Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100327
Funding Status
Closed
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Funded Activity Summary
Understanding the effect of small-scale ocean process on tuna populations – a new tool to forecast tuna distributions for use in fisheries management. The western and central Pacific Ocean supports the world’s largest tuna fishery with catches contributing up to 40 per cent of revenue for many Pacific communities. These nations are dependent on these fisheries for livelihoods and economic development. Continued sustainable management of this valuable resource in the face of rapid population growth and climate variability and change is a challenge. Using observationally derived information of skipjack tuna, the project aims to develop a novel tuna behavioural model. This is intended to be integrated into a state-of-the-art biophysical model at resolutions capable of reproducing critical meso-scale processes, providing projections of tuna distributions that aim to aid in developing sustainable management practices.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2015
End Date: 05-2018
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $160,518.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Physical Oceanography | Oceanography | Fisheries Management
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Wild Caught Tuna | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. Social Impacts) |
