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PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-208
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2014 - 29 NOV 2015

Interactive and updatable maps of Queensland’s key fishing areas, closed waters and port and marina infrastructure, documenting the timing and basis for fishing closures

Legislated spatial management is increasingly being used to modify use and extraction within the marine realm. For example, the Great Barrier Reef World heritage Area coves 348,000 km2 of which 115,600 km2 is no-take. Currently in Australia, spatial management initiatives derive from multiple...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-055
DATE START/END: 29 JAN 2017 - 24 AUG 2017

Field trials to experimentally test if alternative sea lion excluder devices (SLEDs) adequately prevent Australian sea lions from entering rock lobster pots

The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) (ASL) is a listed Threatened species under State and Australian Government legislation and is a listed Endangered species by The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is estimated that 85% of the species population breeds within SA...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Stock status update

The addition of new species further improves reporting on the status of Australia’s fisheries and identifies room for improvement By Catherine Norwood Figure 1 Sustainability of Australian wild-catch fisheries, 2012-13 (by volume). FRDC executive director Patrick Hone (left) and Senator...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Australia's take on sustainability trends

How does Australia fare when it comes to global trends shaping the sustainable production and supply of seafood? By Josh Fielding In November 2014 Seafood International magazine produced an article on the 10 leading trends that are shaping the future of sustainable seafood. Sustainability...
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DATE:
2023-09-11

Maugean Skate Research

Overview The Maugean Skate (Zearaja maugeana) is a unique Australian species found in two estuaries in southwestern Tasmania: Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour. While there is some uncertainty about their numbers in Bathurst Harbour, recent evidence suggests that if they are there, their...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-059
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2016 - 30 NOV 2018

Guidance on Adaptation of Commonwealth Fisheries management to climate change

A significant amount of research has been undertaken on how the physical changes to the environment caused by climate change affect fisheries. Under the FRDC Climate Adaption Program a total of $9M has been spent on 25 climate change research projects over the period 2010 to 2014, led by FRDC in...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-221
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 30 NOV 2014

Stock enhancement of the Western School Prawn (Metapenaeus dalli) in the Swan-Canning Estuary; evaluating recruitment limitation, environment and release strategies

Historically Western School Prawns (Metapenaeus dalli; WSPs) have been an important catch for commercial and recreational fishers in the Swan-Canning Estuary. However, the abundance of prawns has been declining since the 1960s, with commercial fishing on this species ceasing in the 1970s....
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-207
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 MAY 2018

Development of post-harvest handling technologies for the under-utilised cross-jurisdictional Royal Red Prawn fishery

Royal red prawns (Haliporoides sibogae) exist in both eastern and western offshore waters of Australia, however the commercial fishery is limited to the deep water trawl fishery off the NSW coast. The fishery is managed under shared jurisdiction between the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery (OTF) and the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-012
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

Investigating social acceptance for the wild catch commercial fishing industry of Southeast Queensland

In spite of the Queensland (Australian) commercial fishing industry providing healthy food for the community and tourism industry and developing and implementing sustainable operating standards (ESM), many in the industry feel they are continually required to defend and justify their position to...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-029
DATE START/END: 4 DEC 2023 - 27 JUN 2024

Mapping the economic and social contributions of the NT seafood industry – Part 2

The development of this project application stems from the recognition within the Northern Territory seafood industry of the need to address gaps and issues surrounding economic and socio-economic data. In 2020, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) released an NT economics...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
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