Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Giant Crab Enhanced Data Collection - Innovative approaches to enhance data collection in the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian Giant crab fisheries The giant crab fishery (GCF) across southern Australia has a small tonnage of large, individually valuable animals. Despite the implementation … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 27 Jan 2021 - 26 Jan 2023
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Can DNA from routine plankton surveys be used to measure fish spawning areas and monitor changes in pelagic ecosystems? The benefits of establishing long-term ecological programs to monitor ocean health are recognised internationally and the National Marine Science Plan (… Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 17 Jan 2021 - 15 Dec 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Identifying population connectivity of shark bycatch species in NT waters Trawl fisheries are often criticised for their indiscriminate nature, catching a broad range of target and by-catch species. Increasing community … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 3 Dec 2020 - 9 Dec 2021 Research organisation Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery Southern Rock Lobster support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches on the order of 1000 tonnes per year … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Nov 2020 - 29 Nov 2021 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Development of a sustainable scallop (Ylistrum balloti) fisheries enhancement program for Western Australia: Preliminary Feasibility Study The integration of aquaculture and wild fisheries is becoming increasingly recognised as a tool for enhancing fishery productivity (Taylor et … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Oct 2020 - 30 Apr 2023
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Evaluation of a smart-phone application to collect recreational fishing catch estimates, including an assessment against an independent probability based survey, using South Australia as a case study. Nationally, there is a need for consistent and comparable information on recreational fishing to inform fishery stock assessment and to … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 4 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2023 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Postgraduate funding - Population biology and dynamics of Yellowfin Whiting The South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) is s currently undergoing transition with redirection of effort from primary species such … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 4 Oct 2020 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Climate driven shifts in benthic habitat composition as a potential demographic bottleneck for Western Rocklobster: understanding the role of recruitment habitats to better predict the under-size lobster population for fishery sustainability Across the western rock lobster fishery shallow water nearshore habitats are thought to be critical for recruitment to the fishery. … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Aug 2020 - 29 Feb 2024 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Data and AI Fisheries technology Research project Determining the spatial distribution and abundance indices for Moreton Bay Bugs, Thenus parindicus and Thenus australiensis in Queensland to improve stock assessment and management Moreton Bay bugs are a commercially important fished resource in northern Australian coastal waters. About 600 tonnes of bugs is reported … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Aug 2020 - 30 Mar 2023 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Wild catch fisheries Harvest technology Research project Implementation of dynamic reference points and harvest strategies to account for environmentally-driven changes in productivity in Australian fisheries All fish stocks are subject to some level of environmentally driven change in productivity, primarily recruitment, but also growth. Current … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Jul 2020 - 4 Dec 2022
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants Recruitment to the western rock lobster fishery has been recognised to be largely driven by environmental conditions but the role … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2020 - 1 Nov 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Assessing the population biology of Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) in Queensland In Australian waters, the black jewfish is targeted by commercial, recreational, indigenous and charter fishing groups. Since 2017 there has been … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2020 - 28 Feb 2023 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Knowledge to improve the assessment and management of Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland. The annual GVP of the Queensland Mud Crab Fishery is somewhere between $16 and $29M. Critical to the Harvest Strategy for … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2020 - 29 Jun 2024 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Wild catch fisheries Harvest technology Research project Determination of the impacts of direct harvest of coral species in northern Australia Australia’s aquarium fisheries are high value (GVP >$20 million), small scale fisheries that rely on exporting CITES (the Convention … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 May 2020 - 20 Aug 2023 Research organisation Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) [NT]
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Data and AI Fisheries technology Research project Understanding the stock structure of Rock Flathead and the role of movement dynamics in influencing the performance of the Corner Inlet fishery Rock flathead supports an important commercial fishery in Corner Inlet. However, the stock structure of rock flathead in Victorian waters, … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 29 May 2020 - 29 Sep 2022 Research organisation Deakin University
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change. Forecasting lobster recruitment is important for the stock assessment of the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF). This forecasting … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Apr 2020 - 30 May 2023 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Wild catch fisheries Harvest technology Research project Drawing strength from each other: simulation testing of Australia’s abalone harvest strategies All Australian abalone harvest strategies use empirical approaches that apply a weight of evidence approach that is generally not clearly … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Mar 2020 - 31 Jan 2023
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Developing a guidance document for Whichfish Risk Assessment Whichfish.com.au is the FRDC B2B portal which provides the results of the risk assessments of key Australian … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Mar 2020 - 30 May 2020
Aquaculture Aquaculture technology Research project Evaluating the Effects of Seismic Energy on Pinctada maxima Pearl Oysters The impacts of geophysical air-gun array/ seismic surveys on the sustainability of the Pinctada maxima wild stock fishery (mortality, physiology, … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 19 Mar 2020 - 30 Dec 2021
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications Several Threatened, Endangered and Protected species (TEPs) are vulnerable to entanglement and drowning in demersal shark gillnets. These include Australian … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Mar 2020 - 14 Mar 2021