Prawn farming is the most valuable aquaculture sector in Queensland and is a priority development industry for the State Government. Marine prawns have provided the major growth in this industry with a value of $37 million in 2000/01, or over 66% of the value of Queensland aquaculture. Nevertheless...
SeaQual was established in December 1995, as a joint initiative of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy (now Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia) and the Australian Seafood Industry Council. SeaQual was located...
This project updated the Australian Seafood Quality Index manual with eight new species
For copies of the manual please contact markb@sydneyfishmarket.com.au
For the Quality Index on a free app platform, visit the iTunes or Android stores and search for 'Australian Seafood Quality...
A workshop was held on September 18, 2002, to discuss the development of a quality index suited for use on Australian seafoods. A wide range of stakeholders from industry, fisheries organisations and R&D providers was represented and many others, unable to attend, requested to be kept informed....
To improve viability, increase growth and maintain profitability, it was identified, through the CRC project “Barramundi branding and repositioning program”, that there needs to be a commitment to quality (along with sustainability) to justify the price differential between Australian...
5 papers have been published from this work. The FIRTA travel funds enabled the microbiologist and the engineer employed with FIRTA money to accompany the permanent staff of TFRU to a joint CSIRO-DSIR workshop on seafood technology from the 7-11th April. The workshop was held in Nelson and included...