Assessment of national-scale tracking of commercially important fish species

The Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility (IMOS ATF) has been collecting data on a range of commercially and recreationally important fish species over the last decade. There is a need to use these data to inform the national telemetry approach as well as provide updated, dynamic fish movement data to fishery managers. In response to this, the current project aims to: - use existing national acoustic telemetry data to examine movement patterns and connectivity of priority species identified by the Fisheries Research Provider Network; - determine where the national array can be improved to produce data for use by regional and national fisheries managers; and - provide a national-scale update on telemetry data for priority species and a proposal to improve the network to increase fisheries benefits of the national tracking scheme.