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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-087
DATE START/END: 20 DEC 2023 - 22 NOV 2025

Macquarie Harbour oxygenation trial

Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast has been a site for salmonid aquaculture (both Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, and rainbow trout, Onchorynchus mykiss) since the 1980s, however it wasn’t until the early 2000s that standing biomass in the harbour increased beyond 1000 tonnes. Across the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-040
DATE START/END: 19 JUN 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Developing and testing social objectives for fisheries management

This project aims to develop social objectives for Australian fisheries, and associated indicators that can be used to assess performance against these objectives. This will be achieved through first identifying a set of social objectives that are applicable at a national level, followed by testing...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-002
DATE START/END: 10 JAN 2021 - 15 DEC 2022

Quantifying the exposure, protection and recovery of seafloor habitats in Spencer Gulf to prawn trawling

Public scrutiny of trawl impacts from fisheries on seafloor ecosystems is increasing (Amoroso et al. 2018). Demonstrating the environmental sustainability of trawling is a major challenge. Well-managed trawl fisheries aim to employ best practices, which are described as ‘management and technical...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-036
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2024 - 30 JAN 2025

Understanding drivers of jellyfish blooms in the Hawkesbury estuary

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES IN THE HAWKESBURY The Hawkesbury estuary is a productive fishing region that supports diverse commercial fisheries including trawling for prawns and squid, meshing for fish and squid, and trapping of crabs, lobsters, and eels. A fleet of about 35 trawlers and 6-10 full-time...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Gold Coast Campus
People
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-306
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2006 - 10 NOV 2008

2005 Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop & 2005 International Barramundi Workshop

The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) has taken a lead role in encouraging international scientific links in fisheries research and management in Australia. Through the generous support of FRDC and State and Territory fishery agencies, ASFB has hosted a national workshop series since early...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-082
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2017 - 27 FEB 2019

Ensuring monitoring and management of bycatch in Southern Rock Lobster fisheries is best practice

A recent review of SRL fisheries against MSC criteria indicated shortcomings in performance relative to bycatch criteria. This project will address these and aims to raise the standard of SRL to best practice - that is so that the fisheries would score 100 if they were put forward for MSC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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