Sustainable Fishing Projects

Fishwell Consulting has some exciting sustainable fishing projects underway.
Australian Seafood Traceability WWF Workshop Series

Australian Seafood Traceability WWF Workshop Series

Bird mitigation in the SESSF trawl sector

Bird mitigation in the SESSF trawl sector

5-year RD&E Plan for NT fisheries and aquaculture

5-year RD&E Plan for NT fisheries and aquaculture

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

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

SESSF (Commonwealth Trawl Sector) Fishery Independent Surveys

SESSF (Commonwealth Trawl Sector) Fishery Independent Surveys

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

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

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Biomass Surveys 2015-21

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Biomass Surveys 2015-21

Design and implementation of a tropical snapper trawl survey

Design and implementation of a tropical snapper trawl survey

Indonesian fishery training and development

Indonesian fishery training and development

Analysis of Shark Fishery Electronic Monitoring data

Analysis of Shark Fishery Electronic Monitoring data

Optimising Processes and Policy to Minimise Business and Operational Impacts of Seismic Surveys on the Fishing Industry and Oil and Gas Industry

Optimising Processes and Policy to Minimise Business and Operational Impacts of Seismic Surveys on the Fishing Industry and Oil and Gas Industry

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

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

Resource Survey of the Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector

Resource Survey of the Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector

Review of Monitoring and Assessment in the SESSF

Review of Monitoring and Assessment in the SESSF

Realising Economic Returns of Reducing Waste Through Utilization of Bycatch in the GAB Trawl Sector of the SESSF

Realising Economic Returns of Reducing Waste Through Utilization of Bycatch in the GAB Trawl Sector of the SESSF

Review of Abalone Dive Rates

Review of Abalone Dive Rates

Improved targeting of arrow squid

Improved targeting of arrow squid

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

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

Review of Fishery Resource Access and Allocation Arrangements Across Australian Jurisdictions

Review of Fishery Resource Access and Allocation Arrangements Across Australian Jurisdictions

Victorian Ocean Scallop Biomass Survey

Victorian Ocean Scallop Biomass Survey

Multiple – Before After Control Impact (M-BACI) analysis of the effect of a 3D marine seismic survey on Danish Seine catch rates

Multiple – Before After Control Impact (M-BACI) analysis of the effect of a 3D marine seismic survey on Danish Seine catch rates

Informing Structural Reform of South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery

Informing Structural Reform of South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery

Development and Evaluation of SESSF Multi-species Harvest Strategies

Development and Evaluation of SESSF Multi-species Harvest Strategies

Indigenous Capacity Building

Indigenous Capacity Building

Shark Product Traceability

Shark Product Traceability

Interactions with marine mammals in the SESSF Shark Gillnet Fishery – exploring the possibility and viability of gillnet boats converting to a hook fishery in Bass Strait

Interactions with marine mammals in the SESSF Shark Gillnet Fishery – exploring the possibility and viability of gillnet boats converting to a hook fishery in Bass Strait

Talk to the fisheries expert

If you need help with a sustainable fisheries project please get in touch with the Director of Fishwell Consulting, Dr Ian Knuckey.