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The BRUVs workshop - an Australia-wide synthesis of baited remote underwater video data to answer broad-scale ecological questions about fish, sharks and rays
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Harvey, ES and McLean, DL and Goetze, JS and Saunders, BJ and Langlois, TJ and Monk, J and Barrett, N and Wilson, SK and Holmes, TH and Ierodiaconou, D and Jordan, AR and Meekan, MG and Malcolm, HA and Heupel, MR and Harasti, D and Huveneers, C and Knott, NA and Fairclough, DV and Currey-Randall, LM and Travers, MJ and Radford, BT and Rees, MJ and Speed, CW and Wakefield, CB and Cappo, M and Newman, SJ, The BRUVs workshop - an Australia-wide synthesis of baited remote underwater video data to answer broad-scale ecological questions about fish, sharks and rays, Marine Policy, 127 Article 104430. ISSN 0308-597X (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104430
Abstract
Many marine fish populations have declined due to the individual or cumulative impacts of increasing water
temperatures, ocean acidification, overfishing and other human-induced impacts such as land run-off, dredging
and habitat alteration. Some solutions may be offered by ecosystem-based fisheries and conservation management.
However, understanding their effectiveness relies on the availability of good quality data on the size
distributions and abundance of fish populations and assemblages, collected at appropriate temporal and spatial
scales. Since the early 2000s, baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) have become a popular tool for
collecting data on fish assemblages across a range of depths and habitats. In Australia, this technique has been
adopted by many different agencies and institutions, creating a unique opportunity to compile a continental-scale
synthesis of fish data using a standardised sampling technique. Key Australian researchers and managers were
invited to contribute to a synthesis workshop on baited underwater video in Albany, Western Australia between
the 4th and 8th of February 2018. Data from 19,939 BRUVs deployments, collected between 2000 and 2017
around Australia, were compiled using GlobalArchive (globalarchive.org). The workshop identified and prioritised
several key research themes that would contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of focal
species and broad assemblages. Our goal is to describe where and when the data were collected, the type of
equipment used and how the imagery was analysed. We also discuss the types of questions that can be addressed
by analysing these standardised datasets and the potential benefits to conservation and fisheries management.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | BRUV, fish monitoring, marine park monitoring, fisheries independent |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
| Research Field: | Fisheries management |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments |
| UTAS Author: | Monk, J (Dr Jacquomo Monk) |
| UTAS Author: | Barrett, N (Associate Professor Neville Barrett) |
| ID Code: | 142914 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2021-02-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-02-16 |
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