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PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-308
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 15 NOV 2007

Investigating options to improve bycatch reduction in tropical prawn trawl fisheries - a workshop for fishers

Since 2000 the use of BRDs (& TEDs) has been a mandatory requirement in most tropical prawn trawl fisheries. Despite this period of mandatory use, the number of BRD designs has remained unchanged and their performance can, at best, be described as modest. In the NPF tiger prawn fishery, these...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-014
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2017

Estimating the impacts of management changes on bycatch reduction and sustainability of high-risk bycatch species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

It has been estimated that tropical prawn trawl fisheries generate between 27-35% of bycatch globally. This is due to the relatively small size of the target species, requiring the use of small mesh sizes which results in an inherently non-selective method of capture. Previous research in Queensland...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-017
DATE START/END: 20 JUL 2008 - 29 JUN 2009

Empowering Industry R&D: Trials of gear modifications to reduce bycatch in freshwater fyke nets

Knowledge of bycatch issues associated with the Victorian eel fishery has been identified in the Victorian Eel Fishery Bycatch Action Plan (BAP) and Eel Fishery Management Plan (EFMP) as being deficient, and recommendations were made to commence fishery dependent and independent monitoring of...
ORGANISATION:
Western Victorian Eel Growers Group
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-063
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2007 - 30 JUN 2008

Tactical Research Fund: Empowering Industry R&D: Trials of T90 mesh configuration for bycatch reduction and more efficient fishing in the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery

This project was developed in response to the bycatch and economic efficiency challenges facing the GABTF. The use of T90 nets overseas, whilst detailed information is limited and the technogical development of these nets in its infancy, has yielded excellent results. selectivity and improved...
ORGANISATION:
Great Australian Bight Fishing Industry Association Inc (GABIA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-119
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2022 - 29 JUL 2023

Improving bycatch reduction strategies and escape vents in Queensland Mud Crab fisheries

The opportunity exists to quantify the performance of escape vents currently used in the Queensland mud crab fishery and provide advice to management (Fisheries Queensland and the Crab Working Group) to refine escape vent regulations to maximise commercial outcomes (i.e., retention of legal male...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

In February 2017, FRDC and the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) hosted a workshop (FRDC 2016/057) of fishing-gear experts and representatives from the prawn-trawl fisheries of Australia to explore priorities for future work to develop ways to reduce bycatch, discards and habitat impacts...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-058
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2018 - 30 JAN 2019

Can sawfish bycatch within the NPF be mitigated using an electric field?

In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. There has also recently been an increased focus towards ecosystem-based fishery management as a result of greater environmental concern for marine resources. Within the Northern...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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R&D Plan outcomes

Over the next five years, FRDC investment will be targeted to achieve the five outcomes of this R&D Plan (shown in Figure 2 below). The five outcomes are: Growth for enduring prosperity Best practices and production systems A culture that is inclusive and forward...
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About this R&D Plan

2030 vision The FRDC will invest to achieve the shared vision of Australia’s fishing and aquaculture sectors of building collaborative, vibrant fishing and aquaculture, creating diverse benefits from aquatic resources, and celebrated by the community. FRDC’s...
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