This project tested the efficacy of two new sea lion excluder devices (SLEDs) in preventing entry of seals into southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) pots designed by fishers from the South Australian Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF). Since 1 November 2013, the use of a spike SLED has...
This report summarises the research undertaken under FRDC 2014/704: Waste Transformation for the Catering Market. The project aimed to develop and launch at least two value-added products on the institutional catering market using seafood processing waste.
Initially a variety of different seafood...
A bio-economic workshop for fisheries managers was held to discuss the importance of economic objectives and the role of government and industry in attaining those objectives.
Participants learnt how economic analyses, such as bio-economics, can identify management changes that can improve fishery...
This report details the results of a multifaceted a research program led by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). The work was undertaken to assist the rock lobster industry to understand food safety risks from a toxin naturally accumulated in the lobster hepatopancreas....