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...

The Social Drivers and Implications of Conducting an Ecological risk Assessment of both Recreational and Commercial Fishing

by Matt Woods | Jul 21, 2021

Port Phillip Bay is one of Victoria’s most popular tourist destinations and a substantial fishery for both commercial and recreational fishers. Conflict between fishery groups had been ongoing for some time and this project aimed to understand the full range of...

Review of Monitoring and Assessment in the SESSF

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...

Understanding Factors Influencing Under-caught TACs, Declining Catch Rates and Failure to Recover for many Quota Species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery

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...

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...