This report was commissioned by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. It presents options for people development of the Australian seafood industry, including research, management and commercial fishing. The study was conducted by Miriam O'Brien Consulting and based on interviews and...
The seafood industry and the environment - interference or legitimate public concern?
A two day workshop on the problems facing the Australian seafood industry in environmental matters, held at National Surveyors' House, Deakin ACT, on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th January 1996.
In 1995 a National Task Force on Imported Fish and Fish Products was set up by the then Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, Senator Bob Collins and the Minister for Resources, David Bedall. This was in response to a number of events which had raised concern within Australia regarding the...
ORGANISATION:
Aquaculture Development and Veterinary Services Pty Ltd
The NSW oyster industry is one of the states oldest and most valuable fishery, with a farm gate value of more than $27 million in 1994/ 5. It has an impressive history covering more than a hundred years of farming the native Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis but has experienced a decline...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
More than 100 key datasets relevant to coastal habitat management and for monitoring the condition and trend of fisheries habitats in Queensland have been integrated into the Coastal Habitat Resources Information System (CHRIS) during this establishment phase.
Design of this geographic information...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Prawn farming is the most valuable aquaculture sector in Queensland and is a priority development industry for the State Government. Marine prawns have provided the major growth in this industry with a value of $37 million in 2000/01, or over 66% of the value of Queensland aquaculture. Nevertheless...