by Matt Woods | Aug 17, 2021
Fisheries research, development and extension (RD&E) plans are essential for guiding investment but can be challenging to pull together between diverse sectors. With distinct stakeholder groups and large geographical separation, the Northern Territory presents...
by Matt Woods | Aug 17, 2021
At the Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties held in Geneva in 2019, the Secretariat recommended to list Black Teatfish in Appendix II the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). That listing came into effect...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
A zero tonne TAC was set for Black Teatfish (Holothuria whitmaei) in October 1999 for the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast) because of serious concerns about the status of Black Teatfish stocks. For the fishery for that species to be re-opened, the...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
At the start of each Bass Strait and Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF) fishing season, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) provides a 150 tonne research catch allowance to enable fishers to search for commercially viable scallop (Pecten fumatus)...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
Tropical snapper are important target and by product species of several northern fisheries including the Northern Territory’s Demersal Fisheries, the Timor Reef Fishery and the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Developmental Fin Fish Trawl Fishery (GOCDFFTF). Stock...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
Fishwell Consulting worked with Monash University to develop and present training modules for a Sustainable Fisheries Management Short Course program presented to various fisheries groups in Indonesia. Topics included harvest strategies, data collection OCS...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
The Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector (GHATS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) includes a gillnet fishery that primarily targets the Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus). Concerns about interactions with threatened, endangered and protected...
by Matt Woods | Jul 21, 2021
The Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) targets two main species, Deepwater Flathead (Neoplatycephalus conatus) and Bight Redfish (Centroberyx gerrardi). Fisheries independent trawl surveys have...
by Matt Woods | Jul 21, 2021
The SESSF is a very large and complex fishery that covers multiple jurisdictions, multiple gear types, interacts with over 600 species and targets 34 commercially important species. The 34 target species are managed under TACs which are periodically adjusted by AFMA...
by Matt Woods | Jul 20, 2021
Despite improvements in the status Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) fish stocks, three key indicators of the performance of the fishery have raised concerns: the fishery is failing to catch the TAC’s of many quota species despite historically...
by Matt Woods | Jul 20, 2021
The abundance of Commercial Scallops (Pectin fumatus) in the Victorian (Ocean) Scallop Fishery area was low during the mid- to late-2000’s prompting the closure of the fishery. A series of biomass surveys revealed that there were no commercially viable scallop beds...
by Matt Woods | Jul 20, 2021
The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) the second most valuable Commonwealth-managed fishery. This multi-species, multi-gear fishery extends from Queensland, around south-eastern Australia to Western Australia. Ecosystem interactions and such...
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