PROJECT NUMBER
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2005-054
DATE START/END:
29 JUN 2005 - 1 JUL 2007
Effects of Trawling Subprogram: collaborative extension program by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Seanet and Ecofish for the development and adoption of square mesh codends in select prawn and scallop trawl fisheries in Queensland
Legislation requiring the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) was introduced in Queensland as part of the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999. The legislation was introduced in response to the need to manage fisheries with an ecosystem...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct