Publications & Resources
Fisheries and Aquaculture Reports & Resources
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre produces many reports and resources for the benefit of the broader community.
These include fisheries assessments for Tasmanian waters under our SMRCA agreement with the Tasmanian Government, and recreational fisheries reports.
Ecosystem & Fisheries Management
Other Tasmanian Aquaculture
Other Tasmanian Fisheries
Salmon
- Rapid visual assessment of rocky reef assemblages in Port Arthur (Aug 2022) - (PDF File 4.4 MB)
- Managing ecosystem interactions across differing environments: building flexibility and risk assurance into environmental management strategies (Jun 2022) - (PDF File 12.3 MB)
- Assessment of the Macquarie Harbour Broadscale Environmental Monitoring Program (BEMP) data from 2011-2020 (Jun 2022) - (PDF File 7.4 MB)
- Salmon subprogram - Marine currents nutrients and plankton in the coastal waters of South East Tasmania - 2017 (Jan 2022) - (PDF File 4.2 MB)
- The contribution of salmon farming material to sediment accumulation on reefs in established farming regions - 2016 (Jan 2022) - (PDF File 1.5 MB)
- Fishing for Atlantic salmon: inferences about dispersal, survival and ecological impacts following two large-scale escape events (Dec 2021) - (PDF File 1.0 MB)
- Statewide Finfish Aquaculture Spatial Planning Exercise (Dec 2021) - (PDF File 13.5 MB)
- Statewide Finfish Aquaculture Spatial Planning Exercise - Supplementary Material (Dec 2021) - (PDF File 1.2 MB)
- Understanding broad scale impacts of salmonid farming on rocky reef communities - FRDC 2016 (Nov 2021) - (PDF File 3.9 MB)
- Rapid visual assessment surveys on rocky reefs in the Derwent Estuary.pdf (Oct 2021) - (PDF File 2.2 MB)
- Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Jul 2021) - (PDF File 8.8 MB)
- IMAS Environmental Monitoring Review - Storm Bay (2018-131) (Jul 2021) - (PDF File 3.6 MB)
- Assessment of reef condition in the southern D'Entrecasteaux Channel (Apr 2021) - (PDF File 2.2 MB)
- Review and compilation of spatial data in Tasmanian marine waters: A pilot study (Mar 2021) - (PDF File 2.4 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour. Progress report. FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Oct 2020) - (PDF File 6.1 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour. Progress report. FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Feb 2020) - (PDF File 3.0 MB)
- Pilot Marine Spatial Assessment Tool (Jan 2020) - (PDF File 15.2 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Jul 2019) - (PDF File 3.0 MB)
- Planning for a Blue Future - Report from the Global Salmon Conference, Hobart 2017 (Apr 2019) - (PDF File 5.5 MB)
- Fishing for Atlantic salmon following a major escape event: inferences about dispersal, survival and ecological impact (Mar 2019) - (PDF File 2.6 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Dec 2018) - (PDF File 5.5 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Jul 2018) - (PDF File 2.6 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour. Progress Report: FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Mar 2018) - (PDF File 2.2 MB)
- Huon Estuary/D'Entrecasteaux Channel nutrient enrichment assessment: Establishing the potential effects of Huon Aquaculture Company P/L nitrogen inputs (Mar 2018) - (PDF File 9.8 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour. Progress Report: FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (Oct 2017) - (PDF File 2.6 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour. Progress Report: FRDC 2016/067: Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour (May 2017) - (PDF File 4.6 MB)
- Environmental Research in Macquarie Harbour Interim Synopsis of Benthic and Water Column Conditions (Feb 2017) - (PDF File 3.7 MB)
- MFRP Enquiry (Okehampton Bay) IMAS Submission.pdf (Nov 2016) - (PDF File 2.0 MB)
- Understanding the Ecology of Dorvilleid Polychaetes in Macquarie Harbour (Oct 2016) - (PDF File 3.6 MB)
- Pelagic DO Study - Particulate Organic Matter - Source, Composition and Degradation (Objective 2) (Sep 2016) - (PDF File 2.8 MB)
- Clarifying the relationship between salmon farm nutrient loads and changes in macroalgal community structure/ distribution (Jun 2016) - (PDF File 681.9 KB)
- Comparative susceptibility and host responses of endemic fishes and salmonids to amoebic gill disease in Tasmania (Feb 2016) - (PDF File 12.0 MB)
- Movement, habitat utilisation and population status of the endangered Maugean skate and implications for fishing and aquaculture operations in Macquarie Harbour (Feb 2016) - (PDF File 2.7 MB)
- Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into Fin-fish Aquaculture in Tasmania (Jun 2015) - (PDF File 830.3 KB)
- Characterising benthic pelagic interactions in Macquarie Harbour - organic matter processing in sediments and the importance for nutrient dynamics (May 2015) - (PDF File 2.6 MB)
- Assessment of the environmental impacts and sediment remediation potential associated with copper contamination from antifouling paint (and associated recommendations for management) (May 2014) - (PDF File 3.0 MB)
- Evaluation of Broadscale Environmental Monitoring Program (BEMP) data from 2009-2012 (Dec 2013) - (PDF File 4.1 MB)
- Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: The effects of AGD on gill function - use of a perfused gill model (Sep 2013) - (PDF File 1.5 MB)
- Long-term Recovery – Review of sediment condition at Marine Farm lease No.76 (Gunpowder Jetty), North West Bay (Apr 2013) - (PDF File 612.0 KB)
- Your Marine Values: Public Report 2013 (Feb 2013) - (PDF File 8.1 MB)
- Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: Macroalgal monitoring in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania (Jan 2013) - (PDF File 1.2 MB)
- Australian Salmon - Population Structure, reproduction, diet and composition of commerical and recreational catches (Mar 2011) - (PDF File 3.7 MB)
- Salmon aquaculture subprogram: facilitation and administration (Jan 2010) - (PDF File 230.1 KB)
- Scoping Study into Adaptation of the Tasmanian Salmonid Aquaculture Industry (Dec 2008) - (PDF File 1.3 MB)
- Assessment of Fish Growth Performance Under Limiting Environmental Conditions: Aquaculture Nutrition (May 2008) - (PDF File 1.6 MB)
- Ecological status of the Derwent and Huon Estuaries (Nov 2005) - (PDF File 3.2 MB)
- Guide to the assessment of sediment condition at marine finfish farms in Tasmania (Mar 2004) - (PDF File 4.4 MB)
- Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: Facilitation, Administration and Promotion (Sep 2003) - (PDF File 919.8 KB)
Social and Economic Assessments
