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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-011
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Development of Field Implemented Fillet Identification (FIFI) for coral reef fin fish

1. Drivers for the development of the application The coral reef fin fish fishery has been increasingly targeted for commercial and recreational exploitation over the last 15 years. It has been reported that within the Queensland commercial sector, the harvest has risen dramatically from 2,034...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-024
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2011 - 29 JUN 2013

Periwinkle fishery of Tasmania: supporting management and a profitable industry

The periwinkle, Turbo undulatus, is found in reef and boulder habitat in shallow temperate waters of southern Australia, ranging from NSW to the southern coast of Western Australia. Periwinkles have highly patchy distributions, forming large localised aggregations. For instance, in one aggregation...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2015-09-01

New wave of seismic engagement

The heightened profile of seismic activity in Australian waters is generating new science about potential effects, answering some questions and dispelling some misconceptions By Catherine Norwood There has been a recent deluge of requests seeking comment from fishers about proposed seismic...
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-056
DATE START/END: 4 OCT 2020 - 30 SEP 2023

Evaluation of a smart-phone application to collect recreational fishing catch estimates, including an assessment against an independent probability based survey, using South Australia as a case study

Nationally, there is a need for consistent and comparable information on recreational fishing to inform fishery stock assessment and to ensure sustainable harvests. The national workshop held during 2018 (FRDC 2017-198) identified the challenges in collecting information on recreational fishing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-027
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2012 - 22 JUL 2015

Determining when and where to fish: Linking scallop spawning, settlement, size and condition to collaborative spatial harvest and industry in-season management strategies

This project builds upon three FRDC scallop projects conducted by the applicants: 2003/017 “Juvenile scallop trashing rates and bed dynamics: testing the management rules for scallops in Bass Strait; 2005/027 “Facilitating industry self-management for spatially managed stocks: a scallop case study”...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2013-06-01

Monitoring under scrutiny in wake of algal outbreak

By Catherine Norwood More than 200 leading international shellfish safety specialists gathered in Sydney for the 9th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety in March this year to discuss the latest industry research, management and policy issues. Co-chair of the conference...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-068
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2017 - 30 JUL 2020

Vulnerability of the endangered Maugean Skate population to degraded environmental conditions in Macquarie Harbour

Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) are only known from Macquarie and Bathurst Harbours (western Tasmania), suggesting that the species has one of most restricted distributions of any elasmobranch. Based on its limited geographic range the species has been listed as endangered under the Threatened...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-731
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2012 - 31 MAY 2013

SCRC: Optimising Industry Adoption: Case Studies on the Efficacy of Current Australian Seafood CRC Research Extension Processes

A planned output of the Australian Seafood CRC Education and Training Program 3 in the Commonwealth Agreement (Milestone 3.2.3) is to conduct case studies illustrating industry application of outputs from Research Program 1. This has the advantage of also evaluating the education and training...
ORGANISATION:
Conn and Associates
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Fishing in the good old days – was it really better?

Author Bob Kearney shares some critical perspectives about the future of fishing along with spectacular stories of past adventures By Professor Colin Buxton Few people with even a passing interest in fishing would doubt that fishing was better in days gone by. Like the old surfing...
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