NESP MaC Project 1.23 - Conservation of spotted handfish
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "Conservation of spotted handfish". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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Spotted handfish are a critically endangered fish that inhabit a rapidly developing coast. This bridging project continues efforts to conserve the species with on-ground actions guided by research. Previous NESP work (A10) helped developed a 23-year time-series of surveys, increased biological understanding and established effective management actions. This new work will recommence surveys of multiple local populations, after a two-year gap, to ensure potential impacts of development of the Derwent estuary and surrounds handfish populations or their habitats can be detected. We will also identify where to plant Artificial Spawning Habitats (ASH) where natural spawning structures have declined. We will continue to support our captive breeding program with industry and foster engagement with the indigenous and broader community through participation, talks, outreach, publications, and the National Handfish Recovery Team (NHRT).
Outputs
• A consolidated database of all available data on spotted handfish imagery, length frequency, and GPS regions to 2022 [time-series database]
• Final technical report with analysed data, including a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-03-01
Resource provider
- Purpose
- To further secure spotted handfish from extinction, stabilise existing populations and allow for the option of recovery.
- Credit
- Tim Lynch (CSIRO), Jemina Stuart-Smith (UTAS), Mibu Fisher (CSIRO), Carlie Devine (CSIRO)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Credit
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-09-01 2022-06-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- threatened species
- marine bony fish
- recovery
- conservation intervention
- time-series
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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Project page on NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/27625ece-a38a-400e-9a1e-857d88d85655
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MaC Hub Project 1.23
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/27625ece-a38a-400e-9a1e-857d88d85655
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-03-01T12:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-10-05T20:57:29
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018