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PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-405
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SEF Industry Development Subprogram: assessing the commercial viability of utilising fish processing wastes

Within the Australian Seafood industry, thousands of tonnes of fish waste are produced by processors and retailers each year. Generally only the fillets are retained and the bulk (~60%) of the product is discarded, often at a cost to the processor and ending up as little more than land-fill. This...
ORGANISATION:
ASCo
Industry
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-256
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development and establishment of a national system for minor uses of products for the protection of livestock in aquaculture

All substances that fit the definition of agricultural and veterinary chemicals under the Chemical and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 must be registered by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority before they can be supplied, sold or used in Australia. In...
ORGANISATION:
Crop Protections Approvals Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-008
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of seal fishery interactions in the South East Trawl Fishery (SETF) and the development of fishing practices and seal exclusion devices (SEDs) in the winter blue grenadier fishery to mitigate seal bycatch by SETF trawlers

Introducing a Code of Fishing Practice aimed at avoiding seals appeared to halve the incidence of seal bycatch in this fishery. In SED trials, the problems of fish-loss via the SED escape hatch and net blockage via the SED grid were solved by changes in SED design. Although the effectiveness of most...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-134
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Biology and stock assessment of the thickskin (sandbar) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in WA and further refinement of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, stock assessment

The purpose of this project was to collect the biological and fishery information necessary to conduct a stock assessment of the sandbar (known locally as ‘thickskin’) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus and to improve and update the existing stock assessment for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.08
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fish meal production using by-products of commercial fisheries (pilot study)

Fish meal is used extensively as a source of protein in aquaculture feed which represents the major cost constituent in aquaculture production. Commercial fish meals used to manufacture aquaculture feeds in Australia are currently imported from Denmark, Peru, Chile and other countries. These feeds...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
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