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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-002
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 29 SEP 2010

Flow impacts on estuarine finfish fisheries of the Gulf of Carpentaria

This project has been developed in response to the growing community concern about the development of water resources in northern Australia especially in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Numerous river systems within the Gulf of Carpentaria have been touted as being possible sites of water infrastucture...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-003
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2008 - 30 JUN 2011

Flow and Fisheries: Theme - River flow impacts on estuarine prawns in the Gulf of Carpentaria

One of the key fisheries in the Gulf is the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) worth an average of approximately $100M p.a. over the last 5 years. Ensuring sustainability of catch, particularly in the case of banana prawns, has been an ongoing challenge for stock assessment researchers, fisheries managers...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-006
DATE START/END: 23 JUN 2007 - 30 SEP 2008

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of molecular diagnostic procedures for the detection and identification of herpes-like virus of abalone (Haliotis spp.)

In December 2005/January 2006, a disease outbreak caused high mortality rates in abalone from two land-based farms in Victoria. Two other, marine-based farms also experienced disease but to a lesser extent. The abalone species affected by the disease are Haliotis laevigata, H. rubra, and H....
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-007
DATE START/END: 16 JUN 2007 - 30 SEP 2008

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Optimisation of PCR tests for diagnosis of megalocytivirus (gourami iridovirus) and cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (goldfish herpesvirus)

This project was developed in order to meet a gap in diagnostic capability in Australia for the megalocytivirus group of iridoviruses and cyprinid herpesviruses. Megalocytiviruses cause killing diseases that have devastated aquaculture enterprises particularly in Asia. Cyprinid herpesviruses are...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-010
DATE START/END: 25 SEP 2007 - 28 FEB 2010

Integration of socio economic sustainability criteria into a reporting framework for the Australian aquaculture industry

The National Aquaculture Council (NAC), established with a primary objective of implementing the Aquaculture Action Agenda, has led the process of consulting with industry and Government to prioritise recommendations from the Action Agenda and has developed the Aquaculture Industry Action Plan...
ORGANISATION:
National Aquaculture Council (NAC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-013
DATE START/END: 28 AUG 2007 - 30 JUN 2008

A comprehensive ESD analysis of a fishery: the incorporation of regulatory, ecological, economic and sociological aspects

Since the release of the Brundtland Report in 1987, the principles of sustainable development (called ecologically sustainable development in Australia) have come to be gradually applied throughout society. This is the case for fisheries, and today all fisheries jurisdictions in Australia require...
ORGANISATION:
WHAT
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-014
DATE START/END: 13 AUG 2008 - 29 JUN 2010

Developing innovative and cost-effective tools for monitoring recreational fishing in Commonwealth fisheries

Recreational fishing is a popular sport and social activity in Australia, with an estimated 3 million people participating and contributing $1.8 billion annually. The primary motivation for recreational fishers to participate in the activity is for relaxation and sport, and to a far lesser extent,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-016
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 MAR 2009

Development of national guidelines to improve the application of risk-based methods in the scope, implementation and interpretation of stock assessments for data-poor species

An on-going challenge for fisheries management is to develop and implement management arrangements in the environment of incomplete or imperfect information. This is particularly relevant to many small-scale fisheries which are relatively low value and often data-poor. Many of these fisheries are...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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