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NESP MB Project A10 - Conservation of handfish and their habitat

This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A10 - "Conservation of handfish and their habitat". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.


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Spotted and red handfish are critically endangered.


Prior to 2019, this project commenced a scientifically robust monitoring program to track conservation trajectories and performance of recovery plan actions across all known sub-populations of Spotted Handfish. An innovative geo-reference photographic method provided both capture-mark-recapture information and sub-population fish densities as a proxy for abundance. Collecting this data was a crucial first step for a future project of targeted placement of artificial spawning habitat (ASH) and to determine minimum population size to inform sustainable capture of brood-stock for captive breeding.


From 2019-2020, the project was extended to include Red Handfish. In accordance with the signed Handfish Recovery Plan, this project will conserve Red and Spotted Handfish through various direct conservation actions guided by research. This includes replanting of the degraded plastic artificial spawning habitats (ASH) with a re-designed array of ceramic units, assessment of taut eco-friendly moorings in critical spotted handfish habitat, genetic and capture mark recapture studies for both species, a population viability analysis (PVA) and performance assessment of management actions. The project will also continue a captive breeding project with industry, and engage with the broader community through talks, outreach and publications and re-establishment of the handfish recovery team.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Monitoring and conservation of spotted handfish
Date (Creation)
2016-03-23
Date (Revision)
2019-02-04T00:00:00

Resource provider

Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Australian Government
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy
GPO Box 787
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Principal investigator

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Lynch, Tim (Project Leader)
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Collaborator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - Wong, Lincoln
University of Tasmania
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - Barrett, Neville
University of Tasmania
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Green, Mark
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Foster, Scott
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Devine, Carlie
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Claire Davies
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Chalk, Curt
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Schwanger, Cassie
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Flynn, David
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Purpose
This project builds on previous studies to develop new methods to aid handfish recovery and provides a pathway to recovery through tangible on-ground actions. This project provides a critical step for both addressing and assessing multiple actions within the recovery plan.
Credit
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
Credit
Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government
Credit
In addition to NESP (DoE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Lynch, Tim
Tasmania
Australia
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Topic category
  • Oceans

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Temporal extent

Time period
2016-03-01 2016-12-30
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords (dataSource)
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
  • Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
  • Conservation and Biodiversity
Keywords (Theme)
  • critically endangered
  • fish
Keywords (Taxon)
  • spotted handfish
  • Brachionichthys hirsutus

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub.

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Linkage
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
Milestone Report

Wong, L., and T.P., Lynch (2017). Monitoring of Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) populations and on ground conservation actions. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme, Marine Biodiversity Hub. CSIRO. 19 pages

OnLine resource
NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A10 webpage

OnLine resource
Department of the Environment and Energy: NESP MB Hub website

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/948d7fac-7dfa-43d0-9969-aa66a765852d

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Data Manager)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Parent metadata
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity (MB) Hub - Funding Program 2015-2021

Type of resource

Resource scope
Field session
Name
MB Hub Project A10
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/948d7fac-7dfa-43d0-9969-aa66a765852d

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2019-02-04T11:08:25
Date info (Revision)
2025-04-06T08:08:47

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

critically endangered fish
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Conservation and Biodiversity Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)

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