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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-018
DATE START/END: 10 SEP 2017 - 25 SEP 2019

Improving survival and quality of crabs and lobsters in transportation from first point of sale to market.

Eastern rock lobsters (Sagmaraisus verreauxi), mud crabs (Scylla serrata) and spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) are valuable resources within NSW fisheries. The combined revenue return from these three fisheries is currently around $20M, with Eastern Rock lobsters contributing more than half this total....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-048
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2017 - 30 DEC 2019

Improving mortality rate estimates for management of the Queensland Saucer Scallop fishery

The Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) trawl fishery was formerly the state’s most valuable commercially-fished species, with annual landings peaking at just under 2000 t (adductor muscle meat-weight) in 1993 valued at about $30 million. However, in recent years there has been growing...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-199
DATE START/END: 3 FEB 2019 - 27 AUG 2020

A preliminary assessment of the prevalence of marine micro plastics in Australian fish, crustaceans and molluscs

This application was developed by researchers from University of Adelaide and The South Australian Research and Development Institute, Safefish program in recognition of increasing global concern regarding plastics in the marine environment (Rochman et al. 2013; Worm et al. 2017). Plastics besides...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-067
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2019 - 29 JUN 2021

Socio-economic characterisation of a small scale commercial fishery: opportunities to improve viability and profitability in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery

The Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery (TSF) is a multi-gear fishery that encompasses a diverse range of finfish and cephalopod species and includes commercial, recreational and indigenous sectors. The Scalefish Fishery Management Plan was introduced in 1998 and, although the legislation has been reviewed...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-046
DATE START/END: 19 JAN 2020 - 30 DEC 2022

Cost-effective, non-destructive solutions to developing a pre-recruit index for Snapper

Throughout the 2000s, the two main stocks of South Australia’s (SA) Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) fishery demonstrated very different changes in fishery production associated with progressive deterioration in stock classifications. For the Spencer Gulf/West Coast Stock (SGWCS), since 2012 the annual...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-029
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Improving performance of ITQ fisheries - Project activity paused

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) in fisheries involve the allocation of shares or portions of a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to individual fishers, vessels, communities, or others with an interest in the fishery. Previous research on the unintended and unwanted consequences of ITQs (FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-024
DATE START/END: 9 JUN 2013 - 31 JUL 2014

Professionalising Industry - NSW Pilot

This project has been developed as a direct response to the NSW wild catch industry priorities identified through an industry wide call for RD&E ideas by NSW FRAB, and an open invitation priority setting workshop held at SFM 2012. The need to address people development for the catching sector was a...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-020
DATE START/END: 2 OCT 2016 - 5 MAR 2020

Spatial management within the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery

Linkages between estuaries and coastal habitats are an important component of many species life history, and such connectivity is often mediated by rainfall. The impacts of intense rainfall events can be beneficial or detrimental on particular species, depending on their magnitude and their timing....
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-079
DATE START/END: 6 JAN 2019 - 28 JAN 2021

Ecological modelling of the impacts of water development in the Gulf of Carpentaria with particular reference to impacts on the Northern Prawn Fishery

An earlier proposal to develop dynamic integrated ecosystem models to explore ecological and economic trade-offs of the impacts of existing and proposed water resource development in Northern Australia, and specifically the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), was submitted to FRDC who commented as follows...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Crawley
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-011
DATE START/END: 1 DEC 2019 - 6 JUN 2021

Optimising Compliance Outcomes in Recreational Fisheries

The Western Australian (WA) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the South Australian (SA) Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) each have primary responsibility to conserve, sustainably develop and equitably manage fish resources. Relevant fishing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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