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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-161
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2019 - 30 MAR 2020

Industry travel bursary to attend the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13)

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the principal decision making body of the Convention as set out in Article VII of the CMS text. It meets once every three years and sets the budget and priorities of the following three years (the triennium). It also decides on the amendment of the Appendices...
ORGANISATION:
Atlantis Fisheries Consulting Group (AFCG)
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PUBLISHED:
2018-09-01

In brief

Green light for seafood marketing On 16 August 2018, the Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017 was passed by both houses of parliament. This allows the FRDC to undertake marketing activities funded by voluntary contributions on behalf of Australia’s seafood...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-018
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 22 DEC 2013

Using commercial and recreational fisher knowledge to reconstruct historical catch rates for Queensland Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and Coral Trout (Plectropomus spp.): long-term data for incorporation into future stock assessments

Discussion with stock assessment scientists and fisheries scientists at Fisheries Queensland, in addition to consultation with staff at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has highlighted the need for greater long-term information on past catch rates, average sizes of fish caught, relative...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

In defence of fishers’ social licence

Opportunities abound for fishers who recognise the value of social licence, but serious danger lies in ignoring the issue By Melissa Marino FRDC-sponsored Nuffield scholar Steven Davies has investigated action the fishing sector can take to improve community support for its...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-026
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2015 - 30 AUG 2016

Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Saucer Scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment

The saucer scallop Amusium balloti is fished commercially in four main regions of Western Australia with the highest production historically from the two key fisheries, Shark Bay and the Abrolhos islands. The annual value of these two fisheries is between $5 and $20 million and these two industries...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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PUBLISHED:
2015-06-01

The world is their oyster

An innovative school program allows Eyre Peninsula students to ‘dip their toes’ into the waters of the aquaculture industry Geoff Turner – one of Cowell’s original oyster farmers – checks a basket of oysters in the school’s lease. By Rebecca Jennings It is a Monday morning in Cowell, a...
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PUBLISHED:
2016-06-01

More species to expand key fish stocks report

More accessible, up-to-date information on the sustainability of fish stocks that aims to boost community confidence in Australian fisheries is on its way By Ilaria Catizone Vongole (Mud Cockle) (Katelysia spp.), one of the new species listed in the 2016 Status of Fish Stocks Reports The...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-12-01

A strategic approach to stock assessment software

Stock assessments are the cornerstone of sustainable fisheries. However, these involve computationally intense methods to model fish population numbers, accounting for available fishery and biological information such as natural mortality, the age structure of the stock, age at spawning, fecundity...
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