Australian Seafood Traceability WWF Workshop Series

by Matt Woods | Aug 19, 2021

This report describes a series of roundtable workshops on seafood traceability that were attended by representatives from organisations across the seafood sector in Australia. The aim of those workshops was to facilitate the drafting of an Australian Seafood...

Bird mitigation in the SESSF trawl sector

by Matt Woods | Aug 19, 2021

Seabird mortality because of fishery interactions is an issue of global conservation concern. Incidental mortality of seabirds caused by interactions with the warp wires of trawl vessels in Australia’s Commonwealth-managed Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark...

Indonesian fishery training and development

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...

Analysis of Shark Fishery Electronic Monitoring data

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...

Indigenous Capacity Building

by admin | Dec 2, 2020

There is increasing demand for Indigenous Australians to participate in fisheries management forums.  With this increase in demand, it became apparent that there was a need to increase the number of Indigenous Australians that have the capacity to effectively...

Shark Product Traceability

by admin | Dec 2, 2020

Traceability of shark products is fundamental to ensuring it is sourced from a sustainably managed fishery and to the effective operation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This project has developed a system that...