Research reports

The following table lists our most recent research reports. Previous reports can be accessed from the research report archive.

Summaries of all fishery-related research projects funded by AFMA can be found in AFMA Research: A Summary of Research Projects Reports (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.

Title File Published Funding Program
2011
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2010 – Part 1 (7MB) RR2008/0862 June 2011 $575,613 1A
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2010 – Part 2 (4MB) RR2008/0862 June 2011 $575,613 1A
Development of a multi-gear spatially explicit assessment and management strategy evaluation for the Macquarie Island Patagonian toothfish (4MB) RR2008/0873 May 2011 $186,834 1A
The Recovery of the Holothuria scabra (sandfish) population on Warrior Reef, Torres Strait – Final Report (2MB) RR2009/0846 2011 $99,500 1A
2010
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2009 – Part 1 (9MB) RR2008/0872 August 2010 $522,936 1A
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) 2009 – Part 2 (4MB) RR2008/0872 August 2010 $522,936 1A
An Integrated Monitoring Program for the Northern Prawn Fishery 2008/10 (11.7MB) RR2008/0827 2010 $1,426,052 1A
Density of Fish Schools Blue Grenadier (2MB) RR2007/0805 June 2010 $151,727 1A
Use of economic incentives to manage fisheries bycatch (5.7MB) RR2008/845 August 2010 $56,360 3A
Northern Prawn Fishery RAG Assessment 2009-10 (694kb) RR2008/0824 August 2010 $181,296 1A
Investigation of local movement and regional migration behaviour of broadbill swordfish targeted by the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (4MB) RR006/809 July 2010 $60,000 1B
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size monitoring program 2008 to 2009 (124kb) RR2008/0847 2010 $42,000 1A
Archiving of hardparts for routine ageing and developing age-length keys for the Australian SBT surface fishery 2007/8 – 2009/10 (297kb) R2007/813 June 2010 $218,264 1A
2009
Stock Assessment for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery 2008 (7.1MB) RR2008/801 December 2009 $433,964 1A
Industry survey to obtain relative abundance index for spawning eastern gemfish – traditional and innovative methods (1.3MB) RR2006/0830 July 2009 $338,616 1B
Assessing the sustainability of the NPF bycatch from annual monitoring data: 2008 (10.9MB) RR2008/0826 December 2009 $100,023 2A
Industry based acoustic survey of Blue Grenadier during the 2008 spawning season (718kb) R2008/808 August 2009 $62,157 1A
Population biology and habitat preferences of striped marlin, Kajikia audax in the southwest Pacific Ocean (3.7MB) R2006/816 December2009 $84,611 1B
Stock assessment and management strategy evaluation for sub-Antarctic fisheries: 2007-2009 (789kb) R2007/804 November 2009 $89,346 1A
Assessing needs, options and costs for spatial management approaches for the Commonwealth Fisheries (1.5MB) RR2006/831 August 2009
$193,218
 3A
SESSF Ageing workplan 2007-09 – 2008-842 (955kb) RR2008-842 June 2009 $356,546 1A
Torres Strait Research Program – TAC estimation and relative lobster abundance surveys 2008/09 – 2008-0837 (3.6MB) RR2008-0837 October 2009 $385,953 1A
Forage species management – a report to AFMA (189kb) RR2008-0835 September 2009 $50,000 3A
GHATF shark survey of population abundance and population size composition for target, byproduct and bycatch species (1.3MB) RR2006-0823 June 2009 $324,896.10 1A
Evaluation of new harvest strategies for SESSF species (1.2MB) RR2006-0815 June 2009 $217,100 3B
Rights transfers and the effectiveness of AFMA’s Quotaboard website (472kb) R2005-0709 May 2009 $27,315 3A
2008
Review of the Draft Harvest Strategy for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (1MB) RR2008-0843 June 2008 $25,000 3A&B
Southern bluefin tuna aerial survey in the Great Australian Bight – 2008: Preliminary results of aerial survey and commercial spotting data (2.7MB) RR2007-0852 June 2008 $235,000 1A
Commercial catch age composition and conversion ratio for the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery (244kb) RR2007-0835 November 2008 $47,762 1A
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size Monitoring Program 2007-2008 (128kb) R2007-812 December 2008 $36,000 1A
2007 Relative Abundance Survey and Assessment of the Torres Strait Lobster Fishery (1.2MB) RR2007-0802 August 2008 $301,599 1A
Industry based acoustic surveys of Tasmanian west coast blue grenadier during the 2007 spawning season (884kb) R2006-1139 August 2008 $58,945 1A
Final report on the age, growth and mortality rate of ribaldo (Moro moro) in the SESSF (2MB) R2006-0950 November 2008 $19,657 1A
Albacore tuna: investigation of size monitoring, age composition, and spawning activity in the ETBF (3.3MB) R2006-0894 April 2008 $46,898 1A
Development and preliminary testing of the Harvest Strategy Framework for the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (892kb) R2006-0684 February 2008 $195,282 3A&B
Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Annual Report 2006 (9.9MB) R2006-0611 April 2008 $536,000 1A
Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery Annual Report 2006 (1.4MB) R2006-0611 April 2008 split over 1A
Integrated Scientific Monitoring Program South East Trawl Fishery Annual Report 2006 (2MB) R2006-0611 May 2008 three reports 1A
Species associations and companion TACs in the SESSF (6.2MB) R2005-1074 September 2008 $37,873 1A
Final report on ageing work on key SESSF species from the 2006 sampling year (1.3MB) R2005-1059 April 2008 $271,698 1A
Report on the East Coast Tuna and Billfish Size Monitoring Program 2006-2007 (30kb) R2005-1033 January 2008 $36,000 1A
An integrated monitoring program for the Northern Prawn Fishery (9.5MB) R2005-1024 September 2008 $1,392,150 1A
SBT size monitoring NSW longline fishery 2006-2007 (64kb) R2005-1018 June 2008 $6,000 1A
Dolphin and seal interactions with mid-water trawling in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery, including an assessment of bycatch mitigation (2MB) R2005-0996 February 2008 $142,127 2A
Integrated assessment and the development and evaluation of a management framework for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (6.2MB) RR2005-0855 June 2008 $345,263 1A
Co-management for Commonwealth fisheries (698kb) R2005-0783 January 2008 $111,800 4A
Effects of fishing on high risk bycatch species in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (948kb) R2004-1198 November 2008 $36,500 1A
NPF RAG Assessment 2007-2008 (468kb) R2004-1075 2008 $285,085 1A
Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Size Monitoring Program 2005-2006 (27kb) R2004-1073 July 2008 $19,000 1A
Best practice reference points for Australian Fisheries (1MB) R2001-0999 December 2008 $137,891 3A&B

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