Project number: 2010-308.20
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Peter Horvat
Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date: 1 Feb 2010 - 29 Jun 2010
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Energy is currently a major issue for the Fishing Industry and an area in which the FRDC has focused in the past five years. FRDC has developed a good international network to share research outcomes the issue of energy, fuel and improving boat efficiency.

On 20 May 2010, the first major international conference on energy and fishing will be held in Spain. E-Fishing 2010 is the first of a series of biannual conferences devoted to the study of energy efficiency in the fishing world. This symposium aims to be a forum where experts will present the latest advances in research and development aimed at improving the energy efficiency of fishing vessels and systems.

It is important that the informaiton form this conference is extended and made available for the fishing industry in Australia.

Objectives

1. Extension of research presented at the E-fishing conference on "energy" related issues relevant to the fishing industry

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