This project is a collaboration between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and the Cobia aquaculture sector, predominantly Pacific Reef Fisheries (PRF). It was undertaken to consolidate the aquaculture in Australia of Cobia, a species offering considerable potential as a...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
The salmon farming industry has significantly expanded in South-eastern Tasmanian both in production and in number and location of farms. Along with this expansion has been an increasing concern from the general community about the effects of salmon farms on the environment. This includes a reported...
Are Australian fisheries and aquaculture achieving best performance and use? What is the trend in performance overall, and by sector across wild catch commercial, recreational, Indigenous customary and aquaculture? In 2014 this FRDC project completed its second evaluation of fisheries...
This report provides details of the FRDC Project 2014-233 Improving access for Indigenous Australians to and involvement in the use and management of Australia’s fisheries resources. The project was undertaken because Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to assert that...