Research reports
The following page lists our most recent research reports. Earlier research reports can be accessed from the research reports archive.
Summaries of all fishery-related research projects funded by AFMA can be found in AFMA Research: A Summary of Research Projects Reports (PDF, 330kb).
Research projects to which AFMA co-invested funds but did not administer the research agreement are not reported as these projects are reported by the agency that administered the project agreement.
Reports can be viewed for the following years;
2011 research reports
- Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2010 – Part 1 (PDF, 7MB)
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2010 – Part 2 (PDF, 4MB)
File: RR2008/0862
Published: June 2011
Funding: $575,613
Program: 1A - Development of a multi-gear spatially explicit assessment and management strategy evaluation for the Macquarie Island Patagonian toothfish (PDF, 4MB)
File: RR2008/0873
Published: May 2011
Funding: $186,834
Program: 1A - The Recovery of the Holothuria scabra (sandfish) population on Warrior Reef, Torres Strait – Final Report (PDF, 2MB)
File: RR2009/0846
Published: 2011
Funding: $99,500
Program: 1A
2010 research reports
- Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2009 – Part 1 (PDF, 9MB)
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2009 - Part 2 (PDF, 4MB)
File: RR2008/0872
Published: August 2010
Funding: $522,936
Program: 1A - An Integrated Monitoring Program for the Northern Prawn Fishery 2008/10 (PDF, 11.7MB)
File: RR2008/0827
Published: 2010
Funding: $1, 426,052
Program: 1A - Density of Fish Schools Blue Grenadier (PDF, 2MB)
File: RR2007/0805
Published: June 2010
Funding: $151,727
Program: 1A - Use of economic incentives to manage fisheries bycatch (PDF, 5.7MB)
File: RR2008/0845
Published: August 2010
Funding: $56,360
Program: 3A - Northern Prawn Fishery RAG Assessment 2009-10 (PDF, 694kb)
File: RR2008/0824
Published: August 2010
Funding: $181,296
Program: 1A - Investigation of local movement and regional migration behaviour of broadbill swordfish targeted by the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 4MB)
File: RR006/809
Published: July 2010
Funding: $60,000
Program: 1B - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size monitoring program 2008 to 2009 (PDF, 124kb)
File: RR2008/0847
Published: 2010
Funding: $42,000
Program: 1A - Archiving of hardparts for routine ageing and developing age-length keys for the Australian SBT surface fishery 2007/8 – 2009/10 (PDF, 297kb)
File: RR2007/0813
Published: June 2010
Funding: $218,264
Program: 1A
2009 research reports
- Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery 2008 (PDF, 7.1MB)
File: RR2008/801
Published: December 2009
Funding: $433,964
Program: 1A - Industry survey to obtain relative abundance index for spawning eastern gemfish – traditional and innovative methods (PDF, 1.3MB)
File: RR2006/0830
Published: July 2009
Funding: $338,616
Program: 1B - Assessing the sustainability of the NPF bycatch from annual monitoring data: 2008 (PDF, 10.9MB)
File: RR2008/0826
Published: December 2009
Funding: $100,023
Program: 2A - Industry based acoustic survey of Blue Grenadier during the 2008 spawning season (PDF, 718kb)
File: RR2008/808
Published: August 2009
Funding: $62,157
Program: 1A - Population biology and habitat preferences of striped marlin, Kajikia audax in the southwest Pacific Ocean (PDF, 3.7MB)
File: RR2006/0816
Published: December 2009
Funding: $84,611
Program: 1B - Stock assessment and management strategy evaluation for sub-Antarctic fisheries: 2007-2009 (PDF, 789kb)
File: RR2007/804
Published: November 2009
Funding: $89,346
Program: 1A - Assessing needs, options and costs for spatial management approaches for the Commonwealth Fisheries (PDF, 1.5MB)
File: RR2006/831
Published: August 2009
Funding: $192,218
Program: 3A - SESSF Ageing workplan 2007-09 – 2008-842 (PDF, 955kb)
File: RR2008/0842
Published: June 2009
Funding: $356,546
Program: 1A - Torres Strait Research Program – TAC estimation and relative lobster abundance surveys 2008/09 – 2008-0837 (PDF, 3.6MB)
File: RR2008/0837
Published: October 2009
Funding: $385,953
Program: 1A - Forage species management – a report to AFMA (PDF, 189kb)
File: RR2008/0813
Published: September 2009
Funding: $50,000
Program: 3A - GHATF shark survey of population abundance and population size composition for target, byproduct and bycatch species (PDF, 1.3MB)
File: RR2006/0823
Published: June 2009
Funding: $324,896.10
Program: 1A - Evaluation of new harvest strategies for SESSF species (PDF, 1.2MB)
