NESP MB Project A6 - Prioritisation of research and management needs for Australian elasmobranch species
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A6 - "Prioritisation of research and management needs for Australian elasmobranch species". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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NERP successfully demonstrated new ways to get the raw ingredients for evidence-based management of previously intractable species: abundance, survival, connectivity. But there is still a need to explore/demonstrate how management can use these tools (e.g. adaptive control of bycatch, or deciding if more monitoring is needed), and which species are suitable. This project comprises (i) a workshop to re-assess Australian shark and ray species in terms of degree-of-concern, state-of-knowledge-for-management, and feasibility-of-filling-knowledge-gaps; and (ii) a desk study exemplifying one pathway to management use. In 2016, we will work with DoE to prioritize species for research and explore more management pathways.
Planned Outputs
• A report outlining workshop findings, recommendations relative to data gaps and effective research approaches to address these gaps.
• A paper demonstrating how management can use new methods to examine adaptive monitoring of bycatch to assess impact
• Presentation of results to key stakeholders and end users
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-03-23
Resource provider
- Purpose
- This project will take two approaches to examine issues of data deficiency and methodological approaches to resolve these gaps using elasmobranch species as a case study. First, a workshop will gather experts to review Australian elasmobranch status and priority species for management. Second, a simultaneous desktop study will develop a process using close-kin mark-recapture to efficiently monitor and review a current management scenario (including triggers for deciding when it is safe to stop). Workshop and desktop analysis outcomes will be used as a basis for additional research and interaction with DoE over a variety of management, monitoring, and research options for threatened elasmobranchs and other vulnerable marine taxa (e.g. turtles, marine mammals, sea snakes) commencing in 2016.
- Credit
- Michelle Heupel (AIMS), Mark Bravington (CSIRO)
- 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
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2015-05-01 2015-12-31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Conservation and Biodiversity
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- Keywords (Theme)
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- close-kin mark-recapture
- conservation
- prioritisation
- management
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- shark
- Elasmobranch
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.
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
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A6 webpage
- OnLine resource
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Department of the Environment and Energy NESP website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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a8586ed7-df7c-4283-aa42-19cfa565fc00
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MB Hub Project A6
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a8586ed7-df7c-4283-aa42-19cfa565fc00
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2018-12-18T15:02:25
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-12-18T15:02:25
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018