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NSW DPI Fisheries
The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries Conservation Technology Unit (FCTU) comprises up to 8 researchers that are responsible for examining various conservation-based gear technologies for NSW’s commercial and recreational fisheries. Work done by the FCTU includes the invention, development and assessment of modifications to fishing gears and their methods that reduce unwanted catches; assessments of the hydrodynamics of fishing gears; quantification of the stress, physical damage and mortality sustained by organisms after escape or release during fishing; and assessments of species-specific physiological responses to stimuli generated from fishing gears.
For more information about the sorts of work done by the NSW DPI FCTU visit www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries or contact us here at the NMSC
The Centre for Marine Policy, University of Wollongong
The NMSC has a collaborative research relationship with the centre working jointly in an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation project on “Valuing the marine economy”.
Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre
The principle objective of the Whale Research Centre is to undertake research on cetacean populations in the Southern Hemisphere for the purpose of contributing to their conservation. The Centre has already commenced various national and international projects, including the Cape Byron Whale Research Project (CBWRP). From such studies the Centre endeavours to enhance our understanding of these remarkable creatures, so as to develop effective management strategies for their long-term protection, and to promote education about whales, dolphins and other cetaceans. To achieve this objective the Centre utilises a collaborative approach to the research involving the expertise of leading researchers from all over Australia, trained in fields such as marine mammal science, genetics, surveying, and acoustics.
University of New England Centre for Agriculture and Law
The Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law at UNE is a law and policy research and consulting centre backed by the intellectual resources of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law and the Faculty of the Sciences. This provides access to economists, lawyers, management experts, soil scientists, production sciences, mathematicians, biologists and many other specialists. We have an extensive network of local and international academic and commercial collaborators.
University of New England Centre for Ecological Economics & Water Policy Research
The Centre for Ecological Economics and Water Policy Research is one of the world's leading ecological economics research organisations. The theme of all the Centre’s research and associated activity is on the facilitation of synergistic linkages between all the relevant dimensions of environmental management and policy activity including the ecological sciences, economics, geography and planning, development and cultural studies.
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For further information about research programs at the NMSC, please contact or telephone 02 6648 3900.