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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-172
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2019 - 28 MAY 2020

Methods to profile and connect the provenance of wild caught prawn fisheries and their values to the community

As one of its highest priorities, the ACPF has focussed on building and planning execution of its Community Engagement Strategy (2018-2020) agreed in March 2018. The ACPF’s priority is driven by community sentiment expressed during the Super Trawler debate, loss of fishing ground along the eastern...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-014
DATE START/END: 17 JAN 2021 - 15 DEC 2022

Can DNA from routine plankton surveys be used to measure fish spawning areas and monitor changes in pelagic ecosystems?

The benefits of establishing long-term ecological programs to monitor ocean health are recognised internationally (Koslow and Couture, Nature 2015). The few programs that have been established (e.g. off California) have provided important insights into long-term changes in the system (i.e. reduced...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-021
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2019 - 31 OCT 2023

Integrating recreational fishing information into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries

Recreational fishing (RF) is an important and often neglected component of fisheries in Australia. The last national survey conducted in 2000/01 found that 19.5% of the population engaged in RF and caught 72 million fish (Henry & Lyle, 2003). In NSW/ACT alone, approximately 850,000 residents fish...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-031
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2019 - 30 DEC 2022

Understanding population structure and dynamics of Victoria’s developing Octopus fishery

Pale octopus (Octopus pallidus) is distributed from the Great Australian Bight around Tasmania to southern New South Wales. It is a medium-sized (up to 1.2 kg) holobenthic octopus which has a lifespan of 12 to 18 months (Leporati et al. 2009). Females produce 200 to 400 large (11 mm) eggs per...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-044
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2019 - 30 NOV 2022

Quantifying post-release survival and movement of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): Informing strategies to engage the fishing community in practices to enhance the sustainability of an important multi-sector fishery

The National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish was an initiative of the FRDC and recreational fishing bodies that aimed to gain a better understanding of the effects of fishing, and increase the adoption of best-practices for capture, handling and release. The flow-on of this...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
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DATE:
2021-06-01

FRDC Research and Innovation Investment Briefing June 2021

Changes are coming The Stakeholder briefing is changing. You may have noticed it now has a new name, the FRDC Research and Innovation Investment Briefing. Over the next few issues, this briefing will re-focus its purpose towards research and development...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-251
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2016 - 29 DEC 2016

Market study to assist target seafood marketing campaign to restore consumer confidence after Hunter River fishing closure due to contamination

Fishing closures of Tilligerry Creek and Fullerton Cove in response to the Williamtown RAAF PFAS contamination will be lifted on Saturday 1 October 2016 with an ongoing restriction placed on dusky flathead caught in the Hunter River for commercial fishers, as Department of Primary Industries (DPI)...
ORGANISATION:
Intuitive Solutions
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PUBLISHED:
2018-03-01

Fisher calls for management innovation

An electronic pulse trawler operating overseas would not meet Australia’s fishing regulations. Photos: Wayne Dredge With an in-depth look at fisheries management regimes around the world, Wayne Dredge has come to a clear position on what is needed to encourage innovation and efficiency in...
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