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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-039
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2018

Putting potential environmental risk of Australia's trawl fisheries in landscape perspective: exposure of seabed assemblages to trawling, and inclusion in closures and reserves

Addressing & demonstrating the environmental sustainability of fishing — particularly trawling — remains a major challenge & priority in management plans for many demersal fisheries in Australia. The effects of trawling (EoT) are contentious, with often negative perceptions among the public & media,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-030
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2019 - 21 SEP 2022

An updated understanding of Eastern School Whiting stock structure and improved stock assessment for cross-jurisdictional management

Eastern School Whiting (Sillago flindersi) is a key economic species of ocean trawl fisheries in south-eastern Australian waters. It occurs in ocean waters to a depth of about 100 m, from Southern Queensland to north-eastern Tasmania and west along the mainland coast to Anxious Bay in South...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-013
DATE START/END: 19 NOV 2019 - 30 MAY 2021

Modelling environmental changes and effects on wild-caught species in Queensland

Australia’s sustainable fisheries management strategy critically depends on quantitative assessments of stocks of harvested species. These rely on data based, detailed, scientific stock assessment models which typically do not account for fluctuating environmental factors (e.g., sea surface...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-035
DATE START/END: 4 JUN 2019 - 27 FEB 2022

Fisheries biology of Western Australian Salmon: improving our understanding of population dynamics in South Australia to enable quantitative stock assessments and improved fisheries management

The Western Australian Salmon (WA Salmon) biological stock extends from southern Western Australia (WA) to the west coast of Tasmania, with each State jurisdiction harvesting different life-history stages. The WA fishery typically targets mature spawning fish that aggregate around the south-western...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

Seismic testing sound impacts on rock lobsters

Research finds buffer zones can help mitigate damage to Southern Rock Lobsters caused by soundwaves used in oil and gas exploration By Gio Braidotti The drive to find additional sources of oil and gas to power commercial economies is contributing to noise pollution in the oceans, and fisheries...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-09-01

Network to improve research delivery

Capitalising on existing research strengths and closer collaborations are expected to provide efficiencies in delivering research to meet national priorities By Catherine Norwood In 2010, all of Australia’s fish and seafood-related jurisdictions – governments, industry and research...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-148
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2018 - 30 DEC 2020

A Stock Assessment Toolbox for Australian Fisheries

Fisheries stock assessment modelling is undertaken throughout Australia's jurisdictions. Modellers usually use sets of tools that have been developed in various programming languages and dedicated to a specific fishery. Increasingly, stock assessments internationally are being conducted using...
ORGANISATION:
Cathy Dichmont Consulting
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