Significant progress has been made to build the capacity of the Australian seafood industry to enable it to respond effectively to the ever increasing myriad of challenges, and rapidly changing demands including demands from the community to produce food in an environmentally friendly and safe...
The formation of The Oyster Consortium Ltd and its evolution into Oysters Australia Ltd (OA) was the culmination of a seven year process of increased cooperation and improved social interaction among Australia’s oyster farmers. In 2010, the Oyster Consortium was engaged in 50 projects...
A survey was made of all documented seafood-related illness for the period 1990-2000, when there were at least 2,638 who became ill after consuming seafood during the last decade, mainly after consuming oysters raw or eating fish known to be associated with ciguatera. The 2638 known illnesses...
The investment in this project has resulted in a substantially more extensive set of age composition data than would have otherwise been possible. This in turn has underpinned stock assessment modeling that has provided the basis for determining that the commercial fishery for snapper in Shark...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The project provides strategies for all levels of the industry to effectively communicate with all levels of the community, including community leaders.
The communication resources provide practical, user-friendly information for individuals and groups to be active in consumer and community...
Since the early 1990’s, a significant proportion of blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra) along approximately 500 km of the NSW coastline between Port Stephens and Jervis Bay have died. Sporadic histological examination of moribund abalone since 1992 and a survey of infection prevalence in abalone...
This project aimed to assist the seafood industry with sound practical advice on the assessments of food safety and quality aspects of new packaged seafood products in a concise and clear format.
Seafood processing and packaging techniques such as modified atmosphere packaging and vacuum packaging...
To enhance its profitability, NPF Industry Pty Ltd needs to develop its capacity to gather key stock status data for each of its stocks so that simple bio-economic models can be developed and used to assess and potentially optimize the value of component NPF stocks. The NPF Industry Pty Ltd needs...