Zone 2 Biomass Survey of Black Teatfish of the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery (East Coast)

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...

Zone 1 Surveys for Black Teatfish in the Queensland Sea Cucumber Fishery

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...

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Biomass Surveys 2015-21

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)...

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...

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...

Victorian Ocean Scallop Biomass Survey

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...

Development and Evaluation of SESSF Multi-species Harvest Strategies

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...

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...