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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-035
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

The development, adoption and evaluation of environmental management systems in Western Australian commercial fisheries

Two commercial fisheries in Western Australia (WA) have developed environmental management systems (EMS) including the third party audited Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Western Rock Lobster Fishery in 2000 and the pearling industry through the National Seafood EMS Pilot...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-039
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 30 DEC 2008

SESSF Industry Development Subprogram: Field trials of a highlift trawl net for bycatch reduction

In Southern Australian waters fishers utilise trawl operations to capture scalefish and elasmobranchs in Commonwealth waters. Management of the fishing is divided into sectors, with operators fishing in Commonwealth waters adjacent to New South Wales (south of Barrenjoey Point), Victoria, Tasmania...
ORGANISATION:
Boatswain's Locker
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-082
DATE START/END: 13 APR 2006 - 1 AUG 2006

Determining the impact of environmental variability on the sustainability, fishery dynamics and economic performance of the West Coast Prawn Trawl Fishery

The WCPFA is a small oceanic fishery harvested by 3 vessels and is based exclusively on the Western king prawn (Melicertus latisulcatus). The impetus for the application is the economic hardship faced by industry due to a significant and on-going stock decline of the fishery believed to be...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-304
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2008 - 30 MAR 2012

Establishment of self-sustaining facility for fisheries modelling and multivariate analysis, and for effective management of extremely large fisheries databases.

There continues to be a need in Western Australia and Australia for the ongoing development of quantitative skills as new techniques and technologies are applied in fisheries science, stock assessment and, more generally, in the natural resource management field. Murdoch University, in the...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
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2019-03-01

Taking on the plastic problem

Preventing plastic from entering the marine food chain and maiming ocean wildlife is driving efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle Story Catherine Norwood Photos Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Plastics and rubbish collected during beach clean-ups by members of Southern Bluefin Tuna...
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