Informing the review of the Commonwealth Policy on Fisheries Bycatch through assessing trends in bycatch of key Commonwealth fisheries

Funded Activity Summary

DAFF is currently undertaking a review of the Commonwealth Policy on Fisheries Bycatch. The review is supported by an Advisory Committee comprising industry, departmental, research and eNGO representatives. Since the first bycatch policy was introduced in 2000, Commonwealth fisheries have been through significant change. This includes changing gear, bycatch mitigation measures, the Harvest Strategy Policy and fishery restructuring. ABARES have looked at TEPS interactions and some fisheries have reported annual bycatch statistics during some periods. However, there has been no overall synthesis and analysis of trends in bycatch since 2000 for Commonwealth fisheries.

Given the importance of this review, a detailed analysis is required to inform the review and provide a means of evaluating changes in bycatch over the last 10 years or so. Such an analysis should include bycatch rate, total bycatch by fishery and bycatch composition.


Objectives:
1. Document changes in Commonwealth fisheries relevant to bycatch
2. Collate and synthesise all available bycatch data for Commonwealth fisheries
3. Analyse and report on trends in bycatch rate, total bycatch and catch composition

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-08-2012

End Date: 20-10-2012

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $75,000.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Bycatch | Fishing Gear | Wild Catch

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