PROJECT NUMBER
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2014-731
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)
SPECIES
34,051 results
PROJECT NUMBER
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2014-729
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
SCRC: Synthesis of Australian Prawn Farmers Association research for extension to industry and relevant stakeholders
Project number:
2014-728
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Principal Investigator:
Meredith Lawley
Organisation:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Project start/end date:
30 Nov 2014
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12 Feb 2015
Contact:
FRDC
The Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) has been part of the Seafood CRC since inception. During that time numerous research projects have been undertaken and while every effort has been made by the APFA to capture final reports the Association lacks a complete summary of all research.
In addition, this can be expanded to include research undertaken via the FRDC, as well as other papers, commission reports and research relevant to Australian prawn farming. A one stop "house" for all these materials would be preferable.
The concept of a APFA report card has been discussed and the CRC is undertaking this work currently. However, this application aims to develop a project that creates a a single summary of all APFA research in the last 14 years.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9874218-6-9
Author:
Meredith Lawley
Final Report
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2015-02-13
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442.10 KB
2014-728-DLD.pdf
The purpose of this project was to develop a single consolidated summary of all available research relevant to Australian prawn farming, by auditing all key research and reports (both academic and non-academic) published since 2000. The audit was required to note any issues on the current ease of accessing information and include recommendations to improve information access to ensure industry can find information quickly.
The outcomes of this research have been published as a database on the Australian Prawn Farmer’s Association Website www.apfa.com.au
PROJECT NUMBER
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2014-727
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
SPECIES
SCRC: Measuring condition of lobsters to improve management of harvesting around periods of high transport mortality
Project number:
2014-726
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Principal Investigator:
Cedric Simon
Organisation:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date:
9 Nov 2014
-
27 Feb 2015
Contact:
FRDC
Annual losses of up to 10% of lobsters during live transport are not uncommon and have a major financial impact. The fishing industry, including processors and operators are seeking ways to avoid this mortality. As deep-water pale lobsters are more susceptible to this mortality, this project will examine their wild physiological condition in great detail and compare it to shallow-water red lobsters.
Mortality events occur mainly around the time of season openings in Mid November so this will the period targeted in this research. Price often falls sharply at this time because of the combined effect of increase in supply and damage to market reputation that occurs when impacted shipments are received. Managing the landing of poor quality lobsters has always been difficult because longer closed seasons would prevent landing of poor quality product but also harms businesses.
Ideally the problem of lobster mortality in shipment would be managed by keeping the fishery open for extended periods but only landing lobsters when their condition is acceptable. The fishery tends to do this on a crude level by discounting the price of pale lobster. However this is not ideal because it impacts the price of some catches of pale lobsters that are good condition, and also allows the shipment of some red lobsters of poor condition. Directly measuring condition is a step towards better management of this issue.
Final report
Authors:
C. Simon
T. Mendo
B. Green & C. Gardner
Final Report
•
2015-05-01
•
2.99 MB
2014-726-DLD.pdf
This project provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment of the health, physiological and nutritional condition of brindle and red lobsters from four different fishing areas of Tasmania at the start of the 2015 fishing season. Lobsters size (carapace length), baseline concentrations of haemolymph haemocyanin and bicarbonate were shown to be useful predictors of vulnerability to transport.
This information may help improve the management of these lobsters especially if portable meters are used in the field or test kits are developed through future R&D. Recommendations to minimise mortality risk were also made which included ensuring lobsters have recovered from the ground transport stress in holding tanks for several days, minimising emersion duration and reducing temperature prior to packaging.
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-725
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-721
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: Australian Seafood Industries Quantitative Genetics Analysis and Training Services 2014-15 (2014/721 Communal)
This project resulted in the genetic analysis to allow Australian Seafood Industries (ASI) to formulate a breeding plan for the 2014 breeding season.
In addition the data analysis resulted in the prioritisation of traits by industry stakeholders resulting in an agreed focus for breeding. The...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-720.10
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Seafood CRC Company Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2014-720
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Norwegian Institute of Food Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (NOFIMA)
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