Ecological risk assessment for effects of fishing on habitats and communities

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2009-029

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The risk-based ERAEF approach to assessing impacts from fishing underpins strategic assessment for AFMA-managed fisheries, and is also crucial in the AFMA ERM process.

The ERAEF methodology uses a hierarchical approach to estimate risk from fishing activities. Level 1 (SICA) in the hierarchy has been applied to all Commonwealth fisheries across all five components (target species, bycatch and byproduct species, TEP species, habitats, and ecological communities). The Level 2 PSA species and habitat assessment tools have already been developed and applied for a subset of fisheries in the Stage 2 ERAEF project. In the proposed project we will assist in the development of a framework for ERA to ERM for habitats identified as high risk from the existing analyses, look to integrate the ERAEF results with other projects focusing on habitat impacts (FRDC 2003/021). Level 1 (SICA) in the hierarchy has been applied to all Commonwealth fisheries across all five components (target species, bycatch and byproduct species, TEP species, habitats, and ecological communities). The Level 2 PSA species and habitat assessment tools have already been developed and applied for a subset of fisheries in the Stage 2 ERAEF project. In the proposed project we will assist in the development of a framework for ERA to ERM for habitats identified as high risk from the existing analyses, demonstrate this using worked examples from the SESSF (or GAB), and a fishery that is relatively data poor such as the WDWT. We will also complete the development of the community component methodology.

Objectives:
1. Provide a framework for the ERA to ERM for the ERAEF Level 2 Habitat assessment approach
2. Complete the development of the ERAEF Level communities (ecosystems) approach

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-08-2009

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $120,425.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

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Other Keywords

Bycatch | Commercial Species | Community | Ecosystem resilience | Ecosystem | Fisheries Management | Habitat | Policy | Risk reduction | Sustainability

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