Stock predictions and spatial population indicators for Australia's east coast saucer scallop fishery

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2017-057

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There is a strong need to better understand the respective roles of fishing effort and environmental drivers on the saucer scallop’s population dynamics and abundance, specifically in relation to the current poor stock status. This will be addressed in the project analyses and improvements to the scallop stock assessment model.

There is also a need for fishery leaders to implement management procedures in the scallop fishery that are appropriate to the causes of the current poor stock status. Outputs from the project will assist with formulating procedures effective for promoting stock recovery, while considering economic and social factors of fishing.

As most of the scallop fishery is located in waters of the GBRMP, which is a World Heritage Area, there is an obligation to ensure that biodiversity and ecosystem services within the Park are maintained. The project will address these needs.

Finally, there is a need to maintain the Wildlife Trade Operation approval which is required to export saucer scallops internationally. The project will help address the terms and conditions pertaining to sustainability of fishing the stock required by the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Energy to secure this approval.


Objectives:
1. Design stock model structures and estimate parameter values for the associations between saucer scallop abundance and environmental variables, including scenarios of scallop recruitment changing in parallel with changes in areas of the different habitat types.
2. Improve spatial indicators and stock model predictions to estimate the current populations size of saucer scallops and develop management procedures.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2017

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $159,000.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

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Other Keywords

Bycatch | Environmental Impact | Fisheries Management | Fishing Effort | Modelling | Population Dynamics | Reproduction | Stock Assessment

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