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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-157

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Evaluation of Cobia and Giant Groper production and health in multiple growout systems, as an alternative species to farm in WSSV affected areas of South East Queensland

The report details the production performance and health performance of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and Giant Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) reared in tanks, ponds and cages within a farm in the previously white spot syndrome virus affected region of the Logan River, Queensland. Findings of this...

ORGANISATION:

Rocky Point Aquaculture Company Pty Ltd

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PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Jul 2020

2018-157-DLD.pdf

PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-114

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COMPLETED

Completing Australia’s First National Bycatch Report

Bycatch (non-targeted organisms that are unintentionally caught when fishing for particular species or sizes of species) remains an important issue concerning the world’s fisheries. Discards are considered the most important component of bycatch because they represent a perceived wastage of...

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IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd

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PUBLISHED DATE: 30 Nov 2020

2018-114 Australia's First National Bycatch Report.pdf

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PUBLISHED DATE: 30 Nov 2020

2018-114-DLD.pdf

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-103

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COMPLETED

The evaluation of two species, Cobia and Giant Grouper, as alternative species to farm in the WSSV affected areas of South East Queensland.

In 2016/17, the Rocky Point Prawn Farm, along with other farms in the Logan River region of south-east Queensland, was severely affected by a white spot disease outbreak caused by the exotic white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Measures enforced to eradicate WSSV resulted in a complete loss of stock...

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Rocky Point Aquaculture Company Pty Ltd

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PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Jul 2020

2017-103-DLD.pdf

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-097

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COMPLETED

Reducing bycatch using modifications to sweeps and lines anterior to the trawl mouth - collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods and there has been a great deal of work done over the past few decades to develop modifications that reduce unwanted bycatches. Much of this work has focussed on modifications at, or near, the codend (at the aft section) of trawls,...

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IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd

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