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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Validating a new sampling technique for estimating egg production

Estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator in the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) and Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). The DEPM is also being used to assess the status of other...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Rac Sa
Publication
SPECIES
Blue Mackerel
Pilchards
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identification of muscle parasite in Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), and determination as to the efficacy of non-invasive screening technology for the purpose of identifying infected fish in a commercial fish processing environment

Yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) are actively targeted by fishers in the warmer waters of northern NSW. Both species are becoming increasingly important to local fishers with escalating demand due to increased consumer awareness of the premium eating quality...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Supply & Demand
Rac Nsw
Innovation
Disease
Consumer
SPECIES
Yellowtail Kingfish
Mahi Mahis
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding the factors contributing to decreased school prawn productivity in Camden Haven Estuary and associated lakes, to target ameliorative actions

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) presents new information exploring the effect of catchment-derived stressors on Eastern School Prawn. Declines in School Prawn productivity over decadal time scales have been reported anecdotally across many estuaries in New South Wales, and...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
TAGS
Rac Nsw
Productivity
Physiology
Fishing Gear
Estuarine
SPECIES
School Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-032
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improved understanding of Tasmanian harmful algal blooms and biotoxin events to support seafood risk management

The 2012 Tasmanian biotoxin event represents a paradigm shift for seafood risk management in Tasmania and Australia as a whole. The causative dinoflagellates are extremely difficult to identify by routine plankton monitoring, and are toxic at very low cell concentrations (50-100 cells/L). Sampling...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Toxin
Rac Tas
Oceanography
Market Opportunities
Electronic Monitoring
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
Greenlip Abalone
Commercial Scallop
Sydney Rock Oyster
Pacific Oyster
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-201
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a harvest management, governance and resource sharing framework for a complex multi-sector, multi-jurisdiction fishery: the south-east Australian ‘western’ snapper stock

This report involves the ‘Western Victorian Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) Stock’ (WVSS) which supports arguably the most important marine fin-fish fishery for Victoria. While the majority of the harvest is by Victorian fisheries, this stock is a straddling stock shared with South...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Rac Vic
Harvest Strategy
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Snapper
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