and other Participants of the CRC to address environmental issues affecting the Atlantic...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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