Currently, the most significant gap in our knowledge in assessing the status of community-shared fisheries is determining the relative contribution by the recreational sector. In Australia, this sector’s total harvest has been evaluated through traditional methods that include phone-diary and...
Important determinants of the economic performance of fisheries include the management of fisheries and dynamics within fish markets. While fishery management primarily focusses on fish stock/ecosystem management and associated institutional aspects (e.g., harvest strategies, type of industry...
The problem of identifying hatchery spawned fish from wild spawned fish is not unique to barramundi and many attempts have been made to address this issue for many regions and species. Marking of hatchery spawned fish using chemical methods has been proposed as a solution however uptake of this has...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
The ideas in this application have developed reasonably gradually over a year or so, and have built on conversations with several stakeholders in the seafood industry. Initially, we started talking to Austral Fisheries about their efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, and how these linked with work...
This application was developed to understand the research and management implications that climate change may be having on fish stocks in Western Australia. The project addresses the important FRDC strategic challenge of improving the management of aquatic natural resources to ensure their...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This application was developed in response to a request for an FRDC and Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership (GHHP) project to develop a fish sampling program and fish health indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card. This application is consistent with the project scope developed by FRDC...
The FRDC works with a diverse and geographically dispersed group of stakeholders and the four main sectors of fishing and aquaculture (aquaculture, commercial fishing, Indigenous fishing and recreational fishing) are not mutually exclusive. For example, Indigenous fishers may participate in...