File: RR2006/0815
Published: June 2009
Funding: $217,100
Program: 3B - Rights transfers and the effectiveness of AFMA’s Quotaboard website (PDF, 472kb)
File: RR2004/0709
Published: May 2009
Funding: $27,315
Program: 3A
2008 research reports
- Review of the Draft Harvest Strategy for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (PDF, 1MB)
File: RR2008/0843
Published: June 2008
Funding: $25,000
Program: 3A & B - Southern bluefin tuna aerial survey in the Great Australian Bight – 2008: Preliminary results of aerial survey and commercial spotting data (PDF, 2.7MB)
File: RR2007/0852
Published: June 2008
Funding: $235,000
Program: 1A - Commercial catch age composition and conversion ratio for the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery (PDF, 244kb)|
File: RR2007/0835
Published: November 2008
Funding: $47,762
Program: 1A - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size Monitoring Program 2007-2008 (PDF, 128kb)
File: RR2007/812
Published: December 2008
Funding: $36,000
Program: 1A - 2007 Relative Abundance Survey and Assessment of the Torres Strait Lobster Fishery (PDF, 1.2MB)
File: RR2007/0802
Published: August 2008
Funding: $301,599
Program: 1A - Industry based acoustic surveys of Tasmanian west coast blue grenadier during the 2007 spawning season (PDF, 884kb)
File: RR2006/1139
Published: August 2008
Funding: $58,945
Program: 1A - Final report on the age, growth and mortality rate of ribaldo (Moro moro) in the SESSF (PDF, 2MB)
File: RR2006/0950
Published: November 2008
Funding: $19,657
Program: 1A - Albacore tuna: investigation of size monitoring, age composition, and spawning activity in the ETBF (PDF, 3.3MB)
File: RR2006/0894
Published: April 2008
Funding: $46,898
Program: 1A - Development and preliminary testing of the Harvest Strategy Framework for the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 892kb)
File: RR2006/0684
Published: February 2008
Funding: $195,282
Program: 3A & B - Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Annual Report 2006 (PDF, 9.9MB)
File: RR2006/0611
Published: April 2008
Funding: $536,000
Program: 1A - Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery Annual Report 2006 (PDF, 1.4MB)
File: RR2006/0611
Published: April 2008
Funding: Split over three reports
Program: 1A - Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program South East Trawl Fishery Annual Report 2006 (PDF, 2MB)
File: RR2006/0611
Published: May 2008
Funding: Split over three reports
Program: 1A - Species associations and companion TACs in the SESSF (PDF, 6.2MB)
File: RR2005/1074
Published: September 2008
Funding: $37,873
Program: 1A - Final report on ageing work on key SESSF species from the 2006 sampling year (PDF, 1.3MB)
File: RR2005/1059
Published: April 2008
Funding: $271,698
Program: 1A - Report on the East Coast Tuna and Billfish Size Monitoring Program 2006-2007 (PDF, 30kb)
File: RR2005/1033
Published: January 2008
Funding: $36,000
Program: 1A - An integrated monitoring program for the Northern Prawn Fishery (PDF, 9.5MB)
File: RR2005/1024
Published: September 2008
Funding: $1,392,150
Program: 1A - SBT size monitoring NSW longline fishery 2006-2007 (PDF, 64kb)
File: RR2005/1018
Published: June 2008
Funding: $6,000
Program: 1A - Dolphin and seal interactions with mid-water trawling in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery, including an assessment of bycatch mitigation (PDF, 2MB)
File: RR2005/0996
Published: February 2008
Funding: $142,127
Program: 2A - Integrated assessment and the development and evaluation of a management framework for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 6.2MB)
File: RR2005/0855
Published: June 2008
Funding: $345,263
Program: 1A - Co-management for Commonwealth fisheries (PDF, 698kb)
File: RR2005/0783
Published: January 2008
Funding: $111,800
Program: 4A - Effects of fishing on high risk bycatch species in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF, 948kb)
File: RR2004/1198
Published: November 2008
Funding: $36,500
Program: 1A - Northern Prawn Fishery Resource Assessment Group Assessment 2007-2008 (PDF, 468kb)
File: RR2004/1075
Published: 2008
Funding: $285,085
Program: 1A - Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size Monitoring Program 2005-2006 (PDF, 27kb)
File: RR2004/1073
Published: July 2008
Funding: $19,000
Program: 1A - Best practice reference points for Australian Fisheries (PDF, 1MB)
File: RR2001/0999
Published: December 2008
Funding: $137,891
Program: 3A & B
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