Projects

The following projects are a sample of the research being undertaken by our Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre's researchers and students.

• Quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Patagonian Toothfish longline fishery

  Skates (Rajidae) represent the greatest biomass of incidental bycatch caught in the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) longline fishery operating within Australian waters around Heard Island…

  
  

  Fisheries & AquacultureOcean-Antarctic Governance

  
  

  15 Mar 2023

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  The multiple values attained through partially protected areas

  A new IMAS-led project will investigate the benefits of partially protected marine protected areas (MPAs) in Australia.Preserving natural habitats and reducing destructive oceanic activities is…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  15 Jun 2022

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  Individual Transferable Quota improvement project

  IMAS has commenced a project to help improve the performance of Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) systems. The project will engage with fisheries managers and policy…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  2 Mar 2022

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  Tasmania's Marine Atlas Project

  The Tasmania’s Marine Atlas project aims to collate and make available sets of data about the state’s coastal waters to ensure our marine environment is…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  9 Sep 2021

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  ARC Research Hub for Commercial Development of Rock Lobster Culture Systems

  Rock lobsters are among the most highly-prized seafood, but historically it has proven impossible to raise lobsters from eggs in commercial hatcheries.Completed in 2019, the…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  29 Mar 2021